turnover tax

…previous stages, are sometimes called turnover taxes. For reasons of administration and simplicity, such taxes are based on gross receipts; consequently, the taxable value at each stage includes amounts taxed at the previous stage (as well as the taxes already paid at previous stages).

…the socialist system were the turnover tax (which taxed products at every stage of production and distribution) and deductions made from the profits of public enterprises. The advent of privatization and the harmonization of national legislation with EU standards led to a reform of the tax system and the tax…