The ceiling on the related payroll tax should be increased to cover 90% of earnings, from 86% now.

相关工资税的上限应把所涵盖的应纳税人从现在的86%提高到90%。

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The proportion of a company's export earnings needed to cover interest and principal repayments of its overseas loans. 20% is regarded as the ceiling but could be changed.

一企业偿还外债（包括还本及付息）的金额占其出口收入的比例，20％通常被视为可接受的最高比例，但确切水平难以确定。

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Since the adjustment of the covered earnings ceiling depends on nominal wage growth, if inflation takes off or if real wages grow even more rapidly, the covered earnings ceiling will grow at an even faster pace.

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For education she can tap earnings with no ceiling and avoid that 10% penalty.

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The summer 2011 debt ceiling standoff also destroyed bank earnings.

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