原文：https://vegnews.com/2019/8/germany-considers-19-percent-tax-on-meat
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GERMANY CONSIDERS 19 PERCENT TAX ON MEAT
德国考虑对肉类征税19%
Lawmakers propose bringing the value-added tax of meat up significantly to fight climate change.
立法者提议大幅提升肉类增值税以应对气候变化。
by ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA
作者：ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA
AUGUST 12, 2019
2019年8月12日
Last week, German legislators proposed raising the value-added tax (VAT) on meat to the standard 19 percent—a sales tax applied to many goods in the country, including oat milk. Currently, meat is taxed at a reduced VAT of seven percent, which some lawmakers believe is unjustified.
上星期，德国立法者提议将肉类增值税（VAT）的税率提高到标准税率19%──这一销售税适用于该国内的许多商品，包括燕麦奶等。目前，肉类增值税采用降低的税率（7%），一些立法者认为这是不合理的。
“I favor abolishing the VAT reduction for meat and using it (the money raised) instead for more animal welfare,” Friedrich Ostendorff, a spokesperson for the agriculture sector of Germany’s Alliance 90/The Greens political party told local newspaper Die Welt. Thomas Schroder, president of organization German Animal Welfare Federation, also welcomed the idea of applying the standard VAT to meat products, stating, “Parallel to the CO2 tax, we also need a meat tax.”
德国联盟90/绿党（Alliance 90/The Greens）的农业部门发言人弗里德里希·奥斯滕多夫（Friedrich Ostendorff）告诉当地报社《世界报》（Die Welt）：“我赞成取消肉类的增值税优惠，并将其（加征的税费）用于增加动物福利。”托马斯·施罗德（Thomas Schroder）是德国动物福利联合会（German Animal Welfare Federation）的会长，也支持对肉制品实施标准增值税的主张，并宣称：“类似于二氧化碳税，我们还需要征收肉类税。”
In the first half of 2019, Germany produced 4.3 million tons of meat by slaughtering nearly 30 million pigs, cows, sheep, goats, horses, and birds, according to the Federal Statistics Office. A raised VAT on meat encourages the consumption of plant-based products, a move that politicians argue will benefit Germany’s goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 31 percent by 2030.
根据德国联邦统计局（Federal Statistics Office）的统计数字，2019年上半年，德国屠宰了将近3千万只猪、牛、绵羊、山羊、马和家禽，共生产430万吨肉类。提高肉类增值税税率，有助于促进植物性产品的消费；政界人士认为，这一举措将有利于德国到2030年实现其温室气体排放量减少31%的目标。
另请参考：https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2019/07/15/germany-the-land-of-8-million-tons-meat/
