しょとくぜい
Meanings
Noun
1. income tax
Kanji used
place
gain
tax
Pitch accent
しょ
とく
ぜい
Composed of
income; earnings
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
Special Income Tax for Reconstruction (of areas affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami)
negative income tax; NIT
income tax cut; income tax reduction
income tax withheld at the source
Examples (2 in total)
We pay an income tax at varying rates according to the size of income.
In Japan, the payroll tax is usually withheld from the monthly salary.