Value Added Tax or VAT is such an indirect tax which is paid by the consumer through a registered person. Value Added Tax or VAT on a particular goods or service is determined on the basis of adding actual level of value of the said goods or service adjusting input tax payable against the supplied goods or service.

How VAT is lived ?

VAT is levied on taxable import and taxable supply. VAT will be levied at the rate of 15% on all imports and supplies except on goods and services waived under the provisions of the First Schedule of the law.

Who pays VAT?

Procedure of Value Added Tax or VAT is an automatic taxing procedure based on input tax credit against supply or sale. The supplier accepts the paid up VAT on the purchase tax of the goods or service during the purchase as credit as against the VAT included in the price during supply of such goods or service and he pays the net amount of VAT. Therefore, the seller realizes the VAT from within the price obtained from the buyer and deposits the net amount of VAT to the Government treasury after taking credit on VAT at purchase level.

As VAT is considered to be a consumer tax, the consumer shall pay the whole amount of VAT as applicable on goods or service. As an intermediary procedure, the producer, the supplier, all, at every levels of sale, shall realize VAT on behalf of the Government and deposit to the Government treasury.