Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
à concurrence du surplus
English translation:
on anything exceeding that
French term
à concurrence du surplus
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| 3 +3 | on anything exceeding that |
Tony M
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| 5 | in the amount of the excess |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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| 4 | on the remainder |
Attorney DC Bar
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Non-PRO (1): Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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Proposed translations
on anything exceeding that
If my understanding is correct, what they mean in layman's terms is that the first 67% (of this 'base') is exempted from VAT, and then everything else above that is subject to VAT.
So I think you'll need to work on the sentence as a whole, in order to turn that into elegant EN in a suitable register.
In particular, what this 'base d'imposition' actually consists of may well be crucial in expressing this correctly; without looking into it further? I'm sort of assuling it ust be the 'nett taxable amount' — or rather, that WOULD be taxable were it not for this exemption.
on the remainder
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Tony M
: Need to be slightly careful here! Depending on the exact context, the sum involved could actually be more than 100%, which is why I avoided saying 'the rest'; we don't know what this 'base' is...
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Psychologist, Court-certified legal
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
in the amount of the excess
This phrase is in most decent dictionaries an, from memory, also in the ProZ glossaries.
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Note added at 4 mins (2012-08-12 21:08:27 GMT)
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You might use "up to the amount of the surplus/excess", "within the limit of the excess" etc. As I say, there are a number of possibilities.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-08-12 23:36:39 GMT)
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Tony's right. I expressed this clumsily! The "surplus" in question is the amount above the 67%, the "à concurrence de" meaning in the sum of. You have to fiddle around with the sentence a little to get the melody right in English : exemption on the first 67% and liable for VAT on the excess.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-08-12 23:37:18 GMT)
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VAT due on the excess, anything above 67%
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-08-12 23:39:06 GMT)
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"on anything in excess of that amount"
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Note added at 7 hrs (2012-08-13 04:55:48 GMT)
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@ Nancy : all credit to Tony for pointing out my curfuffled version!!!
| Thanks Nikki, I was playing around with something along the lines of your "exemption on the first 67% and liable for VAT on the excess" above. |
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Tony M
: Actually, Nikki, I don't think you can really express it quite this way, just like that: it means the first 67% is exempt from VAT and anything above that is subject to VAT; but they are not going to pay VAT 'in the amount of the excess'!
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Yes, in the sum of, as you say, in other words on anything above the 67%
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