零售税是商品由零售商转至最终消费者时,即在零售阶段征收的间接税。零售税通常只适用于商品,而不适用于服务。在现代经济体系中,消费者在服务方面的开支占了较大部分,而且不断增长。
增值税------ 对穷人打击最重的零售税,反而增加了。
批评人士抗议说,目前3%的零售销售额低于财产税为学校增加的数额。
Critics protest that three percent of current retail sales falls short of the amount raised for schools by property taxes.
为了取代这一制度,该市计划对全市所有零售额征收3%的销售税。
In place of this system, the city plans to introduce a sales tax of three percent on all retail sales in the city.
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