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Unit 2 Text A Taxes,taxes,and most taxes 税，税费和大部分税项 Americans often say that there are only two things a person can be sure of in life:death and taxes. 美国人常说，一个人一生中仅有两件事确信会发生：死亡和纳税。 Americans do not have a corner on the “death”market,but many people feel that the United states leads the world with the worst taxes. 美国人不能垄断死亡市场，但许多人感到美国却以最重的赋税在世界上名列前茅。 Taxes consist of the money which people pay to support their government. 税来源于人们为支持政府所支付的金钱。 There are generally,three levels of government in the United States:federal, state, and city; therefore, there are three types of taxes. 通常在美国有三个等级的政府：联邦、州和城市；因此，有三种税种。 Salaried people who earn more than a few thousand dollars must pay a certain percentage of their salaries to the federal government. 收入超过几千美元的工薪族必须按自己薪酬的一定比例金额支付给联邦政府。 The percentage varies from person to person. It depends on their salaries. 这种比例的变化因人而异，要视他们的工资收入而定。 The federal government has a graduated income tax,that is,the percentage of the tax (14 to 70 percent) increases as a person’s income increases. 联邦政府有累进所得税，即税收的百分比（百分之14至70）是按一个人的收入的增加而增加的。 With the high cost of taxes, people are not very happy no April 15,when the federal taxes are due. 随着税收成本的增高，人们非常不高兴过4月15日，这一日是联邦税款的缴纳日。 The second tax is for the state government :New York,California,North Dakota,or any of the other forty-seven states. 第二种税是交给州政府的：纽约，加利福尼亚，北达科他，或任何其它47个州。 Some states have an income tax similar to that of the federal government. 有些州要征收类似联邦政府征收的那种所得税。 Of course,the percentage for the state tax is lower.Other states have a sales tax,which is a percentage charged to any item which you buy in that state. 当然，州税的比例较低。其它一些州的销售税，当你在那个州购买任何东西时都要按一定比例收取。 For example,a person might want to buy a packet of cigarettes for twenty-five cents. If there is a sales tax of eight percent in that state,then the cost of the cigarettes is twenty-seven cents. This figure includes the sales tax. 例如，有人可能想花25美分买包香烟，如果该州的销售税是按百分之八的比例收取，那么这包香烟就要花费27美分。这个数字包括销售税。 Some states use income tax in addition to sales