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sales tax

tax levied by governments on the sale of goods and services, collected at the point of transaction
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sales tax

Summary

sales tax is a type of tax[1]. It draws 524 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_tax category, ranking #8 of 33).[2]

Key Facts

  • sales tax's instance of is recorded as type of tax[3].
  • sales tax is a type of consumption tax[4].

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Definition and Type

sales tax's instance of is recorded as type of tax[3]. It is a type of consumption tax[4].

Why It Matters

sales tax draws 524 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_tax category, ranking #8 of 33).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). sales tax. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sales-tax
MLA “sales tax.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/sales-tax.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sales-tax_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sales tax}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sales-tax}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 16d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Wikidata description → tax levied by governments on the sale of goods and services, collected at the po
    Subclass of → consumption tax
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1083, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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