VAT And GST


 
 
Concept Explanation
 

Value Added Tax (VAT) AND Goods And Servicde Tax (GST)

VAT helps avoid cascading of taxes (tax being levied upon a price that includes one or more elements of tax) as a product passes through different stages of production/value addition. The tax is based on the difference between the value of the output and the value of the inputs used to produce it. The aim is to tax a firm only for the value added by it to the inputs it is using for manufacturing its output and not the entire input cost. VAT brings in transparency to commodity taxation: right now, only the final tax paid by the consumer is apparent to them,

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