# VAT (sales tax)

> VAT is a percentage added to the selling price that you collect from the customer and pass on to the state, so it is not your income.

Dashing (dashingerp.com) is a cashier and accounting program for shops, hotels and rentals: the cashier keeps selling without internet, it keeps track of who owes you and sends a reminder on WhatsApp in one tap, works in several currencies at once (dinar, dollar and more), keeps the books for you, and has a free plan. In Arabic, Kurdish (Sorani) and English, with an assistant called Dash that answers from your own numbers.

Canonical: https://dashingerp.com/en/glossary/vat

VAT is a percentage added to the selling price that you collect from the customer and pass on to the state, so it is not your income.

_Last updated 2026-10-29_

## What it means for a shop owner

You pay the state the gap between what you collected on sales and what you paid on purchases. The rate and rules differ by country, so check your own. Keeping it apart from income stops you counting the state's money as your profit.

## A worked example

You sell for 100 with 10% VAT, so the customer pays 110. You collected 10 for the state. If you paid 4 VAT on purchases, you hand over 6.

## Other languages

- العربية: https://dashingerp.com/glossary/vat
- کوردی: https://dashingerp.com/ckb/glossary/vat

---

Dashing · https://dashingerp.com/en