Zach W
(@dynamiczach)
Automattic Happiness Engineer
Howdy!
I’m not quite sure what version of WooCommerce you’re using, but the Recalculate
button option should be available before creating/saving the order.
Here’s a screencast of the process using WordPress 5.0.3 and WooCommerce 3.5.3:
http://cld.wthms.co/OBgNsf
It won’t automatically add the tax to each product when the product is first added, the Recalculate
option must be selected. There is not currently a way around that as it isn’t possible to have taxes, etc. applied automatically without manually selecting Recalculate
.
I’d recommend making sure the customer’s Billing Address and Shipping Address are entered before adding products, as that will help apply the proper tax rates.
Hi Zach
Thanks for the reply.
The point i’m trying to make here is that a user has to click the “re-calculate” button in order for taxes to be applied, but why if the customers billing address information has already been entered?
It is very possible to FORGET to click the recalculate button and my staff are forgetting it! This means orders are then saved without tax applied, which results in invoices being generated without tax – a big no no when it comes to tax!
The web side of woocommerce calculates tax based on country, why is the back end manual order entry aspect of woocommerce always behind the front end?
We’re using 3.4.3 and you have to click “save” to finalise adding the items to the order, and then need to click the same button but has changed name to “re-calculate”.
This may seem a small issue, but when woocommerce is used to run a professional business which has its accounts audited, it is a serious problem when the auditors find invoices without tax on them, when it should have them! It would be their recommendation to have a system which is fail safe.
Let me know your thoughts. Thanking you for your time.
Regards Craig
Thanks for the update. As Zach indicated within WooCommerce when adding a manual order the recalculate button must be used to calculate the totals and tax on the order
From what you describe within your reply the hurdle your facing is due to some of your staff accidentally forgetting to calculate tax rather by not using the Recalculate button rather than WooCommerce not calculating the tax correctly or similar for manual orders.
What I’d suggest is creating a small document for your staff which has a step by step guide they can follow with regards to the process for manually creating a new order. With this approach, in place, your staff should then be able to follow the correct process for manual order creation when using WooCommerce and should be less likely to forget calculating taxes.
Hi @csimpson,
We haven’t heard back from you in a while, so I’m going to mark this as resolved – if you have any further questions, you can start a new thread.