Tax blog: guides, worked examples and explainers – page 13
Practical guides with worked examples, each linked to a calculator you can use straight away.
- Budgeting for property tax in Latvia
How property tax is typically calculated from an assessed value and a rate, with a monthly budgeting figure for owners in Latvia.
- Stamp duty and transfer taxes for small business owners: a practical guide
Stamp duty and transfer taxes explained for small business owners, with a worked example, a checklist and the mistakes to avoid.
- Selling investments in Arkansas: federal and state capital gains
How federal and Arkansas state taxes apply to capital gains, with a worked example.
- Reverse VAT in Dominican Republic: find the net price from a gross price
Why you cannot just subtract 18% from a gross price in Dominican Republic, and the correct formula for extracting VAT.
- Importing goods into Botswana: duty and VAT on the landed cost
How import duty and 14% VAT stack up on shipments into Botswana, with a worked landed-cost example.
- How bonuses are taxed explained for first-time filers
How bonuses are taxed explained for first-time filers, with a worked example, a checklist and the mistakes to avoid.
- Dividend tax for consultants: a practical guide
Dividend tax explained for consultants, with a worked example, a checklist and the mistakes to avoid.
- Your effective tax rate for expats: a practical guide
Your effective tax rate explained for expats, with a worked example, a checklist and the mistakes to avoid.
- Withholding tax: what families need to know
Withholding tax explained for families, with a worked example, a checklist and the mistakes to avoid.
- Gross to net salary in Kenya: a simple estimate
A clear way to estimate net salary in Kenya from gross pay, using an effective income tax rate and a social contributions rate.
- Capital gains tax in Russia: a simple way to estimate it
How to estimate capital gains tax on shares, property or other assets sold in Russia: gain, costs, rate and net proceeds.
- Buying a car in Ontario: sales tax explained
How sales tax applies to new and used vehicles in Ontario, and whether a trade-in lowers it.
- What it really costs to import into Bulgaria
How import duty and 20% VAT stack up on shipments into Bulgaria, with a worked landed-cost example.
- VAT invoices in Panama: a practical checklist
The details a VAT invoice in Panama normally needs, how to lay out tax per line, and a worked invoice example at 7%.
- Importing goods into Argentina: duty and VAT on the landed cost
How import duty and 21% VAT stack up on shipments into Argentina, with a worked landed-cost example.
- How to remove VAT from a price in Saudi Arabia
Why you cannot just subtract 15% from a gross price in Saudi Arabia, and the correct formula for extracting VAT.
- Estimating property tax in France
How property tax is typically calculated from an assessed value and a rate, with a monthly budgeting figure for owners in France.
- Adding 13% VAT in Nepal: step by step
A step-by-step method for adding 13% VAT to any net price in Nepal, with a ready-made table of common amounts.
- Withholding tax: what freelancers need to know
Withholding tax explained for freelancers, with a worked example, a checklist and the mistakes to avoid.
- What it really costs to import into Cameroon
How import duty and 19.25% VAT stack up on shipments into Cameroon, with a worked landed-cost example.