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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A reward system to encourage someone to do something.  2, record 1, English, - incentive

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

For example, if the government wants the public to save more, it can make interest on savings income-tax free;... if it wants industry to speed up investment plans, it can introduce an investment tax credit; if it wants industry to increase research and development, it can let industry write off the costs at a faster rate.... Direct grants can also be used as incentives. Likewise, companies can provide an incentive for employees through pay increases based on merit, rewards for sales, and profit sharing.  2, record 1, English, - incentive

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Moyen utilisé pour encourager une personne à agir dans un sens déterminé, par exemple les subventions publiques, les divers encouragements fiscaux et les primes de rendement versées au personnel en vue d'augmenter le dynamisme et la productivité de celui-ci.  3, record 1, French, - stimulant

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Fórmula de retribución que de modo complementario se asigna a una persona, caracterizada fundamentalmente porque su importe depende directamente de que la actuación de aquélla resulte más o menos eficaz.  1, record 1, Spanish, - incentivo

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A provision under income-tax laws that permits a lower rate of tax for certain types of income; examples of tax preference would include a low rate of taxation for small-business income, the taxation of only one-half of capital gains, and a low rate of taxation for resource income.  2, record 2, English, - tax%20preference

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The budget proposes a number of tax changes to improve the fairness and efficiency of the tax system and to raise additional revenues. These include ... ensuring that large private corporations no longer qualify for certain tax preferences aimed at small business; reducing or eliminating regionally based investment tax credits that have not been cost-effective in attracting new investment ...  3, record 2, English, - tax%20preference

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le budget propose un certain nombre de mesures visant à rendre le régime fiscal plus équitable et plus efficient, tout en accroissant les recettes publiques, notamment [...] l'élimination de certains avantages fiscaux destinés à la petite entreprise dans le cas des grandes sociétés privées, la réduction ou l'élimination des crédits d'impôt à l'investissement à dimension régionale qui n'ont pas permis d'attirer de nouveaux investissements de manière économique [...]  2, record 2, French, - avantage%20fiscal

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

It is because our average citizen, who is so much better off, falls in a higher income bracket that our lower income-tax rates actually are able to produce relatively more revenues.  1, record 3, English, - income%2Dtax%20rate

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish