Value Added Taxes are levies imposed by governments on businesses operating within their jurisdictions. Most Jurisdictions define both an Output (Sales) VAT as well as an Input (Purchase) VAT.
name
: The name of the vat object.code
: A short identification string for the vat .rate
: An integer representing the rate of the vat as a percentage.entity_id
: The Id of the entity associated with the vat object. Defaults to the the id of entity of the logged in user.$vat->entity:
The entity associated with the vat.$vat->attributes():
Presents the vat object’s attributes as an object. Useful for debugging.