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Business Definition for: VAT

  • value added tax: a tax added at each stage in the manufacture of a product. It acts as a replacement for a sales tax in almost every industrialized country outside North America. It is levied on selected goods and services, paid by organizations on items they buy, and then charged to customers.

Wiktionary Definition for: VAT

  • #value-added tax.

Additional Resources

KPMG tax advisers tell you all you ever wanted to know about Vietnam's tax laws and how they might affect your business
How should enterprises deal with he credit of input VAT on VAT invoices if they fail to declare such input VAT in the month when VAT invoices are issued by suppliers? How should enterprises deal with he credit of input VAT on VAT invoices...
Tags: advisor, KPMG Consulting Inc., tax, VAT
Research articles 2004-11-22
A New Approach to Taxing Financial Intermediation Services Under a Value Added Tax
This paper contains a proposal to tax financial intermediation services under a VAT. At the heart of the proposal is the application of a reverse charge that shifts the collection of the VAT on deposit interest from depositors to banks, in conjunction with the establishment of a franking mechanism managed...
Tags: Finance, Financial Planning, Free Trade, Taxes, Proposal, VAT
White papers 2004-07-01
ADP e-XPENSE Services Adds Automated VAT Process - Teams with Corporate VAT Management
ROSELAND, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 21, 1997--The Employer Services Division of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NYSE: AUD) -- today announced that e-XPENSETM Services, their comprehensive T&E solution, will team with Corporate VAT Management (Seattle, WA) to offer integrated value-added tax VAT refund processing for all clients of e-XPENSE.
Tags: Automatic Data Processing Inc., team, VAT
Research articles 1997-07-21
VIETNAM: INDONESIAN TOURISTS COULD RECEIVE VISA EXEMPTION - VAT.(Brief Article)
According to ?VoV?, Indonesian tourists will probably be exempted from visas when entering Vietnam in the near future, according to the Vietnam Administration of Tourism VAT. VAT deputy head Nguyen Phu Duc said the Government and VAT had met to dis According to ?VoV?, Indonesian tourists...
Tags: VAT, Visa Inc.
Research articles 2003-08-26
Sabrix Eases Payable and VAT Compliance Pain for Oracle Users
Building on its success with previous value-added tax VAT implementations, SabrixTM, Inc., the leading provider of Consolidated Transaction Tax ManagementTM applications, today announced expanded VAT support for users of the Oracle® E-Business Suite Payables and Purchasing modules. The SabrixConnectionTM for Oracle integrates Sabrix tax and Oracle E-Business Suite applications to...
Tags: Oracle Corp., tax, VAT
Research articles 2005-09-21
Taxation Reforms and Changes in Revenue Assignments in China
The value-added tax VAT in China has the unusual feature that capital goods are included in the VAT base. In addition, most services are subject to the business tax, which is not creditable against VAT, but which accrues to local governments, and operates as a turnover tax. On grounds of...
Tags: Finance, China, Financial Planning, Free Trade, Taxes, Tariff, VAT, IMF
White papers 2004-07-01
VAT move attacked. (Food Taxes).(UK food sellers and manufacturers against tax cut by International Monetary Fund)(Brief Article)
Retailers and manufacturers have urged the Treasury to reject proposals from the International Monetary Fund to introduce VAT on food. In a review of the UK economy, the IMF said eliminating VAT exemptions on food and children's clothes would help Retailers and manufacturers...
Tags: food, IMF, tax, VAT
Research articles 2002-03-16
Top-up VAT stand. (News).(Brief Article)
Independent retailers could benefit from Safeway's decision not to stock mobile phone top-up cards until the dispute over who will pay the new VAT charge is settled. Chancellor Gordon Brown has ruled that VAT must be paid on the full value of top- ...
Tags: retail company, Safeway Plc., VAT
Research articles 2003-06-07
ESTONIA: VAT FOR BOOKS.(Brief Article)
According to Estonian Review, Ministry of Finance is preparing a change in legislation, based on EU directives that would impose value added tax VAT for books. If ... According to Estonian Review, Ministry of Finance is preparing a change in legislation, based on EU directives that...
