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For example, a book manufacturer in Ireland who purchases paper including VAT at the 23% rate [28] and sells books at the 0% rate [29] is entitled to reclaim the VAT on the purchase of paper, as the business is making taxable supplies. In countries like Sweden and Finland, non-profit organisations such as sports clubs are exempt from all VAT ...
VAT rates range from 0% on books, children's clothing and educational services and items, to 23% on the majority of goods. [78] The 13.5% rate applies to many labour-intensive services as well as to restaurant meals, hot takeaway food, and bakery products. [78] A 4.8% rate applies to supply of livestock and greyhounds. [78]
The second reduced VAT rate (5 percent) applies to some foodstuff and social services. The super-reduced VAT rate (4 percent) applies to TV licenses, newspapers, periodicals, books and medical equipment for the disabled. A zero VAT rate (0 percent) applies to intra-community and international transport.
Global map of countries by tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products (%), 2021, according to World Bank.. This is a list of countries by tariff rate.The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.
Map of the world showing national-level sales tax / VAT rates as of October 2019. A comparison of tax rates by countries is difficult and somewhat subjective, as tax laws in most countries are extremely complex and the tax burden falls differently on different groups in each country and sub-national unit.
The third largest source of government revenues is value-added tax (VAT), charged at the standard rate of 20% on supplies of goods and services. It is therefore a tax on consumer spending. Certain goods and services are exempt from VAT, and others are subject to VAT at a lower rate of 5% (the reduced rate) or 0% ("zero-rated").
Seamus Coffey's 2016 Review of Ireland's Corporation Tax Code chronicled how the EU withdrew the exemption from State-aid rules for Ireland's special tax rate of 10% in 1996–1998, however, Ireland countered the EU withdrawal by lowering the entire Irish standard rate of corporate tax from 40% to 12.5% over 1996–2003 (see § Historical rates ...
56% (avg commune) (including 8% social security paid by the employee but excluding 0.42–1.48% church tax imposed on members of the national Church of Denmark) 25% (reduced rate 0% on transportation of passengers and newspapers normally published at a rate of more than one issue per month) [6] Estonia