10:04 Nov 24, 2011 |
German to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Darrel Knutson Germany Local time: 19:12 | ||||||
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4 +5 | to squeeze taxes out of s.o. |
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3 +1 | to extract taxes from someone |
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4 | to extort tax from somebody |
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to extract taxes from someone Explanation: My understanding of it, as in my attempt at the whole sentence: From an economic point of view it is not exactly intelligent for the state to try to extract taxes from an entrepreneur who has just sunk all of his money into an investment and therefore built up a corresponding level of debt with his bank, simply by virtue of decalring the value of the investment to be a profit |
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to squeeze taxes out of s.o. Explanation: It fits with a "money is especially tight when..." metaphor and seems to be in common usage. See Google link below. In economic terms it is not particularly wise for the state to try to squeeze taxes from a businessman who... Reference: http://www.google.com/search?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=%22to+squeeze... |
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