Sales tax is an indirect tax.
A sales tax is a tax paid to a governing body for the sales of some goods and services. Generally the seller are allowed by laws to collect funds for the tax from the consumer at the point of purchase.
An indirect tax include sales tax, per unit tax, value added tax (VAT), or goods and services tax (GST ), excise, tariff). Indirect tax refers to a tax collected by an intermediary (such as a retail store).