One reason is that many corporations, despite claims to the contrary, don’t mind a complex tax code with a high statutory rate — often because few large companies pay anything close to 35 percent.

其中一个原因是许多公司对于一个有着高税率的复杂征税制度并不在乎，尽管它们的主张恰恰相反，通常是因为很少有大公司的纳税额会接近利润35%的最高联邦企业税率。

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Regarding the statutory tax rate, the tax base is too narrow in Japan.

在法定税率方面，目前日本的税基太过狭窄。

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Whether it's China lowering its statutory corporate income tax rate from 33% to 25% in 2008, or the U.S. cutting corporate income taxes from 39% from 35%, companies rarely ever pay the full load.

无论是中国在2008年把其法定的企业所得税税率从33%降低到25%，或是美国把企业所得税税率从39%削减至35%，各大企业很少会全额支付其应缴税额。

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According to the Post story, Pandora currently pays under the statutory rate 12 cents per 100 spins.

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So the tax rate in the current year is always going to be wildly different from the statutory rate.

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But these breaks are only one reason why the statutory rate tells less than the whole corporate tax story.

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