A Tariff is an established payment which must be modified only by the entity that establishes its regulation, without further alteration than this and surviving all possible economic changes, the tariff is maintained as a mandatory payment in the institutions to carry out any procedure. Common tariffs are usually in institutions or organizations government, which is responsible for issuing official documents and permits within a framework established tariff. The origin of this term is established in the markets of the Middle East, where barter evolved before other civilizations which produced a whole series of payment platforms and fees.
The tariffs, also called cups are usually used in the field of taxation states, understood this application by the superintendency of tax means as a payment control of imports and exports. Dependence on these systems throughout the world has contributed to the development of a complex infrastructure in the departure areas of cities. The tariff is a tool, since with these the nation debits from the products that are imported and exported a payment for administrative work by the tax system.
Tariffs are not only used as import or export payments, they also base a payment system in the institutions in which procedures and personal documentation are carried out, each person is responsible for paying a proportion as a tribute to the institutions that process this. In the case of Venezuela, these tariffs are made in the form of stamps, they are a small adhesive paper which is sealed by the mint and the tribute regulatory institution, they have their corresponding price and according to the document they are attached by means of an adhesive. Currently this tax stamphas been supplanted by a different tax which fulfills the same function in a cleaner way, it is the Tax Unit, it is established according to the current exchange control and provides a specific unit of measurement for this type of paperwork, in the Currently, the Venezuelan tax unit has a cost of 107 Bsf.
