VAT/Sales tax names around the world

In majority countries sales tax is called Value-Added Tax (VAT). The second most popular name is Goods and Services Tax (GST). But there are 10s other different names. Here is a list how sales taxes are named in different countries around the world.

Abbreviation NameCountries
CTConsumption taxJapan
CTCommercial TaxMyanmar
GBRTGross Business Receipts TaxTaiwan
GETGeneral Expenditure TaxBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
GSTGoods and Services TaxAustralia, Canada, India, Jersey, Jordan, Malaysia, Maldives, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore,
HSTHarmonized Services TaxCanada
ITBISTax on the Transfer of Industrialized Goods and ServicesDominican Republic
RTRevenue TaxSint Maarten, Aruba
STSales TaxPakistan, United States
SUTSales and Use TaxPuerto Rico
TGSTTourism Goods and Services TaxMaldives
TOTTurnover TaxCuraçao, Suriname
VATValue-Added Taxall other countries

In Brazil they have unique names for taxes they collect. Here is separate list of sales tax names in Brazil:

ICMSState Value-Added Tax
IPIFederal Value-Added Tax
ISSMunicipal Service Tax
PIS-PASEP, COFINSFederal Gross Receipt Contributions

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