In a package of measures approved by Berlusconi's cabinet eight days ago, VAT levied on pay-TV subscriptions will double from January 1.
在贝卢斯科尼内阁8天前公布的一揽子施政措施中,订购付费电视的增值税从明年1月开始提高一倍。
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Taken together, such measures will enhance the perceived fairness of the fiscal-consolidation package, and could then be supplemented by a carbon tax or higher VAT to raise an additional 1% of GDP.