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I am curious to what the difference is between Tax Amount and Base Tax Amount. I have dumped to the system.log the values of each and the Base Tax Amount is coming out a penny more than the Tax Amount.

Any insight on these two fields is greatly appreciated, and any ideas on why the two are different values is even more appreciated =]

Thank you!

Jeff

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Base tax amount (actually any field that starts with base_) is the value in the default store currency.

Tax amount (like other amount fields) is the value in the selected store currency.

If you have only one currency on your website then base_X and X should always have the same value. It's really strange that you get even 1 cent difference. Probably it has something to do with rounding prices.

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  • an obvious question, what in this context is the difference between the default store and the selected store? And for simple applications which is the set of fields you'd normally look at - the X field, or the base_X field? – Oliver Williams Oct 16 '15 at 15:39
  • "default" and "selected" do not refer to the store. They refer to the currency. "Default currency" and "selected currency". – Marius Oct 16 '15 at 16:37
  • OK, I see this in core_config_data as "default" currency (currency/options/default). But what is "selected" currency? And where in the process does one "select" currency, is this done by the customer or some function of the site? Oh and can it be changed by store? – Oliver Williams Oct 17 '15 at 12:15