It is still too early to levy a tax on electricity dealers in China

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US or China to pass tax bill on electricity dealers

Do you need to pay tax on online shopping? This year's national "two sessions" during the hot discussion of the issue of the electricity dealers now aroused concern. It turns out that the U.S. Senate recently passed the Fair Market Act, which requires electricity dealers to pay taxes to U.S. state governments in accordance with the location of consumers. If the bill is eventually passed in the House of Representatives, it means that the electricity business is taxed as a reality. However, the country's largest electricity business platform Alibaba related people May 20 to reporters that the state and no electricity dealers tax related requirements, can be taxed but premature. According to U.S. media reports, if the bill comes into effect, 44% of the people said, will be reduced online shopping. Wen/journalist Li Guangji

It's too early to tax domestic electricity dealers

"We are still the attitude of Ma Yun, can be taxed, but now it is too early to tax." "May 20, in response to the issue of electricity tax, Alibaba related people said. Prior to May 10, Alibaba chairman Ma Yun said publicly, E-commerce so that just 35 years of small enterprises to enjoy the tax concessions, bringing real fairness. The industry thinks, Ma Yun means to have a point, is to this year national "two sessions" during the competition of the electricity merchant tax again response.

It is reported that during the "two sessions", the National CPPCC committee member and Suning Jindong chairman of the proposal to tax the electricity dealers. Jindong said that the total size of China's E-commerce retail transactions in 2012 amounted to 1.2 trillion, accounting for 7% of the total social retail merchandise. At the same time, China's e-commerce annual trading volume of 90% is in the form of Consumer-to-consumer business transactions, a large number of transactions free from the existing legal supervision, there is a serious lack of supervision, law enforcement vacancy phenomenon. Gome, Lenovo and other subsequent solidarity with Su Ning.

In response, Taobao responded by raising taxes on electricity dealers to "tax the future of young people". Since then, the network has caused a large discussion between two Internet users. However, there is no clear voice on the government level, and the taxation of electricity dealers still belongs to the "folk discussion". Seems to be to avert suspicion, April 2, the State administration of taxation also specifically on the newly issued "Network Invoice management measures" "rumor": Not for online shopping and E-commerce tax.

Industry insiders believe that taxing electricity is the general trend, but sooner or later things. The government's failure to make a clear statement may worry that premature taxation undermines the growth of the electricity business. In addition, the complex consumer relationship between electric dealers is different from offline sales and the tax system will be more complicated.

At the same time, consumers are worried that the electricity dealers will be taxed to transfer taxes to their own goods, thereby raising the price of goods.

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Amazon support

A group of data previously reported by the media: Online shopping invoicing only 30%,70% unpaid taxes, fees, only Alibaba network platform operating in 2012, the tax leakage, the cost of more than 35 billion yuan, the national platform-type electric dealers evade taxes more than 100 billion yuan. Therefore, including Suning, Gome and other retail giants as well as small and medium-sized retailers, of course, support to tax the electricity dealers.

Interestingly, in the United States, supporters, in addition to these retailers, also include the E-commerce leader Amazon-from a few years ago to oppose the tax to become supporters, and even lobbying Washington. ebay, another power trader, remains strongly opposed to taxing. It turns out that Amazon's main competitive advantage is no longer based on the need to pay sales taxes. Its huge warehousing center offers consumers the convenience of buying, and a large number of orders also make it cheaper than competitors. In the United States, the establishment of warehousing distribution centers, the local tax. Anyway, why don't you pull up a competitor?

Opponents of ebay say that if the bill finally passes, small ebay sellers must comply with the law, tracking and complying with the different tax laws in more than 9,600 jurisdictions across the United States. This creates a huge amount of paperwork and tax burden on sellers, and may also allow sellers to face audited audits and prosecutions of their companies from tax authorities in any state of the United States.

The direction of the electricity dealers ' tax consumers is also bad for the electric dealers. According to a new poll conducted by Endicia, a U.S. electronic stamp company, 44% of the population said it would reduce online purchases if it became law. The survey also found that 18~25岁 respondents will not only reduce online shopping, but also choose to spend in nearby small shops. However, 60% per cent of respondents disapproved of the bill as a law.