Tax-exempt means donors can claim their donations on their tax returns and possibly reduce the amount they owe the government.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

And also in a very sort of pragmatic sense, in a negative way, it's tax-deductible.

同时，从实用的角度来讲，或是从一个消极的角度，这种捐款是免税的。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

We have a system, which you say it really-- The progressive tax system is very important but it's not conceptualized right.

我们有个制度，你们都觉得-,累进税制非常重要,但它被错误的概念化了。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

He discussed the seven hundred eighty-seven billion dollars in spending and tax cuts that he signed into law last week.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

.. And so we are not talking about anything that... Processing our tax returns, unfortunately And it's a one-time check.

所以我们讲的并不是。,不巧正在处理退税事宜,而且这个是一次性支票。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

He wants to let the Bush administration's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans end next year, replaced by a middle-class tax cut.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

0% That's right. That's the point at which you are getting to the top 10% of the US tax payers.- Yeah And only after that, does the scale increase.

没错，只有美国纳税人的前,才需要捐赠这么多。，-是的,在这之后，捐款率才会增加。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Tea Party activists see themselves as modern-day versions of the anti-tax protesters from before the American Revolution.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

So the word "tax collector" didn't necessarily mean that the person themselves were wealthy, but whoever had the tax-- - what's the thing I'm looking for?-- franchise, whoever had the tax franchise for that area would be someone from a wealthy background.

所以“税吏“一词并不是指,那人就是有钱人，不过拥有。。。,那个词怎么说来着-,拥有该地区收税权的人,应该是家境富裕的。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

It contained seven hundred eighty-seven billion dollars in spending increases and tax cuts to strengthen the economy.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

Unless there are some tax effects, which might matter-- and taxes always complicate things--but disregarding tax effects, it doesn't matter which you do.

除非这里涉及到税负,可能会影响...,税款常常把问题变得复杂,但不考虑税的话,什么时候买是没区别的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

A second government program a tax credit for first-time home buyers has helped the housing market.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

There is now no preference--well it could be-- there are lots of complexities in the tax law but, basically, dividend policy really is irrelevant now.

这就没有偏好差别了,税法中仍有很多复杂条款,但基本说来,是否推行股利政策与此无关

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The 2-year plan calls for spending on public works and a tax cut for low-income Germans.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

The personal tax on dividends-- of course it depends also on your tax bracket and your income; I'm going to talk about the highest tax bracket.

个人股息税税率是...,它取决于你所处地的税率级别和你的收入,我想谈下最高税率

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

A million charities and foundations are recognized as tax-exempt organizations by the Internal Revenue Service.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

Tax rates are going up--there's no talk about losing their exemption--that's pretty compelling.

但是现在利率在上升-也没有关于不再免税的传闻,所以，那是非常诱人的。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The name comes from the Boston Tea Party, a colonial tax protest in seventeen seventy-three.

VOA: special.2010.09.18

Well we could begin with George Washington Alright, for your sake, we toss in John Kennedy ... who cut taxes. -Because... the Kennedy tax cuts and the Reagan tax cuts ... were both major tax cuts. -Did you hear me ask him ? for a one-word answer? Did you hear me?

那干脆从乔治·华盛顿谈起得了，真是的,好吧，看在你的面子上，姑且把他算上吧,他好歹也减税了，-因为。,肯尼迪的减税和里根的,都不可等闲视之，-我不是让他,只回答一个字吗？他怎么说这么多？

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

The tax already was about thirty-eight percent on most imported products.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

That's part of public finance--is learning how to modify the tax system so that it works pretty well.

公共财政学的一个课题就是,研究如何改进税收制度，使其更有效。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

There will be no more tax-funded bailouts. Period."

VOA: special.2010.07.23

Like, for example, Wal-Mart might want to -they pay corporate profits tax.

比如沃尔玛,它需要上缴公司所得税

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

That way they could seek tax-free donations.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

However, that all changed in 2003 with the Jobs and Growth Tax Reconciliation Act of 2003, which cut the rate of taxation of dividends to 15%-- the same rate that capital gains are taxed.

但在2003年这些都变了,2003年颁布的《就业与进一步减税协调法案》,将股利的税率减至15%,与资本收益的征税率相同

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

And that health insurance is tax-funded, particularly for the poor, so that what happens is the insurance now pays the cost that the people would have paid previously out of their own pockets."

VOA: special.2010.11.24

You are saying that's one of the things that would've been better if... And making it permanent. -Right And that's the very good sort of bang for buck, permanent tax change So you both view this actually as a missed opportunity, at best really, right? -Yeah It's the best it can be said for. Alright.

你的意思是，有些事原本可以做得更好,这个是其中之一，对吗。,关键在于任何措施都必须是长期的，-没错,恒定的税率改制，绝对划算,这么说，你们两位都认为,这充其量只是错失良机而已，对吗，-没错,也只能这么说说了，是吧。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

"The budget that would have no tax increases, a budget that is cutting spending we deal with the entire twenty-six billion dollar deficit, around fifteen billion dollars in cuts that we are making."

VOA: special.2009.07.31

If they awarded options that were "In the money" -that means already exercisable at profit -then they would be subject to a tax liability immediately, so they don't want to do that.

如果这些奖励的股票期权是价内期权,这说明期权行权即可赢利,这些利润是要交税的,当然他们想避免交税

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

As you can see, part of the reason why the dividend-earnings ratio-- especially in more recent years, since 1990-- has been declining is that corporations were trying to somewhat ease the tax burden on their shareholders by doing repurchase instead of dividend.

可以看出,股利收益比降低的部分原因,尤其是在近些年,从1990年起,有所降低的原因是,公司想通过将分红,改为股票回购的方法,多少减轻股东的税负

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选