He held the opinion that a government should think before introducing a tax.

他的看法是政府在推行一项税制前应先作考虑。

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Now, rivals will be charging sales tax where they hadn't before.

现在，竞争对手将在以前从未征税过的领域征收销售税。

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Diesel will cost more, but petroleum-based diesel sells in America for 57 cents a litre before distribution costs and tax, so there should be room for profit.

柴油的价格会更高，但石油基柴油在美国的销售价格为每升57美分，不含分销成本和税金，因此应该有获利空间。

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

VOA: special.2010.03.06

The anti-tax,anti-big government Tea Party movement takes inspiration from the anti-tax protesters just before the American Revolution who threw tea into Boston Harbor to protest British taxes.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

Sales overhead may explain the company's modest 7.3% before-tax margin, which Pallonji evidently accepts.

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By 2001, subchapter S corporations accounted for almost one-fourth of all before-tax corporate profits.

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In sharp contrast, in that same year, the middle 20% of income earners, the true middle class, paid 2.7% of total federal individual income taxes on net, while earning 15% of before-tax income.

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