And Britain is also well ahead of the United States, where the current top rate of federal income tax is 35%, though additional state levies can add substantially more.

尽管额外的国家税收会带来更多实质性增长，英国还是大大超过了美国国内当前的最高税率为35%的联邦所得税。

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The variety of dividend tax rate is one of the reasons that cause the variety of stock pricing; it also induces the arbitrage opportunities and additional trading around ex-date.

红利税率的多元化是引致投资者对股票估价差异性的原因之一，并且催生了现金股利除息前后的套利机会和增量交易。

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In the UK, given the tax system, this would mean increasing VAT (a nice regressive tax) and then, say, abolishing the 50 p additional tax rate on higher earners.

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If the economic problems of the middle class are employment-based, therefore, it is unlikely that the additional revenue generated by the tax rate increase will fix this problem, especially in the short term.

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Residents of New York City are currently subject to a maximum state rate of 8.82% and an additional city tax of 3.82%, for a combined tax rate exceeding 12.5%.

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