In the late 17th century, a tax was introduced on malt, the basic ingredient of beer.

在17世纪晚期，麦芽税被引入。麦芽是啤酒的基本成分。

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A tax on bank transactions is in the works, provided there is international agreement. Banks will be forced to offer everyone with a fixed address a basic account.

除非有国际协议，否则银行之间的交易必须缴税，并且，银行被迫为每个人提供一个固定地址的基本账户。

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Many have not forgiven him for a paltry increase in the basic state pension in 2000, or for removing a tax relief enjoyed by private pension funds three years earlier.

由于2000年他把基本国家养老金提高了一点，并由于三年前他取消了私人退休基金享有的减税政策，许多人至今还未原谅他。

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He talked about it today, about the need to instill a little basic fairness in our tax code.

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And marriage penalties live on in the basic tax structure because the higher brackets for joint filers are less than twice as wide as for single filers.

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Look, say the pundits, at the net effect of his new lower income-tax band (starting next month), the cut in the basic rate of income tax from 23% to 22%, the changes to national insurance, the abolition of the married couples' tax allowance and the mortgage-interest allowance (all starting a year from now), the new child tax credit (from 2001), etc.

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