value-added tax
value–added tax
nounDefinition of VALUE-ADDED TAX
: an incremental excise that is levied on the value added at each stage of the processing of a raw material or the production and distribution of a commodity and that typically has the impact of a sales tax on the ultimate consumer
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1935
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