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In the meantime, several countries led first by the European Union have begun to propose and implement digital services taxes (DSTs) which have a number of aims: [3] to raise tax revenues; to put pressure on other countries – in particular the United States – to reach an agreement; [9] and, arguably, [10] to create a level playing field until the OECD/G20 framework reaches an agreement or ...
Individual income tax VAT or GST or Sales tax Capital gains tax [1] Inheritance/Estate Tax Further reading Lowest marginal rate Highest marginal rate Afghanistan: 20% [2] 0% [3] 20% [3] 0% [4] However, in Taliban run areas pre-Taliban rule, small fees were illegally added to some groceries. [5] Taxation in Afghanistan Albania: 15% [6] 0% [7] 23 ...
All organizations and individuals producing and trading VAT taxable goods and services pay VAT, regardless of whether they have Vietnam-resident establishments. Vietnam has three VAT rates: 0 percent, 5 percent and 10 percent. 10 percent is the standard rate. A variety of goods and service transactions qualify for VAT exemption. [105]
The Office for National Statistics report showed that in 2009/10 the poorest 20% spent 8.7% of their gross income on VAT, whereas the richest 20% spent only 4.0% of their gross income on VAT. [56] Similarly, the poorest 20% spent 9.7% of their disposable income on VAT, whereas the richest 20% spent only 5.2% of their disposable income on VAT. [56]
Many states also have a line item on their tax returns allowing the payment of state sales tax when state income tax is filed by an individual or corporation. In May 2013, the Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would allow states to collect sales taxes for purchases made online. [237]
A tax-free shopping retailer. Tax-free shopping (TFS) is the buying of goods in another country or state and obtaining a refund of the sales tax which has been collected by the retailer on those goods. [1] The sales tax may be variously described as a sales tax, goods and services tax (GST), value added tax (VAT), or consumption tax.
E-mail tax is a specific type of bit-tax, which would tax based on volume of email sent or received, quantified either by number of messages or data size of the messages. This type of tax was mentioned in a 1999 report by the United Nations Development Program entitled "Globalization With a Human Face", as a type of bit tax which would raise an ...
[8] [9] Service tax is 12.36% and Maharashtra VAT is 5% on non-theatrical. The total tax in Maharashtra is 45% as entertainment tax, 5% VAT on non theatrical and in addition there is a stamp duty on the agreements entered in Maharashtra. The VAT on theatrical was waived from May 2011 but there is still a past issue from 2005 to 2011 which the ...