Welcome to vat.com, an online clearing house for information and services related to the Value Added Tax (VAT). Value added tax (VAT) is a type of sales tax. In some countries, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Singapore, this tax is known as "goods and services tax" or GST; and in Japan it is known as "consumption tax". VAT is an indirect tax, in that the tax is collected from someone other than the person who actually bears the cost of the tax (namely the seller rather than the consumer). As VAT is intended as a tax on consumption, exports (which are, by definition, consumed abroad) are usually not subject to VAT or VAT is refunded.

Countries that collect VAT include: Algeria Argentina Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Chile China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Guatemala Guyana Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lebanon Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Mexico Monaco Montenegro Morocco Netherlands Norway Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Senegal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Taiwan Thailand Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Zambia.

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