90% Chinese say interest tax "unreasonable", poll

时间：2007-03-20 06:17:21

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Chinanews, Beijing, Mar1. 19 – A recent survey shows that most Chinese people think the current interest tax system is unreasonable2. Many people propose to cancel such tax.

 

The survey was jointly3 conducted by the Social Investigation4 Center of the China Youth Daily and the Information Center of Tencent website. Among 6,723 people that took part in the survey, 93.7% say it is not proper to impose interest tax. Among all the 10,000 short messages sent to the sina website, most people propose to rescind5 the interest tax system.

 

“I pay income tax before I get my salary. However, when I put my salary in banks, I have to pay the interest tax again, which makes my income even less,” someone say in his short message sent to the investigation.

 

“I actually haven’t made much money. And when I put by what little I earn in banks, it becomes even less,” many people claim.

 

Take the interest rate of 2004 for example. In 2004, the interest rate for one-year fixed6 savings7 deposit was 2.25% and the inflation rate was 3%. In other words, if someone put by 100 yuan in banks at the beginning of the year, when he withdrew his money and had his interest tax deducted8 by the end of the year, he could buy things that were worth only 98.8 yuan if those things were valued at the pricing system taken at the beginning of the year.

 

“Depositors actually make less money by saving in banks,” says economist9 Song Guoqing in an article. “Even if depositors make less money, they still have to pay interest tax. And most ironically, such tax is called ‘income tax.’”

 

Such situation improved a little in 2006, when the interest rate for one-year fixed savings deposit was raised to 2.52%. In that year, inflation rate was 1.8%. So when the interest tax was deducted, the actual interest rate for depositors was at 0.2%.

 

In 1999, Chinese policy makers10 revised the income tax law and resumed the interest tax. At that time, by implementing11 such law, the government wanted the public to take more money from banks and spend more in consumption. The measure also aimed at narrowing the income gap. However, when one takes a look at the revised law eight years later, one finds that the government hasn’t achieved its original purpose by publicizing such law. On the contrary, the law has caused a lot of controversy12 in society.

 
 

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1 mar f7Kzq     
vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟
参考例句：
  • It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
  • Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。
2 unreasonable tjLwm     
adj.不讲道理的，不合情理的，过度的
参考例句：
  • I know that they made the most unreasonable demands on you.我知道他们对你提出了最不合理的要求。
  • They spend an unreasonable amount of money on clothes.他们花在衣服上的钱太多了。
3 jointly jp9zvS     
ad.联合地，共同地
参考例句：
  • Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
  • She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。
4 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
5 rescind SCzyX     
v.废除，取消
参考例句：
  • They accepted his advice and rescinded the original plan.他们听从了他的劝告，撤销了原计划。
  • Trade Union leaders have demanded the government rescind the price rise.工会领导已经要求政府阻止价格上涨。
6 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的
参考例句：
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。
7 savings ZjbzGu     
n.存款，储蓄
参考例句：
  • I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
  • By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。
8 deducted 0dc984071646e559dd56c3bd5451fd72     
v.扣除，减去( deduct的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The cost of your uniform will be deducted from your wages. 制服费将从你的工资中扣除。
  • The cost of the breakages will be deducted from your pay. 损坏东西的费用将从你的工资中扣除。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 economist AuhzVs     
n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人
参考例句：
  • He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
  • He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。
10 makers 22a4efff03ac42c1785d09a48313d352     
n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）
参考例句：
  • The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
  • The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
11 implementing be68540dfa000a0fb38be40d32259215     
v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效
参考例句：
  • -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
  • He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句
12 controversy 6Z9y0     
n.争论，辩论，争吵
参考例句：
  • That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
  • We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

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