[fooman]

I am not talking about a VAT. You keep imputed that I am , but I am not.

[Jim W N]

If you are talking about a tax upon value that is added to a product BEFORE the final purchase at the cash register,then you are talking about VAT - value added tax.

If you are limiting your support to ONLY the final customer purchases at the cash register then we're on the same page except you bring in confusion, as here, when you start talking about "production" because that describes exactly what upstream prior to final purchase is all about.