How a VAT could tax the rich and pay for universal basic income

[comradebillyboy]

3. In the EU the value added tax is about 15%. It's a sales tax so it

hits everybody, not just the rich.

https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/vat/what-is-vat_en

Value added tax is

a general tax that applies, in principle, to all commercial activities involving the production and distribution of goods and the provision of services. However, if the annual turnover of this person is less than a certain limit (the threshold), which differs according to the Member State, the person does not have to charge VAT on their sales.
a consumption tax because it is borne ultimately by the final consumer. It is not a charge on businesses.
charged as a percentage of price, which means that the actual tax burden is visible at each stage in the production and distribution chain.
collected fractionally, via a system of partial payments whereby taxable persons (i.e., VAT-registered businesses) deduct from the VAT they have collected the amount of tax they have paid to other taxable persons on purchases for their business activities. This mechanism ensures that the tax is neutral regardless of how many transactions are involved.
paid to the revenue authorities by the seller of the goods, who is the "taxable person", but it is actually paid by the buyer to the seller as part of the price. It is thus an indirect tax.

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