Sort algorithm: Magento checkout totals sorted wrongly causing wrong shipping tax calculation

Question

In Magento there is a functionality where you can define the order of total calculation by specifing before and after which totals a total should be run.

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Answer 1

I decided to go with Plan B, overloading the getSortedCollectors... its straight forward and gives me absolut control, if course if I would introduce new modules I would have to check if I need to add them here