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This reporter Wang Nan jie from Guangzhou "Customs poor crazy?" "Mr Zhang, who often went shopping in Hong Kong, was alarmed, but more furious, when he saw that the Customs had a 1000 tax on each ipad," I think it is Maur. "Mr Zhang was commissioned by his relatives last week to buy an Apple iPhone4 cell phone and an ipad tablet computer in Hong Kong," he said. After much consideration, he chose to postpone, "I would like to wait and see, we have a big opinion, it is impossible to keep." "According to the General administration of Customs 2010-year notice 54th, the total value of personal clearance goods over 5000 yuan is taxable, and 20 items such as the ipad are not exempt from tax, the full tax is required." Although the document was announced on August 19 this year, it was not until October that a number of "blood families" learned this information from their "bitter" experience. November 1, a group of people on the Computer Products import tariff treatment to the Ministry of Commerce consultation, that this may violate WTO regulations.　　However, the consultation letter was forwarded by the Ministry of Commerce to the customs, as the reporter did not receive a reply. Customs insiders said that the customs is not "poor and crazy", the tax on cross-boundary goods accounted for only a very small proportion of customs revenue, it is not possible to increase income. Sources have also pointed out that this is to protect the development of domestic related industries.　　But it is likely that overseas individual buyers and even E-commerce suffered Chille.　　All heavy tax recently, Apple tablet ipad entry needs to pay thousand yuan tariffs on the news on the network rumors, so many similar to Mr Zhang so the consumer purchase of money suddenly tense up.　　On Apple's Hong Kong website, the ipad's offer is equivalent to about 3347-5586 yuan, but so far the customs have levied a tax of $1000. The reporter learned that, according to the General Customs Proclamation of 2004 7th, the ipad is classified as 20 kinds of non-tax-free products in the microcomputer, duty-paid price of 5000 yuan per piece, the tax rate is 20%.　　Some consumers think that the ipad purchased in Hong Kong is only more than 3,000 yuan, but in the determination of the tax base is 5000 yuan, and now many computer products such as netbooks, the price of less than 5000 yuan, if they are counted as 5000 yuan, it seems unfair. In addition to consumer confusion, relevant ministries also expressed concern.　　In response to the current customs administration of the iphone and the ipad tax, the Ministry of Commerce departments have received information on the import tariff of computer products and advisory letters to the relevant departments of the General Administration of Customs, please provide computer Products import tariff treatment reply suggestions. Pang, deputy Dean of China's WTO Research Institute of Foreign Economic and Trade University, said the provision could violate the Customs valuation Agreement under WTO trade in goods, which says that if consumers pay taxes to customs, they should pay taxes 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. Relevant department of Ministry of CommerceThe official told the media that this August, the general administration of customs "50 yuan New Deal" issued a consultation letter. "50 New Deal" refers to the general administration of Customs issued the 43rd notice, the bulletin said that from September 1 onwards, the abolition of personal postal items of 500 yuan in the past, and the postal import goods should be paid more than 50 yuan in the value of goods in full tax.　　The customs said at the time that the move was aimed at cracking down on the use of personal parcels for smuggling trade. Not only the consumer, the Chinese customs levy thousand yuan of practices, Apple (China) concerned people feel a bit helpless. Because in Apple's product system, the ipad is a type of tablet computer between a mobile phone and a laptop computer.　　However, as electronic products enter the mainland market, the need to pass the Ministry of Industry and other departments to detect, must be categorized, so the mainland version of the ipad on the back of the "portable computer" words. Interestingly, with the mainland market, "Apple Whirlwind" has been blowing more and more fierce, and domestic related hot products are constantly out of stock.　　The Customs ' tax measures have actually "helped push" the sales and prices of parallel products. "We have been looking for this, there is no more tight than before, do not know why suddenly became the news," said an inspector at Lo Wu customs in Shenzhen. The inspectors analyzed that the recent issue of customs taxes was getting worse, "it may have been that no one had ever brought the ipad in or out before."　　He told reporters that in the domestic electronic products, brought out before is to declare, if not declared, when the entrance is also in accordance with the import tax. "There is nothing to be wronged, such as the prohibition of parking in the road, the owner said I do not know where can not stop the penalty is not?" There is no such truth.　　He made an analogy. The Customs ' response to the Shenzhen Customs tax on the use of its own ipad has not subsided. The customs said that according to the "General customs of the People's Republic of China 2010 notice 54th", in the "personal use, reasonable quantity" within the scope of the entry of visitors to the residents to obtain a total value of more than 5000 yuan of private goods, And for the entry of Non-resident travellers who are intended to remain in China in excess of 2000 yuan of their personal belongings, only to the excess of taxes.　　For an indivisible piece of goods, such as expensive watches, designer handbags and so on, it will be taxed in full.　　This rule also makes many people living abroad surprised, an American study forum, called "Please the broad masses of foreign students to pay attention to, after the return of the Naked" will cover up the high-rise, the respondents have puzzled about this. "Next time, if I wear the clothes and the hands are on the spot, do I have to pay for them?"　　Someone responded. The chief executive of the General administration of Customs said that the new rules of the general administration of Customs were not aimed at Hong Kong and Macao, and that mainland residents returning goods from the United States or overseas were taxed as well. At the same time for the short-term number of travellers (more than 15 days in the entry of more than 1) and the border area residents, customs according to the regulations only releaseThe necessities of their journey are not carried out in accordance with the above standards.　　Some people have pointed out to reporters that the implementation of the new deal to tighten the source of the intensity of the sampling is due to "parallel imports" repeatedly banned. It is said that since the launch of the ipad, a large number of "water passenger" teams have been spawned in Shenzhen and other areas to bring the ipad from Hong Kong to the mainland via the "Ant move". Take the ipad as an example, in the two places "tinker" once, plus exchange rate gains can be nearly 600 yuan, but if each Taiwan levy a tax of 1000 yuan, the price advantage will no longer exist.　　Since April this year, the Lo Wu customs has seized more than 10 illegal entry ipads on an almost daily basis.　　But the crackdown on "parallel imports" has also allowed overseas individual buyers and even e-commerce to suffer Chille.　　After the introduction of the new regulations, Taobao even issued a special global questionnaire, aimed at mapping the policy adjustment may bring to the domestic E-commerce system hit. "The new rules in the fight against parallel smuggling, the normal personal purchase also hit, which is a heavy blow to China's overseas purchasing industry, will also increase our consumption costs, affecting the future of all people to enjoy low-cost import products." "It's like pouring dirty water out of a bowl with a child," Zhenghong, an international professional lawyer. In recent years, China's overseas purchasing market growth rate is much higher than the overall development speed of online retail market.　　China Electronic Commerce Research Center released the latest E-commerce Market Monitoring report, this year overseas purchasing will be more than tens of billions of dollars in business.　　Now, with tariff policy adjustment, China E-commerce Research Center pointed out that overseas purchasing market development will slow down. Taobao, a monopoly on the purchase of Japanese milk powder sellers told reporters that overseas purchasing in the domestic E-commerce platform occupies a small share, and the customs will have a great impact on the market. "This is a crackdown on the market, there is no price advantage of businesses will slowly disappear, the last bad currency to expel good money, fakes will be more rampant-more than the problem of parallel imports."　　"The rules are backwards?" Multinational express companies also expressed concern about the new customs regulations.　　It is understood that there are several companies are through lawyers to analyze the new rules of the existing problems, express issue has always been the Sino-US Joint Commission of Commerce and trade important issues. According to the concern of all parties concerned, the General Administration of Customs Supervision Department responsible for August 9 explained that, under the "Customs Law", China's imports of goods as goods, goods and other different regulatory objects, the application of different management requirements. Goods purchased overseas are profit-making, not goods, but goods.　　For goods, no matter how much value, must pay taxes.　　However, some people have questioned this, the new customs regulations before the introduction of public opinion, nor with the relevant ministries to sign, "not in line with China's accession to WTO trade policy transparency principle."　　According to the WTO rules, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 11th, the import and export products shall not be subject to any prohibitions or restrictions other than tariffs or domestic taxes. "The WTO rule applies to all ' inward and outward products ', with no goods or goods. Our customs will treat personal postal goods and goods in a different way and passSet limits to limit, this management method is not in line with the practice of countries, nor in line with the WTO on the prohibition of quantitative restrictions.　　A person in the business sector said in a media interview.　　At present, the world's major countries, in addition to expressly prohibit entry of goods, do not discriminate between cargo and personal mail items, and compared with commercial imports, personal mail items usually enjoy a more convenient and efficient procedures, from low taxes, no limit. Commentator Qin Jia wrote that the purpose of general use of import tariffs is to protect the development of relevant industries in the country, which is a lever.　　However, if the imposition of import tariffs is too high, it is undoubtedly man-made trade barriers, hindering the normal development of international trade. "China's customs tax on the ipad, two core issues are not explained clearly." First of all, should this tax be levied? Second, who has the final say in tax base?　　"Qin Jia that customs can not arbitrarily for passengers to carry the entry of goods to establish their own price, because the market price fluctuations and changes, customs do not know earlier than consumers." As for the way of dealing with individual postal goods, these business system people suggest that the management of postal tax should be reformed according to the direction of changing "Non-trade management System" to "non-commercial import and export management system", incorporating this system into the framework of the management system of trade in goods,　　To repeal the existing provisions, and in the light of the practice of other countries, to set up a simple and quick procedure for the customs clearance of personal postal items. "For example, to increase the amount of postal allowance, adjust the personal postal goods duty-paid price, free tax exemption in the entry, the excess part of the pay tax, no longer limited to the limit to determine whether to allow turnover."　　"This can guarantee normal taxes and ensure normal personal mailing is not affected," said the business-system person.　　And more to prepare for outbound shopping consumers and overseas buyers can only choose to wait and see, in most people's view, customs hurry will continue this "tyranny." Qin Jia said that after joining the WTO for several years, Customs had not yet been bound by international rules. "You can not say that the integration of the old people to connect with their own reluctance to answer, this is wrong." This reporter Tri Yu to this article also to help