"1 billion yuan charge" is the express industry can not bear the heavy

China Express industry is still in the initial stage of development

China Express industry is still in the initial stage of development, need more support, rather than "pumping blood."

It has been reported that the interim measures for the administration of the use of the Postal Universal Service Fund (hereinafter referred to as "the measures") have been drafted and are beginning to solicit comments. The "method" stipulates that the enterprises operating express business in China should pay the Postal Universal Service Fund, the standard for domestic express 0.1 yuan/piece, the domestic off-site 0.2 yuan/piece, Hong Kong and Macao 1 yuan/piece, international 2 yuan/piece. 20 employees below or annual revenue of less than 2 million yuan enterprises can be exempted. There is a media calculation, the fund can levy more than 1 billion yuan per year. It is reported that the money will be used to finance the Midwest and rural areas such as "unprofitable" postal services.

Since this year, the State has promulgated successive policies to promote the development of the logistics industry. June, the State Council issued a positive development of the logistics industry "eight", August, and the introduction of support for the logistics industry, "nine"; a few days ago, the State Council decided to reduce the circulation cost of 10 policy measures, sword refers to the high cost of circulation in China's stubborn disease. Successive policy positive, let the high taxes and charges pressure of the express industry, for the exciting.

But at this time, the Postal Universal Service Fund news came, make the express industry feel a chill. A courier one or two cents fee seems to be not high, but to know, private courier business profits in general in the 0.3 yuan ~0.6 yuan/pieces, which means that the collection of postal funds, may eat the Express company about One-third of the profit. Industry insiders said, according to this standard, the equivalent of the express companies to levy an additional revenue for its turnover 1%~1.5% tax.

There is no doubt that "1 billion cents" is the express industry can not bear the weight, it is not only against the State to promote the development of logistics industry, reduce the tax burden of circulation policy, but also with the tax deduction of taxation reform of the general direction of the tax system.

It has to be admitted that postal services, such as the Midwest and rural areas, do face considerable operational pressure. But to defuse that pressure, can not rely on "disguised tax increase" to solve, the relevant departments need to do is through drastic reforms to compress unreasonable costs, and to establish an internal subsidy mechanism, with profitable business, to subsidize the loss of business-for example, China Post Express Logistics Co., Ltd., The net profit of 2011 is 20.936 billion yuan, have so huge profit, can take out 1 billion of money completely, support postal universal service. In addition, the government can subsidize part of it.

The 17th article of the Postal Law introduced in 2009 stipulates that the State shall establish a universal service fund for postal services. But the law does not specify how to levy. In fact, express companies have paid the relevant taxes and fees, the discharge of their own tax liability, can be completely from the tax they have paid, transferred part of the postal fund into the.

China's huge scale of non-tax income has become a major obstacle to economic and social development. So what needs to be done now is to clean up the myriad of non-tax projects, rather than continue to increase them. China Express industry is still in the initial stage of development, need more support, rather than "pumping blood." In fact, over the years, a variety of fund charges, including the Power Construction fund, the Three Gorges Project Construction Fund, Highway Construction Fund, has been criticized, a fund from the private consumption of "blood" 1,000,000,100, the total add up, is undoubtedly a staggering figure. Therefore, it is urgent to abandon the "fund" model of increasing fees and taxes, and to establish a new type of public finance system to maintain the equalization of infrastructure construction and public services.