CNN News：美國國會通過30年來比較大規(guī)模稅改法案

Republicans in Congress passed the most sweeping overhaul that the U.S. tax system has seen in more than 30 years. It`s considered the Republicans`biggest legislative achievement since the 2016 U.S. presidential election gave that party control of the White House, in addition to the Senate and the House of Representatives.

美國國會參眾兩院20日通過了自1986年以來美國最大規(guī)模的稅改法案。這被認為是自2016年美國總統(tǒng)大選共和黨執(zhí)政以來，除了參議院和眾議院外，最大的立法成就。

Last month, the bill passed in both of those chambers, mostly along party lines, with almost all Republicans voting for it, and all Democrats voting against it. And U.S. President Donald Trump signed the bill into law on December 22nd.

上個月，該法案在兩院通過，基本依照所屬黨派，幾乎所有的共和黨人士都投了贊成票，而所有的民主黨人士都投了反對票。12月22日，美國總統(tǒng)唐納德·特朗普簽署法案生效。

This is expected to affect all parts of the U.S. economy and everyone in it. The law permanently reduces the taxes that corporations pay on their profits. Previously, that rate was 35 percent. The new law reduces it to 21 percent.

預計這將影響到美國經濟的方方面面。此法案減少了公司為其利潤所支付的稅收。此前，這一比例為35%。新法律將其減少到21%。

And it temporarily reduces the taxes that most Americans pay on their income. Though there will still be seven tax brackets for workers based on what they earned, all income groups on average will pay less in taxes. But those individual reductions will expire by the year 2025 unless a future U.S. Congress votes to keep in place.

新法案暫時減少了多數(shù)美國人的稅收。盡管美國工薪階級的稅收分為7個級別，但所有人群的稅收都有所減少。但是到2025年，這項稅收縮減制度就會到期，除非未來的美國國會繼續(xù)投票支持法案。

Supporters of the new law say it will lead to bigger paychecks and more jobs. Opponents say it will mostly benefit the wealthy and increase the U.S. government`s deficit. One thing the law definitely won`t do is affect the taxes that Americans will file early this year. Those are for 2017.

這項新法案的支持者說，這將會增加人們的收入和同時提供更多的工作機會。而反對者表示，法案主要惠及富人，會增加美國政府的赤字。有一件事非常肯定，那就是此法案絕對不會影響美國公民之前繳納的稅收。以上是2017年的新聞。