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。

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The hope is that a flat-rate income tax of 16% and a reduction in company taxes will kickstart growth.

希望固定税率为16%的所得税和公司税收的减少能起到经济增长作用。

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Russia overhauled its progressive tax system in 2001, dropping the top rate from 45% in 1999 to a flat 13%.

2001年俄罗斯喊停其颇为激进的税务体系，把1999年起实行的最高税率由45%降低至13%。

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Yet as time passes, flat-rate tax systems may become increasingly entrenched.

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Tax compliance increased and the inflation-adjusted revenues from the personal income tax rose more than 20 percent annually during the three years following the adoption of the flat-rate tax.

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One of her first actions was to introduce the poll tax or community charge, a flat-rate tax for local services which was based on individuals rather than the value of the property in which they lived.

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