老外也吐槽纳税如何用英语说报税.docx

税收估计是伴随着国家同时出现的，生活中的方方面面都会和税挂上关系。如何用英语谈论税收？你需要的一些必备的口语表达和词汇有哪些呢？“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”在这个世界上没有任何事是绝对的，除了死亡和税收。So wrote Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, to his friend in 1789. Since then, it has become a proverb in the English Language. Many people would agree with this saying. We cannot escape death and unless we wish to break the law, we cannot escape taxes either.这是美国开国元勋Benjamin Franklin 于1789年写给他的朋友的。自此，这句话就成了一句谚语。很多人都同意这种说法。我们不能逃避死亡，我们也不能逃避税收，除非我们违背法律。This rather sobering (serious) thought has been on my mind in the last 10 days as I have been preparing all the necessary paperwork to complete my tax return. And while I was doing what can be a most boring task, I thought that this would be a good topic to share with you. You may disagree with me, but as we all have to pay our taxes why not talk about it in English?过去十年里，当我一直需要准备必要的文件完成纳税申报单时，这个相当发人深省的想法便萦绕心头。虽然我正在做的工作非常枯燥，但是我认为这可能是个可以同你一起分享的很好的话题。你可能不同意我的观点，但是既然我们都必须付税，那么我们为什么不用英语谈论它呢？As a freelance English Language Teacher, I am registered with the Tax Office as self-employed. This is the opposite of being an employee who is employed by a company (employer).作为一个兼职英语老师，我作为个体户在税务局登记。这同那些被公司（雇主）聘用的员工相反。In the UK, an employee’s income is taxed at source which means that their employer deducts tax from their gross salary and pays the tax on their behalf. What they receive in their payslip is the net monthly salary. So, gross is before tax and net is after tax. When I refer to tax, I mean income tax.在英国，员工的收入已先行扣除了所得税，这意味着雇主从他们的总薪水中扣除了所得税并且也交付了他们需要交的一部分税费。他们工资单上得到的是净月薪。因此，税前是总收入，税后是净收入。当我说到税收时，我指的是个人所得税。By contrast, a self-employed person receives gross income. My clients pay my fees after I send them an invoice. The money I receive is gross and has not been taxed. What I have to do is add up all the income I have received in the year and calculate the tax that I have to pay on my annual income.相比之下，个体户得到是税前总收入。我把发票送给客户后，他们就会付给我费用