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Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook

By : John Horton
Book Image

Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook

By: John Horton

Overview of this book

VirtueMart is a premier eCommerce solution powered by Joomla!In Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook you will learn how to create a full-functioning and attractive eCommerce solution with VirtueMart. You will be shown how to install and configure VirtueMart, how to set-up and run your store day-to-day as well as configure and customize the look and feel of your store. With this book by your side, you will be able to overcome as problems setting up, administrating and customizing your eCommerce store! This book finishes with blueprint projects meaning that getting started with VirtueMart is even easier for the novice and aspiring site builder or developer. If you have always wanted to create a professional-looking store, but are worried about the complexity and difficulty involved, then this book is for you! With numerous recipes, practical tips and solutions Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook will take you through every step required to achieve eCommerce success.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Configuring a tax to start or finish on a set date


In most countries tax rates vary. For example in the UK there is a "special" 20 percent VAT rate which is set to expire on December 31, 2013 when the old VAT rate of 17 percent will hopefully rematerialize. We can plan forward for this.

Getting ready

Consult with a tax lawyer/accountant.

Get the dates and rates of tax. Then we will implement them using the examples mentioned in the book.

How to do it...

Create two tax rules using the Configuring VAT on the entire purchase (including or excluding VAT on delivery costs) recipe if necessary. One at the current rate and the other at the new future rate. You may have already implemented one of them previously.

Tip

You can use this recipe to modify the start and end dates for any of the tax rules implemented in this book. We use the Configuring VAT on the entire purchase (including or excluding VAT on delivery costs) recipe as an example only because it fits the scenario described. When you implement...