{"id":14608,"date":"2020-03-01T11:11:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T19:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=14608"},"modified":"2022-10-09T04:51:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T12:51:05","slug":"bep-355-financial-english-discussing-taxes-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2020\/03\/01\/bep-355-financial-english-discussing-taxes-1\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 355 &#8211; Financial English: Discussing Taxes 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14608-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP355-Taxes1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP355-Taxes1.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP355-Taxes1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"BEP 355 - English for Finance: Discussing Taxes 1\" href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP355POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-355-Financial-English-Discussing-Taxes-1-LESSON-600x261.jpg\" alt=\"BEP 355 - Financial English: Discussing Taxes 1\" width=\"600\" height=\"261\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-14610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-355-Financial-English-Discussing-Taxes-1-LESSON-600x261.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-355-Financial-English-Discussing-Taxes-1-LESSON-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-355-Financial-English-Discussing-Taxes-1-LESSON-768x334.jpg 768w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-355-Financial-English-Discussing-Taxes-1-LESSON-200x87.jpg 200w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-355-Financial-English-Discussing-Taxes-1-LESSON-400x174.jpg 400w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-355-Financial-English-Discussing-Taxes-1-LESSON-800x348.jpg 800w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP-355-Financial-English-Discussing-Taxes-1-LESSON.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to Business English Pod for today&#8217;s lesson on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/english-collocations\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">English collocations<\/a> related to taxes.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s an old saying in English that \u201cnothing is certain except death and taxes.&#8221; But, although taxes are certain, the exact amount you have to pay isn&#8217;t. Just ask any accountant. For both companies and individuals, there are all sorts of ways to lower your tax bill. And a lower tax bill means more money in our pockets, or in our shareholders pockets. For this reason, tax is a popular topic of discussion, especially in the spring when most taxes are due. <\/p>\n<p>In this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/finance-accounting\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">financial English<\/a> lesson, we&#8217;ll listen to three managers at Brando Equipment discuss their tax situation. During the conversation, the managers use a lot of common expressions related to taxes. We call these expressions \u201ccollocations.&#8221; A collocation is just a group of words that go together naturally. <\/p>\n<p>Some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/english-collocations\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">English collocations<\/a>, such as \u201ctake a chance,&#8221; are widely used. But many collocations are particular to a certain field of work or topic. And to work in that field or discuss that topic, you need to know these special expressions. When it comes to taxes, for example, you need to know that we use the verb \u201cfile&#8221; with \u201ctaxes&#8221; to talk about our yearly report to the government. Learning collocations like this in different fields will develop your vocabulary and help you sound more natural. <\/p>\n<p>In the dialog, we&#8217;ll hear Christie, Glen, and Ivana discuss the tax situation at Brando Equipment, a subsidiary their company has recently purchased. Glen and Ivana are corporate managers, while Christie is an accountant. The three colleagues use many English collocations and vocabulary specific to taxes as they talk about how much tax Brando Equipment owes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening  Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\tWhat does Ivana hope that they finish by the 30th of the month?<br \/>\n2.\tNear the start of the conversation, what does Christie say is higher than they anticipated?<br \/>\n3.\tWhat key piece of information does Glen want to know?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP355SN-Tax-Collocations1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP355QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quizzes<\/span><\/a> | <a 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