A 5% consumption tax is levied on most goods and services in Japan.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

A 5% consumption tax is levied on most goods and services in Japan.

A 5% consumption tax is levied on purchases of most goods and services.

The consumption tax is now 5 percent in Japan.

The consumption tax in Japan is high.

What is the rate of the consumer tax in Japan?

What is the percentage of the consumer tax in Japan?

use tariffs to favor domestic industry

The government is planning to reduce [lower] taxes by five percent over the next year.

They say that a tax reduction would be a godsend to many Japanese enterprises.

The whole Japanese nation is counting on the large‐scale tax cut as a quick recipe for economic recovery.

In Japan, basic, provisional and preferential tariffs are national tariffs.

an excise tax called consumption tax

The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax

the tax whose rate decreases as the number or prices of taxable articles increase

The tax rate will decline to 2.5%.

The VAT in Germany is 19 per cent.

a customs duty that is lower than a general duty, called a preferential duty

the rate of a customs duty that is lower than a general duty, called a preferential duty

Income tax reductions will have no small effect on the volume of business transactions [have a considerable ripple effect on business].

a tax rate for which the percentage remains constant, called proportional tax rate

Heavy taxes are imposed on wine and tobacco.

Wine and tobacco are heavily taxed.

a cumulative tax

a low-rate customs tariff between countries, called a reciprocal tariff

Consumption Tax to Be Raised to 8%

The total includes a service charge of 10% and sales tax.

Japan is service economy, in which services account for more than 50% of GNP.

Japan is a service economy, in which services account for more than 50% of the GNP.

There's a possibility this will be regarded as tax evasion in Japan.

The reduced price of luxury goods is just window dressing to make the new consumption tax look better.