間かん接せつ税ぜい

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Common word

Meanings

noun

indirect tax

A tax collected by an intermediary (such as a retailer) from the person who ultimately bears the economic burden of the tax, e.g. consumption tax, liquor tax, customs duties. Contrasts with 直接税 (direct tax).

消しょう費ひ税ぜいは代だい表ひょう的てきな間かん接せつ税ぜいです。
Consumption tax is a typical indirect tax.
間かん接せつ税ぜいは、商しょう品ひんの価か格かくに含ふくまれていることが多おおい。
Indirect taxes are often included in the price of goods.

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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
この商しょう品ひんには間かん接せつ税ぜいがかかっている。
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
政せい府ふは輸ゆ入にゅう品ひんに間かん接せつ税ぜいを課かした。
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
多おおくの国くにが新あたらしい間かん接せつ税ぜいを導どう入にゅうした。
Many countries introduced a new indirect tax.

Kanji

間interval, space
接touch, contact, adjoin
税tax, duty

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.

Opposites

直ちょく接せつ税ぜい
間接税 is collected via an intermediary and passed on to the final consumer, while 直接税 is levied directly on the taxpayer's income or property.

Built from

間かん接せつ+税ぜい

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.