Buoyant tax revenues from the North Sea are vital to Mr Salmond's plan to persuade the Scots to vote for independence in a referendum he plans to hold about three years from now.

北海不断上涨的税收收入对萨门德先生的计划说服苏格兰人在他计划举行的从现在起大约三年的公民复决中投票起着重要的作用。

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Investors will still have gripes, ranging from suspicions about the regulator's independence to the tax burden, which eats up 40% of energy revenues.

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Arguably this Franco-German attempt to turn the Basel requirement into an EU maximum is an attack on the UK's fiscal or tax independence: if the FPC were to lack the tools to reduce dangerous risks in financial markets, that would increase the likelihood of British taxpayers' money being used to bail-out reckless banks.

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The independence rules around provision of tax services to audit clients are a little trickier.

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