1. Economies reduced corporate-tax rates to stay competitive with their neighbours. 为了保持在同行面前的竞争力，众多经济体降低了企业税税率。
2. There is a gradual reduction in the corporate-tax rate from 28% to 24% over the next four years. 未来4年时间，公司税率将从24%逐渐降到28%。
3. Across the OECD the average corporate-tax rate was 28% in 2007, down from over 40% in the 1980s. 2007年经济合作与发展组织成内部企业税税率平均为28%，比起20世纪80年代下降了40%。
4. No one doubts that America’s corporate-tax system is a Byzantine mess of high statutory rates and oodles of exemptions. 没有人怀疑美国现行的公司税系统是一团乱麻，它有着太高的法定税率和太多的免除项目。
5. Over the past decade, corporate-tax rates have fallen considerably, especially in the countries of the European Union. 过去十年，公司税率有了可观的降幅，特别是在欧盟的一些国家。
