Alistair Darling, the UK chancellor of the exchequer, announced that Banks would be hit by a 50 per cent tax on bonus pay-outs.

英国财政大臣阿里斯·代尔·达林(Alistair Darling)宣布，将对银行派发的奖金征收50%的税。

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Each employee will also receive a $1,000 bonus, on which Google will pay the tax.

每个员工还将获得1，000美元的奖金，而且税收由公司支付。

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The aggregate effect contributed about as much to post-tax return on equity last year as was lost to writedowns, and dwarfed the boost to returns from cost control and bonus cuts.

这对去年税后股本回报率的总体贡献，与减记亏损造成的拖累相当，超出了成本控制与削减奖金对回报率的贡献度。

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Unlike the House bill, the Senate bill would impose a tax both on the company giving the bonus and on the individual receiving it.

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The penalty is part of a new section of the tax code clamping down on salary and bonus deferrals, executive retirement and benefit plans, severance packages, discounted stock options and even stock appreciation rights.

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Among the tax options on the table, which also include a global financial transaction fee (called a "Tobin tax" after Nobel-winning economist James Tobin, who proposed a tax on foreign-currency transactions in the 1970s) and a Bonus Tax, a risk-based fee is the most efficient solution.

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