In place of this system, the city plans to introduce a sales tax of three percent on all retail sales in the city.

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。

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Car sales, for instance, have been booming (up by 72.5% in October) because of a cut in sales tax on new vehicles.

以汽车销售为例，由于新型车辆营业税的降低，汽车销售量激增(十月份增长了72.5%)。

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Organized labor opposed the sales-tax raise, saying it was unfair to working families because I had failed to secure an income tax rebate as an offset for the sales tax on food.

劳工组织反对提高销售税，他们说这对工薪家庭不公平，因为我没有减免收入所得税，来作为对增加食品销售税的补偿。

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American housing sales,though, have improved in recent months, helped by lower prices and a tax credit for first-time buyers.

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The salary and pension cuts, plus a two percent increase in sales tax are aimed at reducing the country's deficit by four percent this year.

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That said,we're still not going anywhere fast." Despite an $8,000 tax incentive for first time home buyers, sales of existing homes have declined two months in a row.

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The 46 states with sales tax are already beginning to require out-of-state retailers to collect sales tax.

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