When you select Europe in the Planet Tax Country field on the Planet Tax Setup page, the page displays the fields required to connect LS Central to Planet's Tax Free service in European countries.
Use this setup to enter your merchant information, VAT details, minimum thresholds, behavior preferences, and the service URLs provided by Planet.
Europe FastTab
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Merchant Id | Specifies the store identifier used to authenticate the store with Planet. The value can be customized by the merchant, but it cannot begin with a leading zero. |
| VAT Number | Specifies the merchant's VAT registration number. |
| Country Code | Specifies the ISO 3166-1 numeric code of the store's country. |
| Activation Code | Specifies the activation string provided by Planet during onboarding. The value is used to generate the transaction security hash. |
| Country Threshold | Read-only. Specifies the minimum purchase amount required for a sale to qualify for Tax Free, in the format 0.00. For consolidated purchases, the total of all receipts must meet the threshold. This value is populated automatically when you run GetStoreConfig. |
| Tax Free Issue Start Date | Read-only. Specifies the earliest purchase date eligible for issuing a Tax Free form. This value is populated automatically when you run GetStoreConfig. |
| Tax Free Issue End Date | Read-only. Specifies the last purchase date eligible for issuing a Tax Free form. This value is populated automatically when you run GetStoreConfig. |
| Silent Mode | Read-only. Indicates whether the Tax Free process runs without prompting the shopper for input. This flag is set automatically by Planet when you run GetStoreConfig. |
| Max Voucher Print Count | Specifies the maximum number of times a Tax Free voucher can be printed. |
| Debug Mode | Specifies whether additional debugging information is collected during communication with Planet. |
| Bin Eligibility | Specifies whether the automatic eligibility check based on the card's BIN (Bank Identification Number) is enabled. |
| Confirm Eligibility | Specifies whether the cashier must confirm Tax Free eligibility. When enabled, a prompt asks whether a Tax Free request should be sent. When disabled, the request is sent automatically for eligible shoppers. |
| Print Standard Sales Slip | Specifies whether a standard sales slip is printed together with the Tax Free voucher. |
| Auto-Open Planet URL | Specifies whether the URL returned by Planet is automatically opened. |
| HWS Url | Specifies the URL for the Hardware Station Service (HWS). |
| WSS URL | Specifies the WebSocket Service (WSS) endpoint used to communicate with Planet Tax Free services. |
Additional functionality
To access additional functionality, select Action > Processing.
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| GetStoreConfig | Manually triggers a GetStoreConfig request to Planet. This updates the read-only Country Threshold, Tax Free Issue Start Date, Tax Free Issue End Date, and Silent Mode fields based on Planet's configuration. |
| Get Log Entries | Displays a log of the requests sent to and responses received from Planet. |