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A value-added tax identification number or VAT identification number (VATIN [1]) is an identifier used in many countries, including the countries of the European Union, for value-added tax purposes. In the EU, a VAT identification number can be verified online at the EU's official VIES [2] website. It confirms that the number is currently ...
[98] [99] [100] However, two states enacted a form of VAT in lieu of a business income tax. Michigan used a form of VAT known as the "Single Business Tax" (SBT) from 1975 until voter-initiated legislation repealed it, replaced by the Michigan Business Tax in 2008. [101] Hawaii has a 4% General Excise Tax (GET) that is charged on gross business ...
The European Union value-added tax (or EU VAT) is a value added tax on goods and services within the European Union (EU). The EU's institutions do not collect the tax, but EU member states are each required to adopt in national legislation a value added tax that complies with the EU VAT code. Different rates of VAT apply in different EU member ...
A widely noted type of VAT fraud is Missing Trader Fraud. By using transaction-based reporting systems, discrepancies between the buyer and seller can be identified, and reduced. Moreover, even without analysing data, transaction-based reporting systems have a preventative effect due to the fact that companies are aware that their data is ...
For this reason, a VAT is neutral with respect to the number of passages that there are between the producer and the final consumer. A VAT is an indirect tax, in that the tax is collected from someone other than the person who actually bears the cost of the tax (namely the seller rather than the consumer). To avoid double taxation on final ...
[citation needed] In the United States, the IRS has about 1,177 forms and instructions, [49] 28.4111 megabytes of Internal Revenue Code [50] which contained 3.8 million words as of 1 February 2010, [51] numerous tax regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations, [52] and supplementary material in the Internal Revenue Bulletin. [53]
[16] [17] However, in December 2009, Darling announced that the standard rate of VAT would return to 17.5% with effect from 1 January 2010. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] In the run up to the 2010 general election there were reports that the Conservatives would raise VAT if they gained power.
The VAT Information Exchange System (VIES) is an electronic means of transmitting information relating to VAT registration (i.e., validity of VAT numbers) of companies registered in the European Union. EU law requires that, where goods or services are procured within the EU by a VAT taxpayer, VAT must be paid only in the member state where the ...