maniahost Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Just wanted to clarify that I'm thinking along the right lines here, in that when we pay an affiliate their % / £ commission tax is ignored? e.g... Customer comes through affiliate link & buys product A Total price is shown on site as £23.50 (which includes £3.50 VAT) per year We have product set to pay affiliate fixed recurring amount of £10 Affiliate is paid £10 of the £20, ignoring the VAT element? Is anyone able to confirm this, or correct me if I'm mistaken? Thanks in advance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabil Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Hi, Did you ever get an answer to this? Nabil Just wanted to clarify that I'm thinking along the right lines here, in that when we pay an affiliate their % / £ commission tax is ignored? e.g... Customer comes through affiliate link & buys product A Total price is shown on site as £23.50 (which includes £3.50 VAT) per year We have product set to pay affiliate fixed recurring amount of £10 Affiliate is paid £10 of the £20, ignoring the VAT element? Is anyone able to confirm this, or correct me if I'm mistaken? Thanks in advance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniahost Posted June 3, 2008 Author Share Posted June 3, 2008 Nope. Was expecting it to be something that plenty of people here would know the answer to. Anyone? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHMCS CEO Matt Posted June 3, 2008 WHMCS CEO Share Posted June 3, 2008 If you have tax in exclusive mode rather than inclusive, then yes, the affiliate is paid based on prices excluding tax. Matt 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniahost Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 Thanks for your response Matt. If we have it set to tax exclusive, then is there any way of making the system show inc. prices beside it? Eg. £10 (£11.75 inc. Tax) Therefore customers see the fully inclusive price immediately and affiliates are paid correctly. Any ideas / suggestions anyone? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabil Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Problem is that in the UK prices to consumers are inc VAT, while in the US they display ex Tax (VAT). The affiliate commission should be based on the ex VAT price otherwise you're paying commission on tax, obviously. The only way I can see to get around it is to adjust the affiliate pay out rates accordingly but that will cause it's own problems as affiliates will see 9.1% instead of 10% everywhere for example. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniahost Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 That won't be a problem as we're paying fixed rates anyway (i.e. £ rather than %) but one of our main priorities is clear, transparent pricing, so we don't want tax slapped on at the end of the transaction, it needs to show the VAT from the off. Any ideas? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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