税 (zei) means “tax” | MotiTan Japanese Dictionary

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この商品には税がかかります。ko no shō hin ni wa zei ga ka ka ri ma su

This product is subject to tax.

Describes a required contribution to a government that helps pay for shared public services.

税金zeikin: The common everyday term for money paid to a government as a required contribution.

公共の仕事に必要な費用として、国や自治体に納める金銭。kō kyō no shi goto ni hitsu yō na hi yō to shi te kuni ya ji chi tai ni osa me ru kin sen

As a Sino-Japanese word, 税 (zei, "tax") uses a character whose early meaning was linked to collecting part of a harvest as a public charge.

The phrase tax return means a report of income and tax information, not money returned by the government.