Mbiri ya msonkho imayamba mu nthawi ya Chiroma. Anthu okhala m'dera la Ufumu wa Roma amayenera kupereka misonkho. Malamulo amisonkho oyamba ku Netherlands akuwonekera mu 1805. Mfundo zoyambirira za msonkho zidabadwa: ndalama. Misonkho yolowera inasinthidwa mu 1904.
VAT, msonkho wolipira, msonkho wolipira, msonkho wa bungwe, msonkho wa chilengedwe - zonsezi ndi gawo la misonkho yomwe timalipira lero. Timakhoma misonkho kuboma komanso kumatauni. Ndi ndalama, Unduna wa Zachilengedwe ku Netherlands, mwachitsanzo, ungasamalire ma dikoni; kapena zigawo zoyendera anthu onse.
Akatswiri azachuma akukambirana mafunso monga: kodi ndani ayenera kupereka misonkho? Kodi msonkho uyenera kukhala chiyani? Kodi ndalama za msonkho ziyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito bwanji? Boma lopanda misonkho silitha kusamalira nzika zake.
