The european commission is seeking a region-wide tax to catch co2 emitters currently exempt from the emissions trading system , but european states are increasingly putting levies in place unilaterally .
In this , the us is going back to the 1930s regulatory approach of prohibition as opposed to taxation , whether by capital requirements or levies , in the attempt to address systemic risk .
Greece has had to raise revenue as well as cut spending but is at least looking to the " right " sorts of levies , such as value-added tax ( vat ) and " sin " taxes on cigarettes , alcohol and petrol .
This is supposed to discourage smoking , but tobacco firms argue that the government risks encouraging a different vice : stiff levies increase incentives to bypass legal sellers .
The scale of the funds and whether levies should be imposed on bank assets , liabilities or profits will be the subject of intense debate and brussels is not expected to set out firm recommendations at this stage .
Most of the spending went on farm subsidies under the common agricultural policy ( cap ) ; much of the revenue came from customs duties and farm-import levies .
However , a number of countries , including canada , japan and australia , have opposed an internationally co-ordinated imposition of bank levies .
然而,包括加拿大、日本和澳大利亚在内的众多国家反对国际上联手对银行征税。
Last year , she was faced with " urgent " taxes , ad hoc levies to alleviate the country 's financial crisis , which made a difficult year even trickier .
去年,她面临了“紧急”赋税,缓和国家金融危机的特别征税,这使得本来就艰难的一年更加棘手。
The u.s. will have no permanent regime governing levies on salaries , capital gains and dividends , the social security tax , as well as a slew of targeted breaks for families , students and other groups .
An agreement on the principle that banks should pay for taxpayer support is likely , as is one on technical details of levies introduced by those in favour , including the us , uk , france and germany .