hidden tax

基本解释

This hidden tax adds to the costs of any manufacturer hiring an accountant.
这种隐藏的税增加了所有制造商雇佣会计的成本。
If the company passes on the cost to consumers, then the consumer pays the hidden tax.
如果公司将成本转移到消费者，那么消费者相当于支付间接税。
Mrs Clinton has already borrowed Mr Schwarzenegger's line that the current system, in which many of the uninsured receive free health care in emergency rooms, is a “hidden tax”.
克林顿夫人已借用施瓦辛格先生的方针：现行体制是一种"隐蔽税"。在这一体制下，许多尚未参保但正需急救的人员可获得免费的医疗保险。

It constitutes impressing private citizens into the federal police apparatus and imposing a hidden tax on businesses.
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As Boehner indicated, efforts to comply with laws are a huge hidden tax on every American business.
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Most chilling, however, is the basic truth that government spending is a hidden tax on the present.
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