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226 months ago

Gina W  See profile asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Business / Marketing / Financial

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

taxe sur la superficie

Context:

la taxe sur la superficie a ét

Keywords:

I found "surface tax" from a G

 

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226 months ago

  See profile wrote:

land [area] tax

My comment:

Could this refer to an area of land, with the literal translation being 'tax on the area'?

226 months ago

  See profile wrote:

tax on area

226 months ago

Jennifer White  See profile wrote:

surface tax

My comment:

Surface tax risks and tax opportunities buyers and sellers.*Develop alternative tax strategies for acquisitions, dispositions,and restructurings. ...
www.arthursloan.com/feed080306.xml - 36k -

Surface tax risks and tax opportunities buyers and sellers.*Develop alternative tax strategies for acquisitions, dispositions,and restructurings. ...
www.arthursloan.com/feed080306.xml - 36k -

My references:

This does seem the right translation to me.

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226 months ago

  See profile wrote:

I agree, since it is a tax specific to Belgium, I wouldn't try to find an equivalent, just translate literally

226 months ago

  See profile wrote:

I agree, since it is a tax specific to Belgium, I wouldn't try to find an equivalent, just translate literally

226 months ago

rhodie  See profile wrote:

parcel tax

My comment:

In the USA "parcel" taxes are levied on land/houses by municipalities to fund local projects, usually at a specific rate e.g. $X per household

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