大全-20-16

Which of the following, if true, is the most logical completion of the argument below?

The tax system of the Republic of Grootland encourages borrowing by granting its taxpayers tax relief for interest paid on loans. The system also discourages saving by taxing any interest earned on savings. Nevertheless, it is clear that Grootland’s tax system does not consistently favor borrowing over saving, for if it did, there would be no____.

   (A) tax relief in Grootland for those portions of a taxpayer’s income, if any, that are set aside to increase that taxpayer’s total savings

   (B) tax relief in Grootland for the processing fees that taxpayers pay to lending institutions when obtaining certain kinds of loans

   (C) tax relief in Grootland for interest that taxpayers are charged on the unpaid balance in credit card accounts

   (D) taxes due in Grootland on the cash value of gifts received by taxpayers from banks trying to encourage people to open savings accounts

   (E) taxes due in Grootland on the amount that a taxpayer has invested in interest-bearing saving accounts

The key is A. Why?

sorry, my head still tangled...

why A means "很多存款给了tax relief" ? can u explain further?

someone earning interest will pay taxes for the interest, I did not understand well that someone borrowing money will pay tax as well as interest.

Nevertheless, it is clear that Grootland’s tax system does not consistently favor borrowing over saving,.... 是不是这样理解：然而，很明显Grootland的税收制度并没有一贯地对借贷给予更多的支持，超过对储蓄的支持。

根据答案来理解，似乎B，C，D，E可以排除，因为其内容无助于解释结论。盼NN给详细指点。谢谢。

总算把Ａ看明白了，试着解释一下：

原文：税收系统鼓励借款/贷款by a tax relief，惩罚存款 by a tax on saving。但是税收系统也不是对借贷的支持程度始终超过存款，否则的话，税收系统就应该对taxpayer’s total savings给予tax relief, 而并非仅对 those portions of a taxpayer’s income这一部分。

划线部分是对Ａ的意译。请指正。

我觉得这样来理解吧：税收系统鼓励借款/贷款by a tax relief，惩罚存款 by a tax on saving。但是税收系统也不是对借贷的支持程度始终超过存款。如果是更为鼓励贷款的话，那么就不会对纳税人的收入部份的免税了。如果有免税，免税也被留出来增加纳税人的总存款。

还是没完全清楚，盼指正！

Grootland’s tax system does not consistently favor borrowing over saving, for if it did, there would be no______

(A) tax relief in Grootland for those portions of a taxpayer’s income, if any, that are set aside to increase that taxpayer’s total savings

税收系统不支持借款（优惠条件超过存款），因为如果那样的话（借款优惠条件超过存款），将不会有（个人收入中的一部分用作）存款的税减轻。

所以A正确。

我同意5樓的mm所說的內容,這提真的花了我蠻多時間的來看的

大概意思應該是這樣的,

政府鼓勵多貸款,而且對於貸款者所需要支付的利息給予減稅方案

    不鼓勵儲蓄,對於儲蓄所產生的利息收入要課稅喔

但是作者說,其實政府還是支持貸款不可以大於儲蓄的

因為 (A) tax relief in Grootland for those portions of a taxpayer’s income, if any, that are set aside to increase that taxpayer’s total savings

也就是說,政府要求貸款者所貸款的金額要提撥一部分出來作儲蓄用,並且針對該部份金額(扣除提撥金額後)給予減稅,所以可知道政府並非全然支持貸款的

歡迎指正