Taxation Question:
What is the difference between Sales Tax and VAT?
Answers:
Answer #1Sales tax, as compared to VAT is the percentage of revenue
imposed on the retail sale of goods. Unlike VAT, sales tax
is levied on the total value of goods and services
purchased.
imposed on the retail sale of goods. Unlike VAT, sales tax
is levied on the total value of goods and services
purchased.
Answer #2Vat is imposed on value addition of goods, but sale tax imposed on sale value of goods. vat system avoid the cascading effect. Which means tax on tax