Individual State Tax on Products and Correct Invoice Totals

Question

Site to reference: http://newboykinsite.businesscatalyst.com. FYI, there are product placeholders available in the Apparel and Accessories catalogs.
Our client sells online out of Florida and therefore only needs to apply a sales tax to products if purchased online by other Floridians. We were able to overcome this hurdle fairly simply by the following set up:
1. Tax Codes: Apply all US States but then edit each state to read 0% except for Florida. It retains its 6%.
2. Module Templates > Shopping Cart: Change the module tag under the Tax column header to {tag_producttaxamount [state]}. Also change the module tag under the Price column header that relates to shipping to {tag_shippingoptions,true}.
Upon check out in the shopping cart, a user is prompted to choose their destination state. If they choose Florida, a 6% sales tax is appropriately charged to each individual product in their shopping cart. If they choose any other state, they are not charged a sales tax.
The problem lies in the shopping cart total:
The provided module tag is {tag_invoicetotal}.
1. If a non-Floridian / non-product taxed consumer, this tag corresponds perfectly.
2. If a Floridian / taxable product consumer, this tag adds everything it should, along with an additional 6% tax that it adds to the shipping price. My shipping price is specifically set up to not apply a tax code, yet it still applies the 6% Florida tax to my shipping. I have even tried setting my shipping to $0 / Free and if you select Florida as a destination state, an extra $0.60 is still applied in addition to your actual invoice.
We feel pretty confident in our approach to the sales tax conflict, but it seems rather add it's still applying it to our shipping as tax. Can anyone shed anylight on what we're overlooking or should investigate?
Of note, we have also tried in place of {tag_invoicetotal}, {tag_productgrandtotal} but it conveniently leaves all shipping out of the price.
Thank you in advance for any advice or suggestions.

Answer 1

Solution provided through the Adobe BC Help Ticket—solution works beautifully:
Please check this article - http://helpx.adobe.com/business-catalyst/partner/displaying-shipping-options-inside-shoppi ng.html
{tag_shippingoptions,true,OnlyChargeCountryUsers,ShipToSingleCountry,ApplyTaxToShipping,Ap plyTaxToGiftVouchers}
Apply Tax to Shipping Charges - True by default. If you don't want state taxes to be applied to shipping charges, then set this to false.
You can customize the shipping option tag