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value-added tax

–noun
an excise tax based on the value added to a product at each stage of production or distribution: value added is arrived at by subtracting from the total value of the product at the end of each production or distibution stage the value of the goods bought at its inception. Abbreviation: VAT
Also called added-value tax.


Origin:
1930–35
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Main Entry: value–ad·ded tax
Function: noun
: a tax levied at each addition of value in the processing of a raw material, the performance of a service, or the production and distribution of a commodity with each payer except the consumer reimbursed from payment at the next stage called also VAT
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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