indirect tax
Consumption-based government revenue
An indirect tax is a tax on goods or services rather than on income or property—collected by an intermediary (like a retailer) who passes the cost to consumers.
Sales tax, value-added tax, and excise duties on alcohol or tobacco are indirect taxes.
The term contrasts with direct taxes, which are levied straight on individuals or businesses.
Incremental consumption tax
- sales taxGovernment percentage on purchases
- exciseRemove by cutting
- dutyRequired moral task
- GSTBritish baseline hour
value-added · stamp duty · sin tax · luxury tax · levy · surcharge · regressive · proportional
Traditional practices or import taxes
- tariffTax on traded goods
- import dutyTax on incoming goods
- export dutyTax on outbound merchandise
- border taxLevy on imports
antidumping · countervailing · protectionism · trade barrier · WTO · retaliatory · trade war · quota
Act of escaping detection
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- underreportingStating fewer than actual
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
loopholes · tax return · registration · threshold · exemption · zero-rated · audit · enforcement
Rising cost of goods
- inflationaryCausing currency devaluation
- cost of livingPrice of basic necessities
- purchasing powerEconomic spending ability
- market priceCurrent exchange value
economic impact · revenue · fiscal policy · household spending · disposable income
VAT
Incremental consumption tax
GST · value-added · stamp duty · sin tax · luxury tax · levy · surcharge · regressive · proportional · incidence
customs
Traditional practices or import taxes
- tariffTax on traded goods
- import dutyTax on incoming goods
- export dutyTax on outbound merchandise
border tax · antidumping · countervailing · protectionism · trade barrier · WTO · retaliatory · trade war · quota · cross-border
evasion
Act of escaping detection
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- underreportingStating fewer than actual
noncompliance · loopholes · tax return · registration · threshold · exemption · zero-rated · audit · enforcement · collection
price increase
Rising cost of goods
- inflationaryCausing currency devaluation
- cost of livingPrice of basic necessities
- purchasing powerEconomic spending ability
market price · economic impact · revenue · fiscal policy · household spending · disposable income
- taxessales tax, income tax, estate tax, excise tax, corporate tax
- taxationtax, income tax, sales tax, tax return, tax refund
- food taxessugar tax, fat tax, junk food tax, beverage tax, soft drink tax
- alcohol taxesalcohol tax, liquor tax, beer tax
- VATVAT, value added tax, VAT number, TVA, GST
- Islamic taxeszakat, fay, bayt al-mal
indirect taxdirect tax
Charge on income directly
income tax · payroll tax · withholding tax · personal income tax · property tax
taxing, indirect, indirectly, taxation, taxable, untaxed, indirectness, nontaxable