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Skalaknæk

English translation: break in the curve

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Danish term or phrase:Skalaknæk
English translation:break in the curve
Entered by: Adam Nemeth

21:22 Mar 19, 2008
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Taxation & Customs
Danish term or phrase: Skalaknæk
Saetningen er:
Skalaknækket mellem 105 pct. og 180 pct., værdien af fradragene for trafiksikkerheds- og miljøfremmende foranstaltninger, værdien af fradrag eller tillæg for brændstoføkonomi mv. er imidlertid specifikke elementer, der afgiftsteknisk ligner motorvolumen, motoreffekt eller lignende.

Hvad er et skalaknaek og hvad betyder det paa engelsk/tysk?
Mange tak i forvejen.
Adam Nemeth
Hungary
Local time: 04:03
break in the curve
Explanation:
break in the curve

This is to do with taxation, and it refers to an imagined (or even real) chart in the tax office with a graph of how the tax due relates to the value of a car or other vehicle.

http://www.skm.dk/public/billeder/publikationer/notater/bil-...
If you plot the value of the vehicle along the x axis and the tax to be charged along the y axis, you will get a linear curve or scale which changes direction ('knækker' in Danish) at a certain point or points.

e.g. (page 5 in th PDF file)

Registreringsafgift:
nu
105 pct. af værdien indtil 65.900 kr. og 180 pct. af værdien over 65.900 kr.

The 'skalaknæk' comes where the value of the vehicle is
65.901 kr.
Below this point the registration charge is 105% of the vehicle, and from that value upwards the charge is 180%

You could possibly call it a change of rate
or increase in rate (registration tax ratio)
if what you are really talking about is the tax payable and not the chart or scale.


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Note added at 52 mins (2008-03-19 22:15:30 GMT)
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If you look at pages 6, 7 and 8 in the PDF file, you can clearly see what is meant by these 'knæk'
Selected response from:

Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 04:03
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3break in the curve
Christine Andersen


  

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break in the curve


Explanation:
break in the curve

This is to do with taxation, and it refers to an imagined (or even real) chart in the tax office with a graph of how the tax due relates to the value of a car or other vehicle.

http://www.skm.dk/public/billeder/publikationer/notater/bil-...
If you plot the value of the vehicle along the x axis and the tax to be charged along the y axis, you will get a linear curve or scale which changes direction ('knækker' in Danish) at a certain point or points.

e.g. (page 5 in th PDF file)

Registreringsafgift:
nu
105 pct. af værdien indtil 65.900 kr. og 180 pct. af værdien over 65.900 kr.

The 'skalaknæk' comes where the value of the vehicle is
65.901 kr.
Below this point the registration charge is 105% of the vehicle, and from that value upwards the charge is 180%

You could possibly call it a change of rate
or increase in rate (registration tax ratio)
if what you are really talking about is the tax payable and not the chart or scale.


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Note added at 52 mins (2008-03-19 22:15:30 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

If you look at pages 6, 7 and 8 in the PDF file, you can clearly see what is meant by these 'knæk'

Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 04:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 26
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks a lot. The pdf makes it really clear what is meant by "skalaknaek".

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