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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