sales tax

English

Noun

sales tax (countable and uncountable, plural sales taxes)

A local or state tax imposed as a percentage of the selling price of goods or services payable by the customer. The tax is not recognized as the seller's earnings; the seller only collects the tax and transmits the same to local or state authorities.

Synonyms

nuisance tax

Translations

a tax

Finnish: liikevaihtovero (fi)
French: taxe de vente, taxe sur la vente

Hawaiian: ʻauhau kumukūʻai
Icelandic: söluskattur m

See also

value-added tax (VAT)
goods and services tax (GST)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.