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by kgwgk 2666 days ago
Yes. In the end the end customer pays the whole tax. But everyone along the chain has to collect its share for the taxman. In this way there is no need to check if the sale is or not subject to the tax. Everyone pays, always. It would be a simple system if it wasn’t for all the exceptions, special situations and opportunities for fraud.