A report on Tax, Sales tax and Indirect tax

Total revenue from direct and indirect taxes given as share of GDP in 2017
Federal Sales Taxes
Trends in Tax Structures in OECD Countries
Pieter Brueghel the Younger, The tax collector's office, 1640
Cash register receipt showing sales tax of 8.5%
Tax structure per OECD country in 2018.
Substitution effect and income effect with a taxation on y good.
General government revenue, in % of GDP, from indirect taxes. For this data, the variance of GDP per capita with purchasing power parity (PPP) is explained in 0 % by tax revenue.
Budget's constraint shift after an introduction of a lump sum tax or a general tax on consumption or a proportional income tax.
The Laffer curve. In this case, the critical point is at a tax rate of 70%. Revenue increases until this peak, then it starts decreasing.
General government revenue, in % of GDP, from social contributions. For this data, the variance of GDP per capita with purchasing power parity (PPP) is explained in 20% by social contributions revenue.
Egyptian peasants seized for non-payment of taxes. (Pyramid Age)
Public finance revenue from taxes in % of GDP. For this data, the variance of GDP per capita with purchasing power parity (PPP) is explained in 32% by tax revenue.
Diagram illustrating deadweight costs of taxes

A sales tax is a tax paid to a governing body for the sales of certain goods and services.

- Sales tax

An indirect tax (such as sales tax, per unit tax, value added tax (VAT), or goods and services tax (GST), excise, consumption tax, tariff) is a tax that is levied upon goods and services before they reach the customer who ultimately pays the indirect tax as a part of market price of the good or service purchased.

- Indirect tax

Taxes consist of direct or indirect taxes and may be paid in money or as its labour equivalent.

- Tax

Countries or subunits often also impose wealth taxes, inheritance taxes, estate taxes, gift taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, use taxes, payroll taxes, duties and/or tariffs.

- Tax

Turnover tax, similar to a sales tax, but applied to intermediate and possibly capital goods as an indirect tax.

- Sales tax
Total revenue from direct and indirect taxes given as share of GDP in 2017

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Map of countries and territories by their VAT status

Value-added tax

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Map of countries and territories by their VAT status
A Belgian VAT receipt
Without any tax
With a 10% sales tax
With a 10% VAT
A supply-demand analysis of a taxed market
Standard VAT or sales tax rate
General government revenue, in % of GDP, from VAT. For this data, the variance of GDP per capita with purchasing power parity (PPP) is explained in 3% by tax revenue.
EU VAT Tax Rates
4 May 2010 "Campaña no más IVA" in Spain
National VAT act as a tariff on imports and their exports are exempt from VAT (zero-rated).

A value-added tax (VAT), known in some countries as a goods and services tax (GST), is a type of tax that is assessed incrementally.

It is similar to, and is often compared with, a sales tax.

Like other countries' sales and VAT, it is an indirect tax.