graduated tax

基本解释

In a graduated tax scheme the more one earns, the more one pays.
按照累进税制，收入多者多纳税。
The government also instituted a graduated tax on new cars, designed to discourage purchases of gas guzzlers.
今年年初，中央政府号召像北京这样的城市取消对小型轿车的限制，以鼓励人们购买更加节能的车型，政府对新车还规定了累进税制，目的是抑制人们购买耗油量大的车型。
QUESTION FROM ERIK DONNELLA: Would you explain a little bit about why a federal sales tax is a bad idea, and what the social value is of a graduated income tax and progressive taxation scheme?
埃里克.多内拉的问题：您能否解释一下为什么联邦营业税是个坏主意，以及累进所得税和累进税率方案的社会价值何在？

Representative James Garfield, who later became president, called a graduated tax unconstitutional.
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The truly poor could get assistance through a graduated tax.
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If we want to defer tax on all savings as long as possible, we would need to go to a graduated consumption tax.
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