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What is VAT? How is it calculated? What is it most like (or similar to)?

What is VAT? How is it calculated? What is it most like (or similar to)?

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VAT is the short term of Value Added Tax, which is a form of consumption tax collected incrementally based on the value added in each stage of the production of the goods and services. Value added tax is calculated by two methods, namely, credit invoice method and account based method. Credit invoice method is the most widely used method and it is done by taxing the customer on sales transactions with the customer informed of the VAT on the transactions. The other method, at the end of a reporting period, the value of all taxable sales are calculated and then the sum of all taxable purchases, then the difference is obtained and VAT is imposed.

Now let's see how Input and Output Tax are calculated: Input VAT: Amount paid by a buyer as a percentage of cost price for goods/services used to make a final product Say the Cost Price of a goods/services is = INR 100 Assuming the VAT rate to be 12.5%, Input VAT (VAT paid during buying) = INR 12.50.

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