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v. t. e. A use tax is a type of tax levied in the United States by numerous state governments. It is essentially the same as a sales tax but is applied not where a product or service was sold but where a merchant bought a product or service and then converted it for its own use, without having paid tax when it was initially purchased.

There are 6 flat tax rates in Georgia - Corporate Profit Tax, Value Added Tax, Excise Tax, Personal Income Tax, Import Tax and Property Tax. [1] Personal Income tax in Georgia are collected at a flat rate of 20% on local-source income. Foreign-source personal income is tax-exempt. [2]

Sales taxes are imposed only on taxable transfers of goods or services. The tax is computed as the tax rate times the taxable transaction value. Rates vary by state, and by locality within a state. [5] Not all types of transfers are taxable. The tax may be imposed on sales to consumers and to businesses.

Georgia Department of Revenue; S. Special-purpose local-option sales tax This page was last edited on 4 October 2009, at 09:20 (UTC). Text is available under ...