增值税税率

Only around half of consumer spending is taxed at the standard VAT rate of 20%, a low share compared with other rich countries.

只有大约一半的消费者支出按20%的标准增值税税率纳税，这一比例与其他富裕国家相比较低。

The VAT rate applicable to the transportation sector is 11 percent.

交通运输业适用的增值税税率为11%。

One widely canvassed measure is to push up the main rate of VAT, a consumption tax, from 17.5%.

一个成熟方法就是提高增值税税率（现为17。5%）这样一个消费税。

In the near term, for example, the economy has to cope with value-added tax (VAT) rising back up from 15.0% to 17.5% in January and the imminent ending of the car scrappage scheme.

例如，短期内英国经济不得不应对增值税税率自今年1月份开始从15%上调至17。5%、以及汽车以旧换新计划即将到期的问题。

Moving to a single rate of VAT without exemptions would eliminate this distortion but it would also be regressive.

实行无免税的单一增值税税率将会消除这种混乱局面，但是也是后退的。