Tags: Books, VAT
Research articles 2000-03-09
Eurocash Earns Dividends on Sales Performance with Siebel CRM OnDemand; International VAT Specialist Improves Organizational Alignment Using Siebel's Hosted CRM Solution
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Siebel Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SEBL), a leading provider of customer-facing solutions, today announced that Eurocash, an outsourcing business offering a full range of Value Added Tax VAT retrieval and consultancy services to corporate clients worldwide, has adopted Siebel CRM OnDemand to provide its multinational customers, from all...
Tags: dividend, hosted CRM, on-demand, sales, Siebel CRM OnDemand, Siebel Systems Inc.
Research articles 2005-12-14
KPMG tax advisers tell you all you ever wanted to know about Vietnam's tax laws and how they might have an impact on your business
What are the VAT and import duty provisions on materials imported for production or processing of goods for export but are then sold domestically or used for other purposes? Who is the competent authority to collect VAT and import duty on such ... What are...
Tags: advisor, KPMG Consulting Inc., tax, VAT
Research articles 2004-10-04
Mexico: Tourists could be spared VAT charge in Mexico.
Mexico's chamber of deputies' tourism commission is studying them possibility of partially exempting tourists buying Mexican goods to take home with them to other countries from VAT charges so as to foment consumerism on visits to Mexico. VAT exem Mexico's chamber of deputies' tourism commission...
Tags: Mattel Inc., VAT
Research articles 2000-12-27
FINISHING - Dispersing agent
A dispersing agent designed for use with vat, disperse and mixed dyestuffs as well as leuco vat esters and naphthol dyes, has been launched by BASF plc of Wembley, UK, under the name 'Setamol E'. The product offers a high elimination level of over 70%,A dispersing agent...
Tags: agent, BASF AG
Research articles 1995-03-01
AITC takes VAT case to European court.
The Association of Investment Trust Companies is set take its VAT tax case to the European Court of Justice. The Association of Investment Trust Companies is set take its VAT tax case to the European Court of Justice.
Tags: European Court, tax, VAT
Research articles 2005-06-06
European Commission to Block VAT Reclaims on Business Mileage.
LONDON, December 17 /PRNewswire/ -- UK business to potentially lose tens of millions if European Court upholds 6th VAT Directive LONDON, December 17 /PRNewswire/ -- UK business to potentially lose tens of millions if European Court upholds...
Tags: European Commission, VAT
Research articles 2004-12-17
VAT Invoice - Price Including Tax
This template is a description of VAT Invoice With Price Including Tax.
Tags: VAT, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance
White papers 2000-07-28
VAT Invoice - Price Excluding Tax
This template is a description of VAT Invoice With Price Excluding Tax.
Tags: VAT, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance
White papers 2000-07-28
KPMG: in a new weekly column, Tax Advice, KPMG specialists tell you all you ever wanted to know about Vietnam's tax law and how they might affect your business
What are the changes in VAT applicable to services provided to export processing enterprises? What are the changes in VAT applicable to services provided to export processing enterprises?
Tags: KPMG Consulting Inc., tax
Research articles 2004-08-09
VAT haven closing.(News)(Value Added Tax)(Brief Article)
Tesco has indicated it may have to rethink its online offer if the Jersey government cracks down on businesses sourcing VAT-free products from the island. Tesco launched Tesco Jersey last December as a means of driving down prices of non-food prod Tesco has...
Tags: Tesco, VAT
Research articles 2005-07-02
Software error gives BT $43 million VAT bill.
Jul 26, 2005 (International Tax Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- An accounting software error has led British Telecommunications to overpay its value-added tax VAT obligations. The error, discovered ...
Tags: British Telecommunications, software, VAT
Research articles 2005-07-26
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