It's okay to tax a robot by the hour.

按小时向机器人征税是没问题的。

It is a similar story when it comes to tax.

这同样适用于税法监管。

And congressional Republicans have said they're opposed to tax increases.

国会共和党人表示，他们反对增税。

Some want to tax the rich, others to decertify business schools.

有些人希望对富人征税，有些人希望取消商学院的资格。

The book's no-nonsense approach to tax policy proves surprisingly engaging.

该书对税收政策的讲述比较严肃，后经证明这是一种引人入胜的方式。

He's done that by bringing digital technology to tax collection.

他采用的方法是将数字技术引入税收工作。

They want to tax wealth and bank profits, and to break up big banks.

他们希望对富人和银行利润征税，解散大银行。

Why would it be wrong in principle to tax the rich to help the poor?

为何向富人征税救济穷人在原则上是错的？

Relocating its tax base to Britain gives it more freedom on share buy-backs.

将税基迁至英国能使其在股票回购方面享有更多自由。

Food and non-alcoholic drinks continue to be taxed at 8%.

食品和非酒精饮料仍按8%的税率征税。

Yet thanks to tax breaks, they generate surprisingly little revenue.

当然得益于税收减免政策，真正的税收却少得惊人。

If less wealth goes outside Italy to service foreign debts, more is left to tax.

流出意大利支付国外债务利息的财富越少，留下来用于征税的财富就越多。

That is because New Zealand announced plans to tax farmers whose animals produce too much gas.

这是因为新西兰宣布计划对牲畜产生过多气体的农民征税。

Trump replied by threatened to tax European cars if the EU raises tariffs on American products.

对此，特朗普回复称，如果欧盟对美国商品提高关税，美国将对欧洲汽车征税。

In 1688, King William III saw an opportunity to tax gin, making money to fight the French.

1688年，国王威廉三世看到了向杜松子酒征税的机会，以此赚钱与法国人作战。

Ruling conservatives have already raised sales tax on things like movie tickets and new cars to 21%.

执政保守党已将电影票和新车的销售税提高至21%。

They needed a way to make more money, and British Parliament decided to tax the North American colonists.

他们需要想方设法挣更多的钱，所以英国国会决定，向北美殖民地居民征税。

The UK government plans to tax companies which don't use at least 30 % recycled plastic in their products.

英国政府计划对那些在产品中使用再生塑料未达到30%的公司征税。

They have threatened to tax Facebook's in-country earnings and lean on advertisers.

他们威胁要对Facebook的国内收入征税，并对广告公司进行施压。

Le Maire said France will abolish the digital tariff once there are multilateral agreements to tax tech giants globally.

勒梅尔说，全球在向科技巨头征税方面达成多边协议后，法国将取消数字关税。