CaptainGrumblebum Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Hello. I'm part-way through building my new squarespace store. We sell printed goods. As you may be aware, the VAT on printed goods in the UK is not 20% flat rate. For example, leaflets are VAT free as they are ephemeral in nature, whereas posters are charged +20% VAT as they are deemed to have a longer useful life. This is UK tax law. Imagine my horror when I discover at a very late stage that "It's not possible to set different tax rates based on the product." I am staggered to learn this. The option to set a tax rate by product is something shopify has offered since God was a boy. Has anyone else come across this issue? Are squarespace looking at fixing this? Link to comment
paul2009 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Sadly this is a recognised limitation. Squarespace cannot be used when VAT rates differ between physical products. There are other threads on this subject. Product Tax Need to be able to apply tax rates by individual product category Configuring Different Tax Rates for Products EU CaptainGrumblebum 1 About me: I've been a SQSP User for 18 yrs. I was invited to join the Circle when it launched in 2016. I have been a Circle Leader since 2017. I don't work for Squarespace. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: I founded and run SF.DIGITAL, building Squarespace Extensions to supercharge your commerce website. Content: Views and opinions are my own. Links in my posts may refer to SF.DIGITAL products or may be affiliate links. Forum advice is free. You can thank me by clicking one of the feedback emojis below. Coffee is optional. Link to comment
CaptainGrumblebum Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 wow. this has been a known feature request for years and still it's not fixed? how do SQSP expect to be seen as a legitimate alternative to shopify (great on tax / sites look like crap)? Guess it's back to shopify and I'll write off 2 weeks of work. Nice one SQSP! Link to comment
CaptainGrumblebum Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 I may have found a fairly ugly workaround. set 0% VAT products as ‘services’. Set global VAT rate as 20%. Set ‘digital and services’ as 0% VAT rate. Create products and then add a custom data collection form to the 0% VAT products ONLY to capture delivery address at point of order. 20% VAT products capture delivery address in checkout. Delivery addresses captured for each item, and the correct VAT rate is charged. Link to comment
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