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  2. Generation-skipping transfer tax - Wikipedia

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    Since 2014, the GST tax rate has remained at a flat 40% of the amount transferred, which is the same as the highest estate and gift tax rate. In 2009, each taxpayer enjoyed a $3,500,000 exemption from the generation-skipping tax.

  3. Goods and services tax (Australia) - Wikipedia

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    Goods and Services Tax[1] (GST) in Australia is a value added tax of 10% on most goods and services sales, with some exemptions (such as for certain food, healthcare and housing items [2]) and concessions (including qualifying long term accommodation which is taxed at an effective rate of 5.5% [3]). GST is levied on most transactions in the ...

  4. List of countries by tax rates - Wikipedia

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    The list focuses on the main types of taxes: corporate tax, individual income tax, and sales tax, including VAT and GST and capital gains tax, but does not list wealth tax or inheritance tax. Personal income tax includes all applicable taxes, including all unvested social security contributions.

  5. Goods and services tax (Canada) - Wikipedia

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    The tax is a 5% tax imposed on the supply of goods and services that are purchased in Canada, except certain items that are either "exempt" or "zero-rated": For tax-free — i.e., "zero-rated" — sales, GST is charged by suppliers at a rate of 0% so effectively there is no GST collected. However, when a supplier makes a zero-rated supply, it ...

  6. Sales taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Sales taxes are imposed only on taxable transfers of goods or services. The tax is computed as the tax rate times the taxable transaction value. Rates vary by state, and by locality within a state. [5] Not all types of transfers are taxable. The tax may be imposed on sales to consumers and to businesses.

  7. Sales taxes in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Goods and services tax or GST (French: Taxe sur les produits et services - TPS) / Harmonized sales tax or HST (French: Taxe de vente harmonisée - TVH), a value-added tax levied by the federal government. The GST applies nationally. The HST includes the provincial portion of the sales tax but is administered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA ...

  8. Goods and Services Tax (India) - Wikipedia

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    Goods and Services Tax (India) The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a successor to VAT used in India on the supply of goods and service. Both VAT and GST have the same taxation slabs. It is a comprehensive, multistage, destination-based tax: comprehensive because it has subsumed almost all the indirect taxes except a few state taxes.

  9. Value-added tax - Wikipedia

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    Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a national sales tax introduced in 1991 at a rate of 7%, later reduced to 5%. A Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) that combines the GST and provincial sales tax, is collected in New Brunswick (15%), Newfoundland (15%), Nova Scotia (15%), Ontario (13%) and Prince Edward Island (15%), while British Columbia had a 12% HST ...