Commerce Department backs ipad thousand-dollar tax

-Morning News reporter Zhou Shili li Baohui Zhang Gu not only carry the ipad entry will be levied thousand yuan tariffs, many online purchasing sellers and buyers found that the customs recently also increased the number of incoming ipad inspection efforts, some mainland buyers from overseas mail-order ipad on arrival in Beijing or Shanghai customs, I am required to pay my ID card to take delivery. "Not only to pay the tariffs, but also to catch up with the fare and time." "In this connection, customs officials said that the delivery of the ipad if the Postal service does not pay the tariff, will also be detained for disposal or directly returned to the sending place."　　The Ministry of Commerce said in a routine press conference yesterday that it supports customs to perform its duties. Many netizens and the public have expressed their doubts, and the question is still focused on the tax. The ipad product purchased overseas is only more than 3,000 yuan, why is it handled at 5000 yuan when determining the tax base? In this respect, Pang, deputy Dean of China's WTO Research Institute of Foreign Economic and Trade University, said that according to the Customs valuation Agreement under the WTO goods trade, if consumers pay taxes to the customs, the tax should be paid at normal transaction prices.　　In other words, if consumers buy the ipad at $3000 in Hong Kong, they should end up with a tax base of $3000. The official attitude of individuals to buy the ipad outside the import of imports of 1000 yuan to pay imports of the provisions caused widespread controversy, the Ministry of Commerce has issued a letter on the import tax on the ipad.　　However, the two departments of the war of words did not last long, the Ministry of Commerce at a regular press conference yesterday expressed support for Customs to perform their duties in accordance with the law, to support the Department of public attention to the positive response and resolution. ["Fruit powder" encounter] to Beijing from Inner Mongolia to pay taxes, delivery recently, a body in Inner Mongolia, "fruit powder" encountered a problem. Originally, he ordered an ipad from the direct purchase website, and sent it directly to the Beijing customs after shipment abroad. After checking the parcel post, Beijing customs demanded a tariff of 1000 yuan.　　The "fruit powder" is not unwilling to pay tariffs, but the customs required him to take his ID card to the Beijing customs after the delivery of goods, or will detain the ipad. This "fruit powder" calculate a sum, tariff 1000 yuan, from Inner Mongolia, Beijing fare at least 1000 yuan, plus the ipad itself, the price of 4000 yuan, one time, so buy an ipad to spend more than 6,000 yuan, but also to take a few days away and time.　　If the tax is not paid, the customs will return the ipad directly to the sender, and the postage is still to be borne by the buyer. In an interview, the reporter found that there were not a few ipad buyers who suffered such embarrassment.　　A professional overseas buyers revealed that, with the customs on the entry of the ipad inspection efforts to increase, many mainlanders have encountered customs tax, delivery requirements, so that some in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and other remote areas of the buyer had to give up the ipad. Affect purchasing "Business is very bleak" in accordance with customs regulations, mail imported goods should be paidThe tax of more than 50 yuan shall be taxed in full according to the value of the goods.　　An ipad is taxed at 20% tax-paid price of 5000 yuan, with a tax equal to 1000 yuan. "After September, we mailed the ipad to almost everything. Yesterday, a network purchase seller reluctantly told reporters. As a result, the ipad was asked to pay a 1000 yuan tariff, the seller said: "We are ready to suspend the ipad purchase, watch for a while." Yesterday, the reporter in the domestic well-known E-commerce website, the overseas purchase of the ipad dozens of online shop, only less than 10% of the online shop in the last one months have a transaction record. Many overseas purchasing sellers frankly, "Business is very bleak recently." At the same time, the price of domestic parallel ipad has gone up because of the customs ' strict search of the ipad. Yesterday, the reporter in Taobao and other shopping websites saw that some of the ipad price than before the increase of hundreds of yuan.　　Some Taobao shopkeeper said, fortunately IPhone4 did not receive "strict search" command. No real impact of outbound shopping tour in addition, because "54th order" to the overseas purchase and other forms of smuggling activities are restricted, but also let many tourists began to express concern about outbound shopping. Ching Chuluwi also said in its blog that mainland residents who buy or are presented with a total value of more than 5000 yuan (including 5000 yuan) will have to tax, in fact, now buy a few clothes and a few pairs of shoes, will be more than 5000 yuan. "5000 yuan, how does this amount standard come from?" Can't you see that the living standards of the Chinese people have improved a lot? "A number of travel agencies in the city said that so far, tourists on the various routes of shopping has not been the actual impact of the new customs regulations." Chen Yue, of the European Ministry of Airline travel, told reporters that although customs regulations had been in place, the European route to the cruise country so far had not yet seen tourists being taxed for carrying high luxuries.　　Ctrip's free travel and team-tour data also show that the number of visitors to Hong Kong has not decreased recently, but it has continued to rise on the basis of the end of October. Travel agents suggest: Reasonable amount of tax should be moderately relaxed although the new customs regulations on outbound shopping travel has limited impact, but many people worry that this provision will affect the psychological level of tourists, thereby "accidentally" outbound shopping market.　　Travel agents suggest that the relevant departments should be moderately relaxed about a reasonable amount of personal belongings, compared with the current domestic consumption level and the per capita consumption level of Chinese outbound tourists, the 5000 yuan tax standard should be moderately improved. The average two times a year to go shopping in Hong Kong, Miss Tang told reporters that due to the narrowing of the price gap between Hong Kong and Shanghai and the new customs rules and other factors, now in order to simply shopping and travel to Hongkong has become less cost-effective.　　Taobao travel platform, a data show that the main shopping outbound travel is less than the actual amount of attention, while other sightseeing, holiday-oriented cruise line is not affected. Recent customs inspections in some areas are very stringent, particularly from Hong Kong, Japan, the United States and Europe to enter, electronic products, luxury bags are the focus of inspection. Travel agents also cautioned that outbound tourists should attach importance to the departure of the Declaration, must not be too troublesome but not to declare the resulting additional tax.