For the most part, these huge gains reflected a dramatic rise in the super-elite's share of pretax income. But there were also large tax cuts favoring the wealthy.

在很大程度上，这些巨额收益反应了超级精英们税前收入部分的大幅增长，然而还有优惠于富人的大幅减税。

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Tata Motors Ltd., India’s largest truckmaker and the owner of Jaguar Land Rover, turned to full- year net income after the luxury unit had a pretax profit and sales gained amid economic growth.

捷豹路虎税前利润及销售增长，印度最大汽车制造商塔塔汽车公司公布全年净收入增长。

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In a conversion you withdraw money from a pretax ira, declare it as taxable income and put it in a Roth.

FORBES: Which One To Pick First

Yet every penny you eventually take from a pretax 401(k) or a deductible IRA is taxed at the much higher ordinary income rate.

FORBES: The Deferral Trap

Consider establishing a one-person 401(k) for 2004--it's too late to open one for 2003, but depending on your age and income, a 401(k) may allow you to sock away more pretax dollars in 2004.

FORBES: Fund shelters