Aloha 6.4.18 Tax problem 4

[cha182]

Hi, i am using aloha version 6.4.18, and in my bar we want the tax included in the bar prices, but at the tables we want to add it to the drinks prices, right now i can only figure out how to have it one way or the other.

can someone give me tips on how to fix this?

thanks

 

[eburks]

The human element is where the errors are going to occur

The bar items have to be ordered from 1 submenu
The table items from another

If you tried to mix all these items on 1 submenu you are into a nightmare because with the limited letters for naming things on buttons how would you keep things apart.
That is why I say you will need a submenu for bar drinks and a submenu for table drinks

In tax maintenance you would have to set up 2 tax items for each rate you are dealing with (beer wine liquor etc)

1 that was inclusive with the appropriate rate (tax is included in price)
1 that was not inclusive with the same rate

each drink would need 2 item numbers

1 item would use the inclusive tax id and would be on the bar drink submenu
1 item would use the not inclusive tax id and would be on the tables drink submenu

So you use 1 item number for "bar drink 1" and a different item number for "table drink 1"


In order for this to work.....
drinks going to the tables could not be ordered from the bar submenu and vice versa

OR

You might be able to simplify the setup by using button level pricing and having different prices for the items in the 2 different submenu's but your long term tracking would be impacted

 

[posrescue]

Your best bet in my opinion...

Set up all of the tax types needed for bar items. If liquor beer and wine are all taxed at the same rate that will be the existing tax that is exclusive and a new tax that is inclusive...

Your bartenders will typically have a unique menu to reroute service bar printing to no printer group so what they ring in does not print at the service bar printer. If this is the case go to that menu(s) and under the tax reroute section route from the current tax exlusive tax(es) to the new inclusive tax(es). You do not need to change anything for the tax assigned to food and that will be unchanged. Using this method any employee that is assigned to this menu will have inclusive tax on their bar items.

 

[cha182]

posrescue,

Thank you so much, thats all it was, it took me 10seconds, i wont even say how much our tech support quoted me to fix it!

eburks, thanks for your reply too, i appreciate the time you put in to helping me.

 

[pegburns]

1. Maintenance > Store Settings > [Financial] /Taxes & Surcharges - Check [x] Use Smart Taxes

2. Maintenance > Menu > Taxes>
Tax Type (*) Inclusive
bottom of screen:
Smart Tax [ [V] Pull down to Add-On Tax "Alternate"

From Aloha Reference Guide:
Automates the task of changing items from an inclusive tax to an exclusive tax
only if another item(s) on the guest check is taxed exclusively. The inclusive taxes involved must
be configured to have exclusive tax reassignments. Any item that is taxed inclusively remains so,
unless another item on the check is taxed exclusively. When this is the case, the inclusive tax is
replaced by the exclusive tax reassignment.

 

[eburks]

Thanks, posrescue and pegburns

Glad I have never had to deal with bar drinks at the BBQ chain or I might have gone through a lot of convoluted work that was not needed... now I know how to deal with something we may encounter at a new store