hidden tax

基本解釋

This hidden tax adds to the costs of any manufacturer hiring an accountant.
這種隱藏的稅增加了所有制造商雇傭會計的成本。
If the company passes on the cost to consumers, then the consumer pays the hidden tax.
如果公司將成本轉移到消費者，那么消費者相當于支付間接稅。
Mrs Clinton has already borrowed Mr Schwarzenegger's line that the current system, in which many of the uninsured receive free health care in emergency rooms, is a “hidden tax”.
克林頓夫人已借用施瓦辛格先生的方針：現(xiàn)行體制是一種"隱蔽稅"。在這一體制下，許多尚未參保但正需急救的人員可獲得免費的醫(yī)療保險。

It constitutes impressing private citizens into the federal police apparatus and imposing a hidden tax on businesses.
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As Boehner indicated, efforts to comply with laws are a huge hidden tax on every American business.
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