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Steuerspitze

English translation: top tax rate / highest tax rate

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German term or phrase:Steuerspitze
English translation:top tax rate / highest tax rate
Entered by: Erik Brinkhof

23:17 Jan 1, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Law: Taxation & Customs
German term or phrase: Steuerspitze
...unser Ziel ist es absehbare Steuerspitzen zu vermeiden.
tomntoby (X)
Local time: 12:35
top tax rate / highest tax rate
Explanation:
The word Steuerspitze refers to the highest (top) rate of a tax.

The meaning of the word Steuerspitze is, IMO, similar or identical to that of Höchststeuersatz and Spitzensteuersatz.
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Erik Brinkhof
Vietnam
Local time: 17:35
Grading comment
top tax rate seems to fit best
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Summary of answers provided
3unfavorable tax rate
Paul Merriam
3top tax rate / highest tax rate
Erik Brinkhof
2peak tax
Kcda


  

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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
steuerspitze
unfavorable tax rate


Explanation:
Steuerspitze is used to refer to the tax rate. One talks about 20% Steuerspitze, for example. In this case, these people apparently want to avoid investments that would lead to higher-than-normal taxes being paid. (They may be trying to avoid taxes altogether, but I'd check the rest of the text to see if there's any support for that theory.)

Paul Merriam
Local time: 06:35
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
top tax rate / highest tax rate


Explanation:
The word Steuerspitze refers to the highest (top) rate of a tax.

The meaning of the word Steuerspitze is, IMO, similar or identical to that of Höchststeuersatz and Spitzensteuersatz.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_the_United_States
    Reference: http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp98/rp98-094....
Erik Brinkhof
Vietnam
Local time: 17:35
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Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 8
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top tax rate seems to fit best
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
peak tax


Explanation:
Somewhere on the lines of trying to avoid highest rates of tax. Peak tax level etc. It is not too popular but workable and unfortunately has a literal touch.

Kcda
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in TurkishTurkish
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