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It do not depend on the nature of the company, it depends what trading activities are covered by the related statue to charge the Value Added Tax and need to check how to charge and it all differ from country to country .
Value added tax is charged by Manufacturing companies.
VAT is multi point tax. It is charged by the manufacturing companies, distributors, traders/ whole salers and retailors until the product is reached the end user. There is an input tax credit, which is debited when the distributor purchases the goods from the manufacturer. This is continued till the product reaches the end user. In effect, each trader has to charge the VAT on the margin or profit he is added to the cost of the product.
VAT is charged by the both.