Experts say China's tobacco tax rate is still 10% worse than the international

CCTV News (Midnight News): With the approval of the State Council, the Ministry of Finance and the State administration of taxation have made major adjustments to the policy of consumption tax on tobacco products, while the maximum rate of consumption tax is adjusted to 56%, with an additional levy of 5% per cent of the price tax.　　The new policy is to be implemented from May 1 this year. According to the latest policy, the excise tax rate of a class of cigarettes is adjusted from 45% to 56%, the B-type cigarettes are adjusted from 30% to 36%, and the cigars are adjusted to 25% by 36%.　　At the same time, the original Category B cigarette Division standards have also been adjusted, the original 50 yuan to 70 yuan demarcation line, that is, a 200 cigarettes of a class A cigarette transfer price in 70 yuan (excluding VAT) above, including 70 yuan, below this price for the B-type cigarettes. The most striking aspect of the policy adjustment was the imposition of a tax on cigarette wholesale, at a rate of 5% per cent.　　Experts believe that the adjustment of tobacco consumption tax will help reduce the smoking population, while easing the national financial pressure to some extent.　　Kang, director of the Finance Science Institute of the Ministry of Finance: January-April fiscal revenue is negative, to the national budget is very pressure, tobacco consumption tax increase, can hedge this pressure.　　Zhang Bin, deputy director of the Institute of Finance and Finance of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. In addition, the State administration of taxation has recently approved the production of cigarette consumption tax minimum tax price, and clear the way and requirements of management.　　At the same time, the State administration of taxation requires local tax authorities to send factory groups to tobacco production enterprises and cigarette wholesale units to verify excise tax basis, monitor the transactions between taxpayers and strengthen the management of excise tax collection.　　CCTV News (Midnight News): This increase in tobacco consumption tax rate, only in the production and wholesale collection, so will it affect the market price of tobacco? At present, China's tobacco industry to implement the national tobacco monopoly system, by the national unified pricing. The tobacco consumption tax adjustment, is bound to change the original manufacturers, distributors, the interests of the pattern, if the tax is too high, consumers may bear the cost of pressure transfer.　　However, in the interview, the reporter found that the retail price of cigarettes has not changed.　　Smoke Hotel boss: began to hear that there are changes, not now, but also now the same price.　　The reporter learned that this time, China's tobacco tax rate in the adjustment, and other countries, there is still a gap of about 10%, in the long run, China's tobacco product tax rates still exist to raise space.　　Zhiyong, a researcher of the Institute of Finance and Finance of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences: (There is room for adjustment) This should be some, tobacco tax has been said to adjust the health of the adverse, from the point of view of smoking, there is a certain necessity. The latest figures released by the Bureau show that tobacco prices rose 0.2% in May this year, when CPI fell 1.4% per cent year-on-year.　　The increase in tobacco consumption tax is equivalent to a 16% increase in the tax burden on manufacturers, and tobacco as a direct consumer goods, if the price changes, whether it will affect the public consumption? Consumers: It should be said that gradually do not smoke it, should be able to quit. Consumer: Usually smoke a box, this time I draw half box, total expenditure to control to become Bai.