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間接税 (かんせつぜい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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Consumption tax is a typical indirect tax.
Indirect taxes are often included in the price of goods.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 に 間かん 接せつ 税ぜい がかかる an indirect tax is levied on a good
An indirect tax is levied on this product.
間かん 接せつ 税ぜい を 課か す to impose an indirect tax
The government imposed an indirect tax on imported goods.
間かん 接せつ 税ぜい を 導どう 入にゅう する to introduce an indirect tax
Many countries introduced a new indirect tax.
Related words 直ちょく 接せつ 税ぜい 直接税 (direct tax) is levied directly on income or property, whereas 間接税 is collected through transactions and passed on to the final consumer.
消しょう 費ひ 税ぜい 消費税 is a specific type of 間接税 (consumption tax), while 間接税 is the broader category.
Etymology Compound of 間接 (indirect) + 税 (tax). The term is a calque from Western economic terminology, likely from English 'indirect tax' or German 'indirekte Steuer', introduced during the modernization of Japan's tax system in the Meiji period.
