しょうひぜい

しょうひぜい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しょうひぜい – see the following entry at 消費税.

しょうひぜい【消費税】 [noun]a tax added to the price when purchasing goods or services. [noun](economics) consumption tax, a tax levied on consumption of goods and services. [noun](law) an indirect tax levied on consumption by the Japanese national government. (compare 地方消費税(ちほうしょうひぜい) (chihō shōhizei, “local consumption tax”))

(This term, しょうひぜい, is a hiragana spelling of 消費税.)