ESL商务英语: ESL Podcast 324 –Corporate Sponsorship

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Boy Scouts Gets New Name to Include Girls

This is Whats Trending Today For more than 100 years, the Boy Scouts of Americas main program has simply been known as the Boy Scouts. But with more and more girls hoping to join, that will soon change. The organization has announced a new name for t

Bush Presses Congress on Tax Cuts

Broadcast: Jan 11 2003 President Bush used his weekly radio address to press for Congressional action on $670 billion worth of proposed tax cuts. Democrats have a rival plan they say gives more help t

VOA标准英语--US Senate to Vote on Tax Overhaul

This week could decide whether Republicans salvage one of President Donald Trumps major agenda items during his first year in office or head into a midterm election year with no landmark legislative accomplishments to tout. In coming days, Senate Rep

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Revenue 'Trigger' Would Shoot Down Tax Cuts If Economy Doesn't Grow As Expected

A Revenue 'Trigger' Would Shoot Down Tax Cuts If Economy Doesn't Grow As Expected KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Republicans are struggling with a way to cut taxes without increasing the federal budget deficit, and one idea under consideration would be a budge

给领导者的十大忠告

Ten Tips for Leaders It seems to me that today's prime-time leader needs a top-10 list that clearly lays out his or her priorities. Whether you're running a department, a large corporate division, or a multinational with a market cap, the leadership

VOA标准英语2013--Report: Tax Havens Cost Africa $38 Billion a Year

Report: Tax Havens Cost Africa $38 Billion a Year Melanie Ward is spokesperson for the 'Enough For Everyone If' campaign. I think a lot of people here in the U.K. and around the world are fed up with tax dodging, said Ward. They are fed up with a sys

美国国家公共电台 NPR Why You Shouldn't Count On The Promised $4,000 'Raise' From GOP Tax Plan

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's not yet a bill for the Republican plan to overhaul the tax code. But the White House already has one of its main talking points. This week, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted that American households would get w

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 Is A Corporate Tax Cut Really What The Economy Needs Right Now?

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's ask if a Republican tax cut really does what's advertised. The centerpiece of the GOP plan is a tax cut for corporations, a rate that's now 35 percent and would fall to 20. Various tax deductions would go away to help finan

美国国家公共电台 NPR Some Tax-Cut Backers Urge Trump To Drop Full Overhaul, Go For Quick Win

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: If you filed for an extension on your taxes, you have something in common with the Trump administration and with Congress. They've put off voting on a promised tax overhaul until after they try again to replace the Affordable Car

美国国家公共电台 NPR FACT CHECK: President Trump's False Claims On Migrant Caravan, Tax Cuts

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VOA标准英语2009-Obama Seeks Tax Reform on Offshore Business Deal

President Barack Obama wants to crack down on U.S. companies and wealthy investors who avoid federal taxes through offshore business dealings. Mr. Obama unveiled a plan that aims to boost U.S. tax revenue and preserve American jobs. President Barack

US Now Has Developed World's Highest Corporate Tax Rate

The United States, with the world's-largest economy, now has claimed the dubious distinction of having the industrialized world's highest corporate tax rate. Japan dropped its corporate tax rate slightly on Sunday, to just more than 38 percent. That

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

Demonstrations Against Financial Unfair Play Sweep Across Globe

Mass demonstrations mirroring the so-called Occupy demonstrations in the United States have been sweeping across major world cities this weekend. CRI's Su Yi has the details. The protests around the world come, in part, in response to calls from the

Vodafone Threatens India With Arbitration Over Tax Issue

The British mobile service Vodafone has threatened the Indian government with international arbitration over a proposal that could make it liable for billions of dollars of taxes. Pressure is mounting on India to reconsider the proposal, which foreig

CCTV9英语新闻：EU members to exchange multinational tax data

The European Union countries have reached an agreement to exchange information on the tax affairs of multinational companies under new rules. The rules are aimed at stopping multinationals from avoiding paying their fair tax shares. The measures take

2016年CRI Meeting in Beijing over Tax Evasion

As the old saying goes: There are only two certianties in life - death and taxes. It's the latter that members of the OECD's Forum on Tax Administration have been meeting about. The group, which represents around 40-different countries and internatio

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今天我们要学的词是 tax break. Tax break 意思是减税优惠。District of Columbia lawmakers are considering to give first responders a big tax break if they live in the city. 华盛顿特区的立法人员正在考虑让住在特区的一线