withholding tax

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These customers face a levy of up to 34% as well as, from 2013, a withholding tax.
在瑞士銀行有存款的英國公民從2013年開始，需要繳納34%的代扣稅。
This week Thailand announced a new 15% withholding tax [2] for foreign investors in its bonds.
本周太過宣布對外國投資者投資本國債券征收新的15%的代扣所得稅。
Under a compromise, countries could either exchange tax information or deduct a withholding tax on the offshore accounts of EU members and remit it in bulk to the investors' home tax authorities.
在妥協(xié)之下，國與國之間既可以交換稅收情報，也允許扣除歐盟成員國離岸賬戶的預(yù)扣稅款，并匯到投資人母國的稅務(wù)賬戶上。

Since last October investors have no longer had to pay a 20% withholding tax.
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There is confusion about the point at which the withholding tax might be deducted.
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The 7% Japanese withholding tax on tiny dividends can be recouped as a credit against U.S. taxes.
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money taken from a person's income and paid directly to the government by their employer

A withholding tax is an amount of money that is taken in advance from someone's income, in order to pay some of the tax they will owe.