How to say "taxation" in Japanese

• 課税かぜいJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers taxation as the act of levying or imposing a tax, from the government's side; typical in administrative and legal discussion of whether something is subject to tax.
  課税かぜい品ひんをお持もちですか。↗

  Do you have anything to declare?
• 租税そぜいCommon
  nounDenotes taxes themselves — those levied by the state — and by extension taxation as a whole; typical of legal and official writing on the tax system.
• 徴税ちょうぜいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbCovers taxation as the collection of taxes — gathering them in from taxpayers — rather than their imposition; it points to the collection side of the tax system.

Use 課税 for the levying or imposition of taxes, 租税 for taxes themselves or taxation as a whole, and 徴税 for the collection of taxes by the authorities.

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• 課税かぜいtaxation
• 租税そぜいtaxes
• 徴税ちょうぜいtax collection
• 賦税ふぜいtaxation
• 収税しゅうぜいtax collection
• 貢ぎみつぎtaxes