收税 (shōu shuì) — to collect taxes, to levy taxes
Definition
收税 means the government levies/collects taxes — always used of an authority taking tax from people or businesses, never a person paying it (that's 交税/纳税).
verb
to collect taxesto levy taxes
Examples
- 收税。Zhèng fǔ měi nián dōu yào xiàng qǐ yè shōu shuì.The government collects taxes from businesses every year.
- 。Zhè ge guó jiā yǐ jīng shōu le shí nián shuì.This country has been collecting taxes for ten years.
- 。Xīn zhèng cè guī dìng duì gāo shōu rù qún tǐ duō shōu yì xiē shuì.The new policy stipulates collecting more taxes from high-income groups.
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