value added tax

value added tax

See also: value-added tax

English

Alternative forms

• value-added tax

Noun

value added tax (plural value added taxes)

1. (taxation) A tax levied on the added value that results from the exchange of goods and services

Synonyms

• (tax): VAT
• (tax): goods and services tax, GST (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore)

Coordinate terms

• sales tax

Translations

tax levied on added value of an exchange — See also translations at VAT

Arabic: ضَرِيبَة عَلَى القِيمَةْ المَضَافَة‎ f (ḍarība(t) ʿalā l-qīmat al-maḍāfa) Armenian: ավելացված արժեքի հարկ (hy) (avelacʿvac aržekʿi hark) Basque: balio erantsiaren gaineko zerga Belarusian: пада́так на дада́дзеную ва́ртасьць m (padátak na dadádzjenuju vártasʹcʹ) Bulgarian: данък върху добавената стойност m (danǎk vǎrhu dobavenata stojnost) Catalan: impost sobre el valor afegit (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 增值稅／增值税 (zh) (zēngzhíshuì) Czech: daň z přidané hodnoty (cs) f Danish: merværdiafgift c Dutch: omzetbelasting (nl) f, belasting op de toegevoegde waarde f Esperanto: aldonvalora imposto Finnish: arvonlisävero (fi) French: taxe sur la valeur ajoutée (fr) f Georgian: დამატებული ღირებულების გადასახადი (damaṭebuli ɣirebulebis gadasaxadi), დამატებითი ღირებულების გადასახადი (damaṭebiti ɣirebulebis gadasaxadi) German: Mehrwertsteuer (de) f Greek: φόρος προστιθέμενης αξίας (el) (fóros prostithémenis axías) Hebrew: מס ערך מוסף‎ (mas ‘erekh musakh) Hungarian: általános forgalmi adó (hu), hozzáadottérték-adó Icelandic: virðisaukaskattur m Indonesian: pajak nilai tambah, pajak pertambahan nilai Irish: cáin bhreisluacha Italian: imposta sul valore aggiunto (it) f Japanese: 消費税 (しょうひぜい, shōhizei) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: baca nirxê lêzêdekirî Lithuanian: pridėtinės vertės mokestis Norwegian: merverdiavgift Persian: مالیات بر ارزش افزوده‎ Polish: podatek od wartości dodanej m, podatek od towarów i usług m Portuguese: (Portugal) imposto sobre valor acrescentado m, (Brazil) imposto sobre a circulação de mercadorias m Romanian: taxă pe valoarea adăugată (ro) f Russian: нало́г на доба́вленную сто́имость (ru) m (nalóg na dobávlennuju stóimostʹ) Scottish Gaelic: cìs luach-leasaichte f Serbo-Croatian: Roman: porez na dodanu vrijednost m Slovak: daň z pridanej hodnoty f Slovene: davek na dodano vrednost m Spanish: (Spain) impuesto sobre el valor añadido m, (Latin America) impuesto al valor agregado m Swahili: kodi ya nyongeza Swedish: mervärdesskatt (sv) c, mervärdesomsättningsskatt (sv) c Tagalog: buwis sa dagdag na halaga, buwis sa halagang idinagdag Tamil: வரி (ta) (vari), மதிப்புக் கூட்டு வரி (matippuk kūṭṭu vari) Thai: ภาษีมูลค่าเพิ่ม (paasĕe moonkâapêrm) Turkish: katma değer vergisi Vietnamese: thuế giá trị gia tăng (vi)

Further reading

• value added tax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia