2.4 million high income tax 129.4 billion set in power finance and other departments

Xinhua Beijing, June 18, China's Ministry of Finance 17th released the basic situation of personal income tax, 2008 years of income of more than 120,000 taxpayers, the number of their own declaration of 2.4 million people, accounting for the national personal income tax on the number of taxpayers about 3%, pay a tax of 129.4 billion yuan, accounting for the total income of individual income　　Self-declaration personnel are concentrated in the power, finance, petroleum, telecommunications and other departments, as well as the company's shareholders, enterprise executives and other occupations. The current tax rate of salary deduction standard of 2000 Yuan/month, "Three insurance and one gold" (generally should be accounted for workers monthly wage income of about 20%) can be deducted before the tax, individual access to the only child subsidy, childcare subsidies, retirement wages, such as exemption from personal income tax. According to this calculation, the monthly wage income below 2500 yuan does not need to pay the personal income tax, the monthly salary income is 3000 yuan, 5000 yuan, 8000 yuan and 10000 yuan taxpayer, its individual income tax amount is generally about 20 yuan, 175 yuan, 535 yuan and 825 yuan, tax burden (taxable Amount　　/monthly wage earners are 0.7%, 3.5%, 6.7% and 8.3% respectively, no more than 10%.　　From the point of view of project income, the personal income tax income of salary income in recent years accounts for about 50% of the total income of individual income tax. Since 1980 China's personal income tax levy, the income has increased significantly, especially since the implementation of the new tax system in 1994, individual income tax income at an average annual growth of 34% per cent. 1994, the national income tax levied only 7.3 billion yuan, 2008 increase to 372.2 billion yuan.　　In the ~2008 of 1994, the share of personal income tax revenue to GDP rose from 0.15% to 1.24%, and the proportion of tax revenue increased from 1.4% to 6.4%. The personal income tax is one of the most strong income tax in the 1994 tax system reform, has already become the fourth big tax in the domestic tax, in some regions has leaped the local tax revenue the second place, becomes the local revenue main source. The Ministry of Finance pointed out that with the further development of the economy, the level of tax management, especially the social tax awareness, the income and the proportion of personal income tax will be further enhanced.