愛德華:
Have you got your W-2 Form for this year?
今年的W-2表你拿到了嗎?
詹姆斯:
No, I haven`t. What`s that?
還沒有.那是什么表?
愛德華:
It`s a certificate from your employer which tells you how much money you have earned and how much has been taken out of your checks.
那是雇主發(fā)的一份證明單.說明你掙了多少錢.以及從你的工資中扣了多少錢.
詹姆斯:
Important to know all this?
了解這些很重要嗎?
愛德華:
Yes. That‘s the important information you need when you fill out your Income Tax Retrun Form.
是的.這是你填寫所得稅申報(bào)表時(shí)需要的重要信息.
詹姆斯:
Oh, it`s just like the Group Certificate we get in Australia. And we too have to fill out Income Tax Form Returns.
喔.這就像我們?cè)诎拇罄麃喫械募w納稅證明單.而且我們也要填寫所得稅申報(bào)表.
愛德華:
Well, paying taxes seems to be universal.
是啊.納稅看來是全球性的.
詹姆斯:
Yes, Every government needs money. Only the amount of money and the way they take money may be different.
不錯(cuò).每個(gè)政府都要錢.只是錢款數(shù)額及收錢的方式可能不同罷了.
愛德華:
What`s the tax rate in Australia?
澳大利亞的稅率是多少?
詹姆斯:
Taxes in Australia are a bit heavy. The personal income tax rate is about 20%. What about the tax rate in America?
澳大利亞的稅收比較重.個(gè)人所得稅大約是20%.美國的稅率怎么樣?
愛德華:
Well, taxes in America are rather complicated. Actually there`s no overall tax rate like the one in Australia.
噢.美國的稅收相當(dāng)復(fù)雜.實(shí)際上沒有像你們澳大利亞那樣的一個(gè)總的稅率.
詹姆斯:
Then how do you calculate your taxes?
那么你們是怎樣計(jì)算稅收的呢?
愛德華:
Personal incomes are taxed a graduated rates, and we have a tax table which tells you how much tax`s required on what amount of money earned. Do you have state and local taxes in Australia?
個(gè)人收入是按累進(jìn)稅主征稅的.而且我們有一個(gè)稅率表.告訴你多少收入要征多少稅.你們澳大利亞有州稅和地方稅嗎?
詹姆斯:
No. We`ve got national tax only in Australia. Are you telling me that you Americans have to pay state and local taxes as well?
沒有.我們澳大利亞只有國家征收的稅.你是說你們美國人還得繳納州稅和地方稅?
愛德華:
Denifitely. And that`s what I mean by
對(duì).這就是我所說的
詹姆斯:
I see. What`s the time for tax return then?
我明白了.那么什么時(shí)候辦所得稅申報(bào)呢?
愛德華:
Any time between January 1 and April 15. When you get your W-2 From, you should get ready to file your tax return.
月1日到4月15日期間的任何時(shí)間.當(dāng)你收到W-2表時(shí).你就應(yīng)該準(zhǔn)備申報(bào)所得稅了.