A simple consumption tax of, say, 5% would significantly reduce the country's huge government deficit without damaging productivity.

简单的消费税，比如说，5%，就可以显著减少国家巨大的政府赤字，而且不损害生产力。

Horizontal balance example: Consumption tax.

横向均衡事例：消费税。

Even the consumption tax may not rise for two or three years, according to Mr Kan.

根据菅直人称，在两到三年内，即使消费税也可能不会提升。

The main rate of VAT, a consumption tax, went up from 17.5% to 20% on January 4th.

1月4日，与消费有关的增值税主要税率将从17.5%提高到20%。

VAT is a consumption tax levied on all persons and companies of a supply chain.

增值税是一类消费税收，是向一条供货链上所有商人跟公司征收的消费税务。

There is a question about whether we should try to have a progressive consumption tax.

有一个关于我们是否应该采用累进消费税的问题。

For on January 4th, the main rate for VAT, a consumption tax, was raised from 17.5% to 20%.

1月4日，增值税(一种消费税)的基准利率从17.5%上升到20%。

This is not enough, and a rise in the main rate of VAT, a consumption tax, is widely expected.

仅仅这些还不够，普遍认为会提高增值税中的消费税税率。

One widely canvassed measure is to push up the main rate of VAT, a consumption tax, from 17.5%.

一个成熟方法就是提高增值税税率(现为17.5%)这样一个消费税。

A premature increase in Japan's consumption tax in 1997 May have aborted that country's recovery.

1997年，日本一项不成熟的增收消费税计划中断了其经济复苏。

There is growing interest in Washington in a new national consumption tax, otherwise known as a value-added tax or VAT.

华盛顿对征收一种新的全国性的消费税，也就是广为人知增值税或者简称为VAT，越来越感兴趣了。

On the one hand, two newspapers reported this week that more people favour a higher consumption tax than are against it.

一方面，本周有两家报纸报道称支持消费税提升的人比反对的人要多。

How would you like to pay a 20 percent consumption tax on everything you buy, on top of all the other taxes you pay?

除了现有的税，你还愿意为买的每一样东西都再多付20%的税吗？

In the turnover tax system what's the relationship between the business tax the value-added tax and the consumption tax?

您刚才谈到了流转税，在流转税体系中，营业税与增值税、消费税是怎样的一种关系？

His crucial revenue-raising decision was to increase the main rate of VAT, a consumption tax, from 17.5% to 20% in January 2011.

他增加收入的重大决定是，从2011年1月开始，把增值税(消费税)的主税率从17.5%提高到20%。

The main rate of VAT, a consumption tax, went up from 17.5% to 20% on January 4th; deep public spending cuts get under way in April.

消费税VAT的主要税率从1月4日开始由原来的17.5%上调至20%；大刀阔斧的公共开支削减也从四月开始正式施行。

In the event, they have settled for banning sales of drink for less than the tax paid on it (alcohol duty, plus VAT, a consumption tax).

在此次事件中，他们对禁止酒类低于其课税额(酒税，加增值税，一种消费税)销售表示满意。

A voter asks if he supports the Fair tax, a plan to abolish all income taxes and replace them with a consumption tax. Mr Rubio says he does.

一选民问他是否支持交易税(用消费税取代所有的所得税)时，他说支持。

The main rate of VAT, a consumption tax, will rise in January from 17.5% to 20%, and national-insurance contributions will also go up in April.

消费税——增值税的主要比率将会在一月从17.5%上升至20%，国家保险金额也会在四月有所增长。

The new minister is still coy about how much the consumption tax should be raised. Like Mr Kan, he appears to think doubling it would be a start.

这位新任财政大臣还没有明确提出消费税应有的升幅，但他似乎和菅直人一样，想以翻倍作为一个开端。

Suddenly, a debate on raising Japan’s consumption tax—at 5%, the lowest in the rich world—has vaulted to the centre of a national election campaign.

日本的消费税曾是富裕国家当中最低的，只有5%，但突然之间，对提升消费税成为了该国选举活动的中心议题。

Suddenly, a debate on raising Japan's consumption tax—at 5%, the lowest in the rich world—has vaulted to the centre of a national election campaign.

日本的消费税曾是富裕国家当中最低的，只有5%，但突然之间，对提升消费税成为了该国选举活动的中心议题。

A move to curb deficits by raising taxes or cutting spending could stifle the recovery, as the Japanese did by raising the consumption tax in 1997.

通过增税或者削减(财政)支出来控制赤字可能抑制经济复苏，正像日本在1997年增加消费税一样。

Japan's new prime minister, Naoto Kan, has pushed a debate about raising the consumption tax to the top of the campaign for the upper house of parliament.

日本的新任首相菅直人推动了在上议院竞选活动中关于提高消费税率的讨论。

China will raise the consumption tax on high-emission cars and cut tax on low-emission ones from September 1, in an effort to save energy and fight pollution.

为节能和减少污染，我国将从9月1日起提高大排量车的消费税税率，同时降低小排量车消费税税率。