taxes是什么意思？

And a number of oil-producing countries are trimming their gasoline subsidies and raising taxes, so the net savings for global consumers is not as big as the oil price plunge might suggest.

It is proof that taxes on sugary drinks can win substantial support outside super-liberal areas.

Most of the needed funds is raised by taxes.

PepsicCo's plan for its foods and drinks is based on guidelines from the World Health Organization, which last week backed using taxes on sparkling drinks to reduce sugar consumption.

Taxes are low, so many businesses have their headquarters here.

The law orders us to pay taxes.

We pay for these services through taxes.

Whether such taxes work is a matter of debate.

The dry statistics ought to inform the ongoing deficit debate, because a budget is not just a catalog of programs and taxes.

Piling on higher taxes won't help, "If higher taxes make it more expensive to raise children," says Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute, "people will think twice about having another child.

American politicians will have to develop the courage to follow what is taught in all American public-policy schools: that there are good taxes and bad taxes.

They put up with the inevitable sharp increase of different taxes.

To avoid fiscal (财政) meltdown, public pensions and health-care provision will have to be reined back severely and taxes may have to go up.

That is far less likely to happen if Congress also adopts strong "pay-go" rules requiring that any increase in payments to providers be offset by new taxes or budget cuts.