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1·France and Germany gain more than 40% of their tax take from social contributions and around a quarter from expenditure taxes, particularly VAT.

法国和德国税收的40%来自于社会税，25%来自于支出税，特别是增值税。

2·Among expenditure taxes, a flat tax-rate on final goods is less distortive than a panoply of excise taxes since it affects spending decisions less.

对于支出税来说，对最终商品平均征税要比多次征收消费税更好，这是因为它对于消费决定的影响更小。

3·Policies of tax reduction must lead to reduced public expenditure.

减税政策必然导致公共开支减少。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·And now it faces the usual prescription for economic recovery: tax increases, price rises and cuts in public expenditure.

它现在遭遇的是经济复苏时的常见处方：税收提高、价格上涨以及公共开支的缩减。

5·Until 1999 Siemens openly claimed tax deductions for bribes, many of which were listed in its accounts as “useful expenditure”.

直到1999年，西门子公开承认为了减免税款在会计项归类中把贿赂款归为“正常开支”的。

6·They classify their ten episodes of fiscal austerity into those that relied primarily on tax increases and those that relied heavily on cuts in expenditure.

他们把10次财政紧缩分为两类：主要依靠增加税收的，和主要依靠削减支出的。

7·Until 1999 Siemens openly claimed tax deductions for bribes, many of which were listed in its accounts as “useful expenditure”.

在1999年以前，西门子为”贿赂”公开申请减税 （注：在1999年以前，德国法律规定对本国企业在海外因用于拓展业务而发生的”公关费用”可以得到税收上的减免。） ，其账目上多项”贿赂”被列为”有益支出”（useful expenditure）。

8·Siemens claimed tax deductions for what it termed “useful expenditure”.

西门子对这种所谓“有益支出”要求免税。

9·I am willing to give up my favorite tax expenditure if everyone else is willing to give up theirs.

如果大家每个人都愿意放弃他们喜欢的抵税优惠的话，我也愿意放弃我的。

10·The biggest expenditure, $175bn, is to put more money into the pockets of workers and their families through a 50% cut in payroll tax.

最大的一笔经费高达1750亿美元，这笔钱将通过减免工人50%的所得税落入工人家庭囊中。