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  2. Sales taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    California has the highest base sales tax rate, 7.25%. Including county and city sales taxes, the highest total sales tax as of September 1, 2013, was in Arab, Alabama, 13.50%. [ 2] Sales tax is calculated by multiplying the purchase price by the applicable tax rate. The seller collects it at the time of the sale.

  3. Goods and services tax (Australia) - Wikipedia

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    Goods and Services Tax [1] ( GST) in Australia is a value added tax of 10% on most goods and services sales, with some exemptions (such as for certain food, healthcare and housing items [2]) and concessions (including qualifying long term accommodation which is taxed at an effective rate of 5.5% [3] ). GST is levied on most transactions in the ...

  4. Sales taxes in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Goods and services tax ( GST )/ harmonized sales tax ( HST ), a value-added tax levied by the federal government. The GST applies nationally. The HST includes the provincial portion of the sales tax but is administered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and is applied under the same legislation as the GST. The HST is in effect in Ontario, New ...

  5. List of countries by tax rates - Wikipedia

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    The list focuses on the main types of taxes: corporate tax, individual income tax, and sales tax, including VAT and GST and capital gains tax, but does not list wealth tax or inheritance tax. Personal income tax includes all applicable taxes, including all unvested social security contributions.

  6. Goods and Services Tax (New Zealand) - Wikipedia

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    Goods and Services Tax ( GST) is a value-added tax or consumption tax for goods and services consumed in New Zealand . GST in New Zealand is designed to be a broad-based system with few exemptions, such as for rents collected on residential rental properties, donations, precious metals and financial services. [1]

  7. Goods and Services Tax (India) - Wikipedia

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    Goods and Services Tax (India) The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a successor to VAT used in India on the supply of goods and service. Both VAT and GST have the same taxation slabs. It is a comprehensive, multistage, destination-based tax: comprehensive because it has subsumed almost all the indirect taxes except a few state taxes.

  8. Taxation in California - Wikipedia

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    1.25% – Uniform Local Tax. 0.25% – Local County – Transportation funds. 1.00% – Local City/County – Operational funds. The statewide sales tax in California was first imposed on August 1, 1933, at the rate of 2.50% under the "Retail Sales Act of 1933." [11] No local sales taxes were levied at that time.

  9. Sales taxes in British Columbia - Wikipedia

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    The former British Columbia Provincial Sales Tax (BC PST) was introduced on 1 July 1948 as part of the Social Service Tax Act. [1] It was initially set at 3%, [2] but later rose to 7%. The PST was collected on most goods and some services. The main difference between the national Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the BC PST was its taxable base ...