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消費税 (shouhizei) Japanese meaning: consumption tax | Kotomora
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In Japan, consumption tax is levied on most goods.
The consumption tax was raised to 10%.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 に 消しょう 費ひ 税ぜい がかかる consumption tax is levied on 〈item〉
Consumption tax applies to this product too.
消しょう 費ひ 税ぜい を 上あ げる ／ 下さ げる to raise/lower the consumption tax
The government plans to raise the consumption tax next year.
消しょう 費ひ 税ぜい 込こ み ／ 抜ぬ き tax included / tax excluded
This price includes consumption tax.
消しょう 費ひ 税ぜい を 払はら う to pay consumption tax
You have to pay consumption tax when you shop.
消しょう 費ひ 税ぜい が 上あ がる the consumption tax rises
The consumption tax will go up starting next month.
Kanji 消 extinguish, blow out, turn off Related words 税 is the general word for any tax, while 消費税 specifically names the tax on consumption/purchases.
税金 is the everyday, broader word for taxes in general, whereas 消費税 refers specifically to the consumption tax added to purchases.
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.
Don't confuse with 消費税 is the broad consumption tax charged on almost all goods and services, whereas 酒税 is a separate, additional tax charged only on alcohol.
消費財 (consumer goods) and 消費税 (consumption tax) share the 消費- prefix but refer to very different economic concepts—goods versus a tax.
所得税 taxes what you earn, whereas 消費税 taxes what you spend on purchases.
Etymology Compound of 消費 (consumption) and 税 (tax). The term was adopted in Japan when the consumption tax system was introduced in 1989.
