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

   Hypernym: tax

   Coordinate terms: sales tax; excise tax, duty; income tax

Related terms

• added value
• add value
• add value machine
• surplus value
• value-add
• value added
• value chain

Translations

tax levied on added value of an exchange — see also VAT

• Arabic: ضَرِيبَة عَلَى القِيمَةْ المَضَافَة f (ḍarība(t) ʕalā l-qīmat al-maḍāfa)
• Armenian: ավելացված արժեքի հարկ (hy) (avelacʻvac aržekʻi 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
• Estonian: käibemaks
• 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: (official) Umsatzsteuer (de) f, (everyday speech) Mehrwertsteuer (de) f
• Greek: φόρος προστιθέμενης αξίας (el) (fóros prostithémenis axías)
• Hebrew: מס ערך מוסף (mas ‘erekh musakh)
• Hindi: मूल्य वर्धित कर m (mūlya vardhit kar)
• Hungarian: általános forgalmi adó (hu), hozzáadottérték-adó
• Icelandic: virðisaukaskattur m
• Indonesian: pajak nilai tambah, pajak pertambahan nilai
• Irish: cáin bhreisluacha f
• Italian: imposta sul valore aggiunto (it) f
• Japanese: 消費税 (ja) (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
• Ukrainian: податок на додану вартість m (podatok na dodanu vartistʹ)
• Vietnamese: thuế giá trị gia tăng (vi)
• Welsh: treth ar werth f

Further reading

• value added tax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia