It is effectively a tax on bank borrowings from the market, with short-term funds carrying twice the charge (0.04% next year, 0.07% thereafter) of those that are repayable after more than one year.

这个银行税实际上是从市场上借贷的短期资金，需要支付两倍那些经过一年多偿还的费用(第二年0.04%，之后0.07%)。

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That tax has not raised as much money as expected, leaving the state short of several billion dollars every year.

然而这项税收并没有如预期筹集到很多钱，只为该州留下了每年数十亿美元的资金缺口。

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Measures boosting taxes on upper-income households (those earning above $250,000 a year) should fare better, but the decision to sustain George Bush's tax cuts for everyone else is short-sighted.

增加高收入者税收（收入超过250000美元的）的措施应该相当合适，但维持乔治布什对每个人减税的决定并非长远之计。

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Because of the recession, tax revenues in the current financial year have already fallen short of government targets, necessitating the higher tax rates in the new budget.

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Fears about the economy's health and the subprime imbroglio's depth are primarily to blame, along with short-selling and year-end tax-related trading.

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We need, in short, to see the final tax payments for the first year of the 50 p rate before we can tell what the revenue was.

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