美国国家公共电台 NPR It's Been 25 Years Since The Federal Gas Tax Went Up

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Today, we are marking an anniversary. Twenty-five years ago this week was the last time the federal gas tax went up. Today, that tax is still what it was in 1993 - 18.4 cents per gallon. And yet the costs of building and maintaini

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西方会计英语Unit four Tax accounti

[00:03.06]Text 4.1 Methods of depreciati [00:07.34]By definition, fixed assets are those which will provide services over a number of years and the matching convention tells us that we should recognise the expense in the same periode as we recognise

AMERICAN MOSAIC - Tax Day, Cherry Trees and an Unusual Guita

AMERICAN MOSAIC - Tax Day, Cherry Trees and an Unusual Guitar: What Do They All Have in Common? By Nancy Steinbach,Ed Stautberg Broadcast: Friday, April 15, 2005 (MUSIC) HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSA

US federal security lapses found

US federal security lapses found Undercover investigators managed to smuggle （偷运，走私） bomb-making materials into key US government buildings on 10 occasions last year, a congressional report （国会报告） says. The Government Accountability Off

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Wants Tax Change for US Health Insurance

By Scott Stearns Washington 25 January 2007 U.S. President George Bush wants to change the way Americans pay for health insurance. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, it is one of the changes he called for in this week's State of the

VOA标准英语2010-Americans Rush to Pay Federal Income Tax

April 15 deadline looms Adam Phillips | New York 14 April 2010 Americans fill out forms at an Internal Revenue Service office in 1920, seven years after the personal income tax was introduced. Related Links NYU Stern School of Business Professor Rich

VOA英语2010年-US Tax Bill Clears Senate

The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly approved a sweeping federal tax bill that will swell America's national debt by hundreds of billions of dollars and, it is hoped, stimulate a lagging U.S. economy. Attention now shifts to the House of Representative

美国国家公共电台 NPR House GOP Tax Plan Is Little Help To High-Tax States Like New Jersey

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Senate Republicans are expected to unveil their version of a tax overhaul today. Like the House bill that's already moving along, the Senate version is being touted as a way to keep more money in Americans' pockets. But for millio

美国国家公共电台 NPR Jury Finds Paul Manafort Guilty In Federal Tax And Bank Fraud Trial

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: All morning, we're bringing you the latest on two major court cases connected to President Donald Trump. The president's former lawyer pleaded guilty to eight charges yesterday. They included illegal payments to keep two women fr

China widens VAT to more regions in tax reduction

BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government said Wednesday that it will expand the pilot reform of replacing turnover tax with value-added tax (VAT) to 10 more provinces and cities from August 1 this year as part of the country's efforts in s

ECONOMICS REPORT - Tax Time in U.S.

ECONOMICS REPORT - Tax Time in U.S. By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, April 16, 2004 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. April fifteenth is a special date for Americans

US Senators Spar Over Key Tax Cut

The White House and congressional Democrats continue to press for a federal-tax-cut extension that would benefit nearly all wage and salary earners, but especially the middle class. Paying for the extension remains a sticking point on Capitol Hill, w

Obama Pushing For Corporate Tax Reform

U.S. President Barack Obama aims to cut the country's corporate tax rate from 35 to 28 percent, while eliminating dozens of tax-saving deductions American companies now enjoy. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled the tax overhaul Wednesday, t

More equipment parts exempted from import tax

BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) has revised a list of major items of technical equipment enjoying import-tax exemption, according to a circular issued by the body on Monday. Chinese manufacturers of items of large tech

Work Underway for a Potential E-commerce Tax

The Chinese Commerce Ministry's spokesperson Yao Jian has confirmed that research is underway for a potential e-commerce tax. Tax should be managed by the financial and taxation authorities. Our financial and taxation authorities will regulate the ta

英语小达人 278 Tax Collector

Tax Collector 收税员 Little Johnny was playing with his father's wallet when he accidentally swallowed a quarter. He went crying to his mom, choking on the quarter. 小约翰尼在玩爸爸的钱包时，不小心吞下了一枚25分硬币。硬币卡

US Senate Extends Payroll Tax Cuts for Americans

The U.S. Senate has passed a compromise measure that extends payroll tax cuts for American workers for another two months. Lawmakers in the upper house of Congress overwhelmingly passed the legislation by a vote of 89 to 10, a day after Republicans a

新西兰英语 465 Capital Gains Tax

The Labour Party said today that if elected in November, they would bring in a Capital Gains Tax CGT on profits from selling property. For many years now, house prices have been increasing fast. If a landlord buys a house for $200,000 then sells it f

China protests EU shipping carbon tax

BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday called on the European Union (EU) to take seriously the concerns of the international community on its carbon emissions charges, warning the 27-nation bloc not to complicate the matter. Chinese Foreign M