7.4.16 Shipping 

7.4.16.1 calcshipcostbyweight 

y/n   determines whether shipping price calculated by CactuShop's internal 

system is based on weight or order value. If config setting 

shippingsystem

isn t set to `c' (CactuShop integrated shipping) then this config setting is 

irrelevant. See 7.4.16.3 for further information. 

7.4.16.2 skiponeshippingmethod 

y/n   If there is only one shipping method available to the customer, setting 

this to  y  will bypass the shipping form on checkout. 

7.4.16.3 shippingsystem 

c/u   `c' for CactuShop internal shipping. This calculates the shipping price 

based on the rates in the 

tblCactuShopShippingRates

 table and the methods 

in the 

tblCactuShopShippingMethods

 table. The shipping rates can be 

adjusted from the 

_modify_shippingrate.asp

 page. See 6.19 for more 

information. 

7.4.16.4 shiptaxband 

This is the ID value of the tax band that should be applied to shipping. Note 

that this should not be set to zero (since there is no tax band with the ID 

value of zero). Instead, `1' would link to tax band 1 which is zero percent tax 

(in default database). 

7.4.17 

Config settings   Tax 

7.4.17.1 euvatcountry 

The ISO code of the EU country where the store is based. Leave blank if you 

don t wish to activate EU VAT handling. For further information on EU VAT, 

see 6.17.1. 

7.4.17.2 euvatnumbercheck 

y/n   determines whether you wish to activate CactuShop s error checking of 

EU VAT numbers. For further information on EU VAT, see 6.17.1. 

7.4.17.3 pricesinctax 

y/n   determines whether the prices entered for versions include or exclude 

tax. Business to business (B2B) and North American web sites generally show 

prices excluding tax. European business to consumer (B2C) sites generally 

show prices including tax. The choice of whether prices entered include or 

exclude tax also affects the price calculations in a technical way. B2C pricing 

(prices ex tax) is calculated by summing each row of the basket and then 

applying tax to that. These values are then added up to give the total. In the 

case of B2C (prices inc tax), tax is calculated for each item. These are then 

multiplied by the quantity and then the row values added together to give the 

total. 

7.4.17.4 showtaxdisplay 

y/n   switch CactuShop between showing an ex tax and inc tax price or just 

an inc tax price when displaying tax inclusive prices   if 

pricesinctax

(7.4.17.3) is set to  n  then tax is always shown (as a percentage). 

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