Find English equivalents to the following Russian collocations
Провинциям были даны ограниченные права по сбору налогов; большую часть государственных доходов от сбора налогов составлял сбор налога на торговлю и акцизные сборы; местные правительства были ответственны за резкое повышение расходов на социальное обеспечение; это привело к созданию системы трансфертных платежей между федеральными и местными органами самоуправления; в итоге 36.8% внутреннего валового продукта Канады уходит на уплату налогов; самым значительным источником доходов федерального и местного правительства является подоходный налог. Exercise 4 Answer the following questions: 1.What kind of taxes could the provinces impose under the British North America Act (1867)? 2. What did most federal government revenue come from for the early part of Canadian history? 3. What was the main source of provincial funding? 4. Were there corporate taxes in Canada in the 19th century? 5. What resulted in a crisis during the Great Depression? 6. Why did the Second World War lead to a dramatic change in the tax system? 7. Is taxation rate in Canada higher (or lower) than in the USA? 8. What does government income come from? 9. What are the most significant sources of government revenue? 10. What do progressive taxes mean? 11. Does the federal government impose a sales tax? 12. What is the municipal level of government funded by? 13. What do you know about the excise tax? 14. What must every worker pay for? 15. Do companies and corporations pay taxes?
Exercise 5 Correct the information. True or false. 1. The British North America Act attempted to create a centralized federal government with limited revenue gathering abilities. 2. For the early part of Canadian history federal government revenue came from sales. 3. The provincial governments could raise taxes because they were independent on the health of economy. 4. The federal government did have enough money and this resulted in the system of transfer payments between the two levels of governments that continues to this day. 5.Nowadays about 30% of government income comes from tariffs, fees and investments. 6. Income taxes are not the main sources of revenue, accounting for 30% of tax revenue. 7. Canadian income taxes are more progressive than in other countries. 8. The federal government does not levy a tax on purchases. 9. Both the federal and provincial governments do not impose excise taxes on inelastic goods. 10. Canadian workers should not pay a levy for the Employment Insurance. 11. There is no corporate tax in Canada.
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