6.16.2 Exchange 

rates 

The exchange rates for the other currencies should then be entered 

accordingly. The default currency exchange rate is always 1 of course. 

6.16.3 

Has decimals fractions? 

Some currencies such as Japanese Yen and Taiwanese Dollars have no 

decimal fractions. So whereas a price in Europe could be  2.35, a price in JYN 

or NTD is always an integer value. To accommodate this, CactuShop lets you 

specify if the currency has decimal fractions or not. This ensures that it rounds 

to the right number of decimal places (0 or 2). 

6.17 Tax 

Rates 

Some items might have no tax (0%), others might have a standard rate, and 

some items may even have a special rate. By default, CactuShop supports up 

to four different tax rates, but adding more is relatively simple. Setting up 

these tax rates is not to be confused with whether or not tax applies to 

certain individuals because of their location. For example, in the UK, even an 

item that requires tax will be tax free to someone from outside the EU. The 

determination of which customers pay tax (as opposed to which items require 

tax) is handled in section 6.18.1. 

6.17.1 

European Union tax handling 

CactuShop has support for EU VAT. If you are running a consumer oriented 

site, you may decide that you will assume all customers are consumers and 

there are no VAT registered companies making purchases. In this case, set up 

for EU VAT will be as follows: 

1.  Set each of the EU countries (destinations) to charge tax. For 

more information on setting up destinations see 6.18.1. 

2. Ensure 

the 

euvatcountry

 config setting is left blank. This 

way, customers from any EU country will be charged VAT at 

the appropriate rate for each product they purchase. 

Customers outside the EU will not be charged tax. 

3. Ensure 

the 

euvatnumbercheck

 config setting is set to `n'   

since you are not taking EU VAT numbers, you don't want to 

check them! 

If you will have customers who are VAT registered businesses in other EU 

countries, you can set CactuShop up to collect EU VAT numbers where 

applicable, check these, record them and deduct tax from the order. Follow 

these steps: 

1.  Set each of the EU countries (destinations) to charge tax. For more 

information on setting up destinations see 6.18.1. 

2. Set 

the 

euvatcountry

 config setting to the two letter ISO code of 

the country where your store is located (see 7.4.17.1). Note: in 

some cases this is NOT the same as the two letter country prefix 

used in European VAT numbers. This way, the store knows to 

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