[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Shopping cart tax and Paypal tax not syncing up ## - **[Jeff888](/forum/user/12705-jeff888 "View Jeff888's Profile")** - [![Jeff888's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/12705-jeff888 "View Jeff888's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/12705-jeff888) Less More - Posts: 5 - Thank you received: 0 - - 13 years 9 months ago [\#85111](#85111) by [Jeff888](/forum/user/12705-jeff888 "View Jeff888's Profile") *[Shopping cart tax and Paypal tax not syncing up](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77380-shopping-cart-tax-and-paypal-tax-not-syncing-up#85111 "Hi, I just had a client come back and notified me that the tax in the shopping car is not syncing up with the tax in Paypal. For instance, in the shopping cart it says the tax is $5.46, which is correct. However, once the user continues with the redirect to Paypal, the tax changes to $5.50. Is paypal just rounding it up or calculating the tax differently? How can this be fixed?")* was created by *[Jeff888](/forum/user/12705-jeff888 "View Jeff888's Profile")* Hi, I just had a client come back and notified me that the tax in the shopping car is not syncing up with the tax in Paypal. For instance, in the shopping cart it says the tax is $5.46, which is correct. However, once the user continues with the redirect to Paypal, the tax changes to $5.50. Is paypal just rounding it up or calculating the tax differently? How can this be fixed? Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MzgwLXNob3BwaW5nLWNhcnQtdGF4LWFuZC1wYXlwYWwtdGF4LW5vdC1zeW5jaW5nLXVwP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86289 - Thank you received: 14265 - - 13 years 9 months ago [\#85236](#85236) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Shopping cart tax and Paypal tax not syncing up](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77380-shopping-cart-tax-and-paypal-tax-not-syncing-up#85236 "Hi, I just had a client come back and notified me that the tax in the shopping car is not syncing up with the tax in Paypal. For instance, in the shopping cart it says the tax is $5.46, which is correct. However, once the user continues with the redirect to Paypal, the tax changes to $5.50. Is paypal just rounding it up or calculating the tax differently? How can this be fixed?")* Hi, Indeed, PayPal is rounding the tax incorrectly in some cases. The solution is to keep the option "send order details" to false in the PayPal plugin so that PayPal only gets the total of the order and not all the details of the order. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MzgwLXNob3BwaW5nLWNhcnQtdGF4LWFuZC1wYXlwYWwtdGF4LW5vdC1zeW5jaW5nLXVwP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Jeff888](/forum/user/12705-jeff888 "View Jeff888's Profile")** - [![Jeff888's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/12705-jeff888 "View Jeff888's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/12705-jeff888) Less More - Posts: 5 - Thank you received: 0 - - 13 years 9 months ago [\#85867](#85867) by [Jeff888](/forum/user/12705-jeff888 "View Jeff888's Profile") Replied by *[Jeff888](/forum/user/12705-jeff888 "View Jeff888's Profile")* on topic *[Shopping cart tax and Paypal tax not syncing up](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77380-shopping-cart-tax-and-paypal-tax-not-syncing-up#85867 "Hi, I just had a client come back and notified me that the tax in the shopping car is not syncing up with the tax in Paypal. For instance, in the shopping cart it says the tax is $5.46, which is correct. However, once the user continues with the redirect to Paypal, the tax changes to $5.50. Is paypal just rounding it up or calculating the tax differently? How can this be fixed?")* Great, thank you Nicolas Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MzgwLXNob3BwaW5nLWNhcnQtdGF4LWFuZC1wYXlwYWwtdGF4LW5vdC1zeW5jaW5nLXVwP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[vasnat](/forum/user/12226-vasnat "View vasnat's Profile")** - [![vasnat's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/12226-vasnat "View vasnat's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/12226-vasnat) Less More - Posts: 18 - Thank you received: 0 - - 13 years 9 months ago [\#85874](#85874) by [vasnat](/forum/user/12226-vasnat "View vasnat's Profile") Replied by *[vasnat](/forum/user/12226-vasnat "View vasnat's Profile")* on topic *[Shopping cart tax and Paypal tax not syncing up](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77380-shopping-cart-tax-and-paypal-tax-not-syncing-up#85874 "Hi, I just had a client come back and notified me that the tax in the shopping car is not syncing up with the tax in Paypal. For instance, in the shopping cart it says the tax is $5.46, which is correct. However, once the user continues with the redirect to Paypal, the tax changes to $5.50. Is paypal just rounding it up or calculating the tax differently? How can this be fixed?")* I am experiencing the same thing - Nicolas, what do you lose when you do not send detailed info. Does PayPal still receive which SKU got sold? HikaShop - mathematically correct [ www.clipular.com/c?1451597=nXPnnrHq9QBW4BoMR8SsQdwY9ds](http://www.clipular.com/c?1451597=nXPnnrHq9QBW4BoMR8SsQdwY9ds) PayPal view - tax rounded up [ www.clipular.com/c?1491557=VhFlquAwOjGML10kHmnH79s\_L3g](http://www.clipular.com/c?1491557=VhFlquAwOjGML10kHmnH79s_L3g) Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MzgwLXNob3BwaW5nLWNhcnQtdGF4LWFuZC1wYXlwYWwtdGF4LW5vdC1zeW5jaW5nLXVwP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86289 - Thank you received: 14265 - - 13 years 9 months ago [\#86005](#86005) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Shopping cart tax and Paypal tax not syncing up](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77380-shopping-cart-tax-and-paypal-tax-not-syncing-up#86005 "Hi, I just had a client come back and notified me that the tax in the shopping car is not syncing up with the tax in Paypal. For instance, in the shopping cart it says the tax is $5.46, which is correct. However, once the user continues with the redirect to Paypal, the tax changes to $5.50. Is paypal just rounding it up or calculating the tax differently? How can this be fixed?")* In such case, PayPal does not know which products were bought and how many. It only knows the order id. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MzgwLXNob3BwaW5nLWNhcnQtdGF4LWFuZC1wYXlwYWwtdGF4LW5vdC1zeW5jaW5nLXVwP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. 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