**What**
Since the release of the Tax API the line item totals calculations on orders with gift cards have been wrong. To understand the bug consider the below order:
Region:
- tax_rate: 25%
- gift_cards_taxable: true
Order:
- applied gift card: 1000
- items:
- A: unit_price: 1000
- B: unit_price: 500
- Subtotal: 1500
**Previous calculation method**
1. Determine how much of the gift card is used for each item using `item_total / subtotal * gift_card_amount`:
- Item A: 1000/1500 * 1000 = 666.67
- Item B: 500/1500 * 1000 = 333.33
2. Calculate line item totals including taxes using `(unit_price - gift_card) * (1 + tax_rate)`
- Item A: 1000 - 666.67 = 333.33; vat amount -> 83.33
- Item B: 500 - 333.33 = 166.67; vat amount -> 41.67
3. Add up the line item totals: order subtotal = 500; vat amount = 125; total = 625
This is all correct at the totals level; but at the line item level we should still use the "original prices" i.e. the line item total for item a should be (1000 * 1.25) = 1250 with a tax amount of 250.
**New calculation method**
1. Use default totals calculations
- Item A: subtotal: 1000, tax_total: 250, total: 1250
- Item B: subtotal: 500, tax_total: 125, total: 625
2. Add up the line item totals: subtotal: 1500, tax_total: 375, total: 1875
3. Reduce total with gift card: subtotal: 1500 - 1000 = 500, tax_total: 375 - 250 = 125, total = 625
Totals can now be forwarded correctly to accounting plugins.
Fixes CORE-310.
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