(ぜいしゅう)

ぜいしゅう
noun
tax revenue; tax income
1. tax revenue; tax income
The total amount of money collected by a government through taxation. Commonly used in news and policy discussions.
今年(ことし)税収(ぜいしゅう)過去最高(かこさいこう)だった。
This year's tax revenue was the highest ever.
景気(けいき)悪化(あっか)すると税収(ぜいしゅう)()る。
When the economy worsens, tax revenue decreases.
税収(ぜいしゅう)不足(ふそく)(おぎな)うために国債(こくさい)発行(はっこう)する方針(ほうしん)(しめ)された。
A policy was announced to issue government bonds to make up for the shortfall in tax revenue.

A compound of (ぜい) (tax) and (しゅう) (income, revenue). An abbreviation of 税金(ぜいきん)収入(しゅうにゅう).

Frequently appears in news reporting about government budgets and fiscal policy.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 税収(ぜいしゅう)()える (tax revenue increases)
  • 税収(ぜいしゅう)()()む (tax revenue drops)
  • 税収(ぜいしゅう)不足(ふそく) (tax revenue shortfall)
  • 過去最高(かこさいこう)税収(ぜいしゅう) (record-high tax revenue)
  • (くに)税収(ぜいしゅう) (national tax revenue)