Shipping modules AND taxes will not calculate properly

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I have been working on updating this client's existing cart for what seems like forever and it's been one thing after another. I am at the home stretch where there are TWO major issues glaring and one of them is relating to the Prestashop core and I can not find the answers.

 

I have the UPS shipping module and a tax rule enabled.

 

Shipping should calculate the UPS rates based on weight and location of delivery

 

Taxes should associate a CT tax if the buyer is from CT and an NC tax if the buyer is from NC.

 

(both of these things work fine in 1.4)

 

Right now what happens:

 

At checkout, the prices returned from UPS are the same no matter which state you choose as the delivery address (whether via carrier compare OR the customer's address book). The one important thing I noticed is if you increase the QTY of a product (thus increasing the weight in the cart) the UPS calculated price goes up. This is important because it tells me it is directly related to the location of the shipment and not the weight.

 

 

The taxes do not calculate at all which tells me the rules are not triggering based on the location of the buyer. I have tried a number of different more simplified rules and none of them work.

 

I looked in the DB and matched the state ID number with the tax rule and the tax rule with the tax rule group and so on and I saw absolutely no difference.

 

Any help is HUGELY appreciated.