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付加価値税 (ふかかちぜい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

付ふ加か価か値ち税ぜい

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Meanings

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value-added tax; VAT

The standard term for VAT in Japanese, used in economic and legal contexts.

日本にほんでは、付ふ加か価か値ち税ぜいは消しょう費ひ税ぜいと呼よばれている

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In Japan, value-added tax is called consumption tax.

付ふ加か価か値ち税ぜいの税ぜい率りつは国くにによって異ことなる。

The rate of value-added tax differs from country to country.

Kanji

付adhere, attach, refer to
加add, addition, increase
価value, price
値price, cost, value
税tax, duty

Related words

消しょう費ひ税ぜいN2
付加価値税 is the formal, technical term for value-added tax, while 消費税 is the common everyday name Japan uses for its VAT-like tax.

Built from

付ふ加か価か値ち+税ぜい

Etymology

Compound of 付加 (fuka, 'addition') + 価値 (kachi, 'value') + 税 (zei, 'tax'). A direct translation of the English term 'value-added tax'.