value-added tax

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Consumers must now pay a 13 percent value-added tax for contraception including condoms, after Beijing removed exemptions on the products from January 1.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

The deduction rate for value-added tax are now lower for gold purchases for non-investment—falling to 6% from 13%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

India has driven more of the economy into the formal sector, for instance by enacting a goods and services tax like Europe’s value-added tax, allowing more revenue to be extracted from more people and businesses.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2024

The ruling means Walkers, the company that makes poppadoms and dozens of other snack foods, will have to pay the same value-added tax on its poppadoms as it does on its various crisps.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024

A value-added tax, introduced in 1999, launched the   government's comprehensive tax reform program.

From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency