Because those who buy gasoline are the same people who use the roads, the gasoline tax might be viewed as a fair way to pay for this government service.

因为那些购买汽油的人和使用公路的人是同一批人，所以汽油税可能是是支付这项政府服务的公平方式。

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This might mean implementing policy such as a plastic tax that adds a cost to environmentally problematic action, or banning single-use plastics altogether.

这或许是指要实施像塑料税这种会增加破坏环境行为的成本的政策，或者要全面禁用一次性塑料。

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Both would also use tax increases on higher-earning Americans, various other taxes, and reductions in payments to medical-care providers under the government Medicare and Medicaid programs to pay the costs of expanded insurance.

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Before 1986, the tax law allowed use of DPPs as a tax loss device.

在1986年之前,税法允许DPP作为一种避税工具

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This was tax money the government collected, but did not use.

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You are asked to self-disclose your use tax at the bottom of the state tax form.

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Petitioner asks whether its sales of e-books are subject to sales and use tax.

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States are getting better at enforcing it, including use tax reporting on income tax returns.

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