[jira] [Created] (OFBIZ-5163) Tax calculated on unit price before adjustments

["Paul Foxworthy (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Paul Foxworthy created OFBIZ-5163:
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             Summary: Tax calculated on unit price before adjustments
                 Key: OFBIZ-5163
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-5163
             Project: OFBiz
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: accounting
    Affects Versions: SVN trunk
            Reporter: Paul Foxworthy
            Assignee: Paul Foxworthy


Some taxes cut in at a minimum item. A promotional adjustment can lower the price the customer is paying, so they should not have to pay any tax. However, the tax is being calculated on the base item price, before any promotional adjustment.

r1449615 was a partial fix, but only when the order quantity is one. In the more complex situation where the quantity is greater than one, at present the tax calculation does not have the information it needs. All it has is the base unit price for the item ("itemPrice"), and the total amount for the item ("itemAmount", which is itemPrice * quantity - adjustments).

Here's what I think needs to happen.

1. We need to define two categories of item adjustments:

- those which modify the price, including promotional pricing and discounts
- adjustments for additional services such as shipping, an extended warranty and so on.

The first category should be combined with the product price before tax calculations are done. The second category may need to be taxed separately.

So a new attribute should be added to the OrderAdjustment entity to say which it is.

2. An additional list of data needs to be supplied to the tax calculation, a list of adjusted unit prices with promotional discounts and any other adjustments in the first category above. The tax calculation would, of course, use the adjusted unit price, so the change at https://fisheye6.atlassian.com/browse/ofbiz/trunk/applications/accounting/src/org/ofbiz/accounting/tax/TaxAuthorityServices.java?hb=true#to215
won't be needed any more.

If we do these, there would be no need for the calcTaxAfterPromotion attribute. In effect, it would always apply, for adjustments in category 1. If anyone didn't want that behaviour, all they would need to do is define an adjustment in category 2, not 1.


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