Q1:what is addtion method of VAT?
Q2: what is the difference between INPUT VAT and OUTPUT VAT?
Ram Avtar Singh
(Nagari Sultanpur U.P.Delhi)
(14497 Points)
Replied 16 May 2010
Introduction of VAT
It is a tax on consumption. The final and total burden of the tax is fully and exclusively borne by the domestic consumer of goods and services. It being a tax on domestic consumption, no VAT is charged on goods exported. It is an alternative mechanism of collection of Tax. In many respects it is equivalent to a last point retail sales tax. Value added tax is, therefore, a muti-stage sales tax levied as a proportion of value added (i.e. sales minus purchaes, which is equivalent to wages plus profits). To illustrate,
Example 1
You purchase goods of a value = Rs 1,00,000
Your INPUT TAX CREDIT = Rs 1,00,000 X 10 / 100= Rs 10,000
You make sales worth Rs 3,00,000
OUTPUT TAX on sales = Rs 3,00,000 X 10/100 = Rs 30,000
NET TAX = Rs (30,000 10,000) = Rs 20,000
You need to deposit Rs 20,000 in this TAX PERIOD
Example 2
Example 3
This indicates that VAT is collected at each stage of production and distribution process and in principle, its burden falls on final consumers only. Thus, it is a broad-based tax covering the value added of each commodity by a firm during all stages of production and distribution.
Varun.T.K
(CA Final, CS Executive)
(365 Points)
Replied 16 May 2010
Q1: Addition method:
Under this method, all the factor payments(including profit element) are aggregated. Then, on this value addition, corresponding VAT rate is applied.
Q2: Input Vat and Output Vat:
Output Vat is the collected amount of VAT, on sales gross amount, which we are liable to pay to the department of sales tax.
Input Vat is the amount of purchase tax amount of VAT(elegible items) which we can set off against our output tax liability so that only net VAT amount need to be paid.