China's milk powder import duty rate of up to 57% many representatives recommended duty-free

"The import rate of milk powder is as high as 57%!" "Many representatives of the Committee called for: overweight tax!" Daily necessities recommended duty-free New Express Beijing reporter Zhang Yi from "steamed bread tax" to a tax starting point, "tax" is the hottest topic of the two sessions this year. Tang Yanwen, chairman of the CPPCC and Changxing Group, pointed out in the proposal that taxes on tariffs and commodities were too high and repeated taxes, leading directly to high domestic prices and the need to reduce taxes. "Some economists estimate that some of our goods and taxes account for as much as 64% of the price." Whether the data is accurate or not, the high price of goods created by high taxes is an indisputable fact. "Domestic and foreign commodity prices upside down" to the United States, Europe to buy cosmetics, clothing, milk powder and electronic products; go to Japan to buy Maotai, go to Korea with China. A wave of outbound shopping is becoming more and more, sweeping objects from high-end luxury goods to the daily necessities. "Tang Yanwen the phenomenon described in the proposal is not unfamiliar to everyone. Shenzhen Lo Wu Port last December data showed that the number of people leaving every weekend close to 400,000, the vast majority of the shopping force, and everyone out of the procurement of products are not domestic sales, or even a lot of domestic production export. The reason is that domestic and foreign commodity prices are seriously upside down. For example, 500 ml of Dr. Roentgen Contact lens Care Solution in Shenzhen is 75 yuan, Hong Kong is HK $54.5, the difference is really not small after the exchange rate conversion. Another example, the United States Manhattan Chinatown 375 ml China maotai Price 80 U.S. dollars, about 530 yuan, only half of the domestic price.　　"Tang Yanwen analysis, mainly because the general daily necessities of life in China, the import rate is too high, from computers, watches to cosmetics, many general daily necessities are levied 10% to 50% of the import tax." High commodity taxes are unreasonable and from the domestic perspective, high commodity taxes have further pushed up commodity prices. Tang Yanwen that "our commodity tax (including business tax, value-added tax, excise tax, etc.) is the highest in the world, plus tariffs to account for 57.4% of our total tax revenue." All of this is taken from the terminal price of the goods or services, and the price goes up naturally. Tang Yanwen that the recent heated discussion of the "steamed bread tax" on the interpretation of the embarrassment of our citizens overweight, the public took the tax burden, but did not enjoy the benefits of the return. Abroad, although more than 100 countries and regions to implement value-added tax, but the tax rate is not as high as 17%. In addition to Michigan, the United States has so far not adopted value-added tax, especially the necessities of life does not contain commodity tax. Our commodity tax is not only heavy, but also a lot of unreasonable places, such as tax on the issue of repeated levy. Economist Xu Shanda, a former deputy director of the State administration of taxation, said that this was a relatively large problem left over during the 1993 and 1994 tax reform. In the current 14 excise tax projects, some projects, with the development of the economy and the improvement of people's living standard, have become necessities of life or supplies, but they are still collecting consumption tax.。 Tariffs, all necessities of life should not be set too high tariffs Tang Yanwen recommended that a comprehensive review of the current tariffs, a larger reduction of the existing relevant tax rates, where all the necessities of life with the people should not set excessive tariffs. "Such as cosmetics imports in addition to value-added tax and tariffs, but also to pay 30% excise tax, the cumulative payment of more than 50% of the tax, the 30% consumption tax should be abolished, so as to reduce the import rate of cosmetics." Similarly, the consumption tax on gold jewellery should be abolished. In addition, the import tax on milk powder, from non-MFN, such as the United States import tax rate of up to 57%, can be reduced completely.　　"All necessities of life that are related to the common people should not be set too high tariffs." The commodity tax is the most crucial value added tax reform to reduce the burden of enterprises for the reform of domestic commodity tax, Tang Yanwen that the first is to promote the reform of VAT transformation. "As soon as possible the current implementation of the production of value-added tax to consumption-type value-added tax, reduce the tax burden of enterprises." At the same time, small and medium-sized enterprises should be appropriately reduced VAT rates, such as from 17% to 15% or 13% per cent. The second is to speed up the start of business tax reform, proposed now 9 business tax items, select 2-3 items, in the country representative of the city for pilot, gradually pushed away. As a transition, can further expand the "Business tax difference Tax management measures" object, or make some favorable price adjustment of relief or reduce business tax temporary system arrangements.　　