付加価値税
fukakachizei
VAT (value-added tax) in Japanese is 付加価値税 (fukakachizei).
付加価値税 is the technical term for value-added tax. However, in daily conversation, Japanese speakers almost always use the term 消費税 to refer to the tax applied at the point of purchase.
Meaning: a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning (noun)
Which one should you use?
While 付加価値税 is the precise translation for 'value-added tax', 消費税 is the much more common way to refer to the tax in everyday life. To specify that a price includes tax, you can add 込み to the end of your chosen tax term, such as in 消費税込み (consumption tax included).
How do you pronounce it?
fukakachizei
Did you know?
- The word 価値 (kachi) used in 付加価値税 is the same word used to describe the 'value' of a person's character or worth in a spiritual sense.
- While 消費税 is used for sales tax, Japan has a unique 'reduced tax rate' system where food is taxed at 8% and other items at 10%.
- If you use the formal term 付加価値税 in a grocery store, people might find it strangely stiff, as if you are reading from a legal textbook rather than shopping.
Examples in context
- その価格って、付加価値税も入ってる？Does that price include VAT?This sentence is useful for asking if the price includes the form 付加価値税.Tatoeba #11052411 by small_snow, translation #10209463 by sundown
- あの商品の価格には消費税が含まれていますか？Does the price of that item include VAT?
Example conversation
Youta and Himari are shopping for electronics.
- 陽太 Yotaこのパソコン、すごく安いね。kono pasokon, sugoku yasui ne.This computer is really cheap.
- 陽葵 Himariでも、付加価値税がまだ入っていないみたいだよ。demo, fukakachizei ga mada haitte inai mitai da yo.But it looks like the VAT isn't included yet.
- 陽太 Yotaえっ、本当？じゃあ、合計でいくらになるの？e, hontou? jaa, goukei de ikura ni naru no?What, really? Then how much will it be in total?
- 陽葵 Himari店員さんに聞いてみよう。tenin-san ni kiite miyou.Let's ask the clerk.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
