Hi Ryan,

I'm working as a product manager on a rather biggish drupal project in Germany which plans to utilize your wonderful shop module. Currently we are stuck at the precise point this thread is about: the correct display of tax rates.

I'm really looking forward to the module you are planning. Great to see that you are taking on this issue. One observation I would like to make:
- The tax display issue is by far the most critical, since the current mode of adding taxes to the total of all ordered products is a complete dealbreaker for most european countries.
- Also a solution should not only be limited to diplaying orders and the cart but should also include the way orders are stored in the database, notifications mailed to customers and so forth. (I'm no drupal/ubercart expert so please forgive me if that sounds stupid...).
- Taxes should be calculated on a per-item-basis with the added capability of applying dfferent tax-rates to different product categories.
- The issue with the VAT-numbers is also important, but on the other hand there will be a majority of shops who only deal with private customers within their own country or at the most within the EU. And those shops wouldn't need this functionality.

My plea, therefore: If it would speed things up to seperate the two isues into two modules, by all means do it. And then push out the tax display module as soon as possible.

Thanks for your consideration.