She stressed that in order to adjust the excise tax items, as the people's living standards have become the necessities of life and supplies of the project from the tariff, and can further consider the establishment of the most basic household goods exempt from the commodity tax policy. A tax to raise a tax threshold to lighten the burden of reducing the cost of personal income tax deduction standard, reasonable adjustment of the structure of tax rates, effectively reduce the tax burdens of low-and middle-income people. "This year's government work report will include raising tax rates to pave the road for a tax reform," he said.　　Although it is not yet conclusive as to how much of the tax levy should be adjusted, many members and representatives have indicated that the adjustment of the tax starting point is only one aspect of the tax reform, and the levy system reform is the key to solving the tax problem. CPPCC members, Tsinghua University professor Mr. Cai, National People's Congress, Gree Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. President Mingzhu, NPC representatives, TCL Chairman Li, etc. are generally agreed that a tax starting point should be adjusted to 4000 yuan to 5000 yuan. However, Liu Ke, the former deputy governor of the National Development Bank, said that raising the tax starting point alone would be of little significance to alleviating the burden of the people.　　In the current individual based tax collection system, wage earners have become the main body to pay a tax, the future should be levied on the family, but the prerequisite is to establish a comprehensive information collection system. In this view, the CPPCC members, the central bank's Monetary policy committee, Li also expressed his approval. He believes that the tax starting point must be improved, and to adapt to local conditions, not the national "one-size-Fits-all." Besides, a tax should be comprehensively and systematically reformed, in particular, can start from three aspects: first, the labor income and capital dividends, capital appreciation bundled together to pay taxes; second, the family as a unit, fully consider the burden of the family; third, a substantial reduction in tax rates.　　Because now provide to the common people to see and touch social welfare is limited, high tax rate cannot "reasoning". Business tax drags down service development Twelve-Five pilot Reform although the development of service industry has been the main policy of the country, from 2005 to 2010, the growth of service trade in GNP is still decreasing.　　In this connection, the CPPCC members, the State administration of taxation, former deputy director of the Economist Xu Shanda in an interview that the government's work report also mentioned "Eleven-Five" planning services, the target of substandard service, which is closely related to the business tax reform is not in place, "Twelve-Five" period, our country must make a decision to reform According to the introduction, in the 1994 tax system reform, China in the manufacturing industry and other areas to carry out value-added tax reform, while in the service sector, the overall retention of the business tax system. Over the past 17 years, there have been repeated taxes, tax rebates and repeated levies on VAT. In the current economic environment, the drawbacks of business tax has gradually emerged. First, the tax is repeated tax, each link levy, the next part of the tax should be counted into the base, again tax; second, the tax burden is heavier; third, the service exports do not refund.　　In addition, in addition to tax burden, business tax also inhibits the professional division of services, such as comprehensive service enterprises, including logistics, warehousing and other services, according to the rules of business tax, each link must be taxed, enterprises are naturally unwilling to subcontract out. In this respect, economist Xu Shanda suggested that, from the current environment, the one-time conversion of all sales tax to VAT is unlikely, but can be carried out pilot. Business tax up to 11 items, the first choice of one or two items in the relevant areas of the pilot, but a "five-plan" may not complete the total business tax restructuring. According to the introduction, at present, more than 100 countries and regions in the world are carrying out the tax system covered by VAT. Australia, for example, started a "goods and services Tax" in 2000, where products and services also received value-added tax, and the service sector in Australia increased by 10% in 10 years.