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Individuals whose income is less than 10 million roubles a year pay a 12 percent income

tax.

Businesses pay a tax on profit. The rate of the tax depends on the type of their activity. Some businesses are exempt from the tax.

All businesses must pay the value added tax (VAT). Today it is 20%.

Insurance

Before the beginning of the economic reform there were two insurance companies in Russia - Ingosstrakh and Gosstrakh. They were engaged in life insurance, house insurance and voluntary motor insurance.

Nowadays a lot of insurance companies are operating on the Russian market. The range of their services is much wider as they offer various types of insurance against marine and non-marine risks, construction risks, etc. There are insurance companies that are prepared to offer insurance of foreign investments.

At the same lime there are also foreign companies operating on the Russian market.

II. Определите, к каким частям речи относятся слова, затем переведите слова.

Cutting of transportation costs, self-liquidating credit, custom-tailored, cash-flow cycle, branded goods, primary goods, heavy-duty, gratuitous help, urgent help, official hours, retail price index, wholesale price index, accurate information, available information, invitation to tender.

III. Перевести предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на инфинитивные обороты и инфинитив в различных функциях.

1. The equipment that is to be installed is very effective.

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2. To examine matter is to consider its nature and structure.

3. The new apparatus was to control all the temperature changes during the experiment.

IV. Перепишите предложения и переведите их на русский язык, подчеркните причастие и определите функции каждого из них.

2. The source program having been compiled, the computer starts processing it.

3. Scientists are working at that problem for a number of years.

4. The data referred to in the paper are quite reliable.

5. The results obtained gave the stability of the system under conditions given below.

6. The idea of using this technique is new and somewhat unexpected.

V. Перепишите предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на условные предложения.

2. A lot of people would be out of work if the factory closed down.

3. If you were in my position, what would you do?

4. If she had been a specialist in this field, we should have shown her our new apparatus.

5. Had we applied this method of work, we should have had the desired results.

6. If we received the reply tomorrow, we would start talks next week.

VI. Перепишите предложения и употребите соответствующее время.

2. A: What's the new restaurant like? Is it good? B: I've no idea. I there.

3. A: How well do you know Bill?

B: Very well. We since we

were children.

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