The electric dealer's good Day may end, the shop tax enters the countdown

A good day for electric dealers may be over.

The latest news is that online shop tax has entered the countdown, the relevant ministries have begun to discuss specific tax measures, the year may formally levy 5% business tax. This tax may eventually increase to commodity prices, then the small and medium sellers in the electricity business will be severely hit. According to some Taobao shopkeeper feedback, in the payment of Taobao some publicity costs, picture hosting costs, etc., the profit is not high.

Recently, the Ministry of Commerce released the 2012 "China e-commerce report", the data show that in 2012 China's E-commerce market turnover of more than 8 trillion yuan. But when the price advantage is lost, it is doubtful whether the electric business can be so hot.

At present, some U.S. states have begun to levy sales tax on electricity dealers, Japan's network operating income also need to pay taxes, some of the domestic shop has also encountered tax problems, invoices issues. China's law stipulates that any transaction in our territory, no matter what form, should pay taxes, so the problem of e-commerce tax is not impossible to rely on, shop should not be taxed without much discussion.

However, before the start of the tax, NetEase technology also suggested that the domestic Taobao shopkeepers, small and medium-sized electric companies concerned about the domestic small and medium-sized enterprises tax relief provisions, may be some help for future development.

The two councils proposal

Talking about shop tax, the people of the electric circle is easy to think of Suning chairman Jindong in the two sessions of the proposal.

During the two sessions this year, Jindong said that due to the existence of Consumer-to-consumer, non-tax sales, counterfeit products and other phenomena, to the industry to bring unfair competition, undermining the normal market management system, so to strengthen the tax, strengthen the government of the Consumer-to-consumer network business management. Gome, Lenovo and other subsequent solidarity with Su Ning. Bohua, director of the State administration of industry and Commerce, told the media that the regulations on the regulation of Internet commodity transactions and services were not related to the "taxation of electric dealers".

But behind the tide surging, in March this year in Beijing, the secret meeting, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Finance to attend to the investment experience of the VC, PE investment institutions to seek tax collection of specific operations, including how to collect, how to operate the specific aspects of the problem. April 15, the Ministry of Finance and other 13 departments issued a joint "on further promotion of the healthy and rapid development of E-commerce notice" clearly proposed "the general administration of Taxation with the Ministry of Finance to continue to strengthen E-commerce enterprises tax management system research, ... Promote the interface between e-commerce tax Administration and network (electronic) invoices. ”

May 24, the State administration of Industry and Commerce marketing director Liu Hongliang revealed that China's first "electronic Commerce Law" has been included in the National People's Congress Financial Committee, the legislative calendar of law, is being drafted, is expected to be formally in the year to levy 5% of the tax.

Ma's cheese

According to statistics, at the same time, China's e-commerce annual trading volume of 90% is consumer-to-consumer in the form of business transactions. If calculated according to 8 trillion times 90% by 5%, the tax may be lost to 360 billion.

This has to be brought to the attention.

At present, the biggest challenge to the electric Company's tax payment comes from the large number of micro-enterprises have to bear the burden, which is opposed to the most powerful, active in the media sound business, than the domestic consumer-to-consumer industry leader Alibaba's Taobao. "We do not object to taxation," it said on Sina Weibo. But we also care about what the tax can do for this group, what it can do for these young people and what to do about the future, and we care about what the representative wants to do after we are represented. Ma Yun also said in the recent retirement ceremony that he supports tax, but the levy is now against.

In response to the issue of taxation, Alibaba said, "We are still Mr Ma's attitude can be taxed, but now it is too early to tax." ”

Su Ning's cards

The most interesting is why Su Ning's Jindong put forward a proposal, to know that taxation on Su Ning also has an impact.

This may be because and Taobao on a large number of small and medium-sized businesses than, Suning does not need to pass the tax advantages to compete, not to mention its offline business is still occupy its mainstream sales. and Taobao on some small shop, according to the self-employed and small micro-enterprises tax standards, monthly turnover of less than 20,000 yuan does not need to pay tax, this treatment although the same as the entity shop. But many online shop will not issue invoices, in the end how many turnover is difficult to statistics, which also created the possibility of net-shop tax avoidance. In Su Ning's view, if you have to pay taxes in any case, then why not the opponents?

What's more, according to the data, Suning's big home appliances can get the return point higher than the average retailer 10%-15%, so the tax on suning such enterprises have little impact.

Therefore, Su Ning's brazen shot can also be seen as a traditional retail enterprise to the electric dealer's reverse attack, to know that 360 billion also accounted for only about 3% of China's total tax revenue, not a big tax. So the crux of the matter is not the budget, but the business problem, the net purchase sales tax will be suning Thorn to Taobao a heavy knife.

From this point of view, Su Ning represents the interests of traditional retailers. In recent years, traditional retailers have struggled under the impact of the small and fast electric dealers, and many areas have been declared lost. Some department store workers said that the online and offline vendors must be treated equally, otherwise many physical stores will eventually become a showcase.

Current tax situation of electricity dealers

Shopping after the merchant invoicing, this is a matter of course, but now to shop shopping, shopkeepers do not open invoices rather let many consumers accustomed to.

Taobao shop in the survey found that the vast majority of Taobao shop is unwilling to issue invoices to consumers, according to Taobao shopkeeper said, "Do not open the main reason for the invoice is afraid of tax risk, there may be increased costs, thereby losing price advantage." ”

The current shop offers a variety of tickets, there are handwritten receipts, shopping malls to produce a small ticket, "unless the consumer in advance and the owner of the consultation, there will be almost no initiative to provide invoices to the electric business."

The current initiative to provide a publication of the type of electricity mainly concentrated in some relatively expensive or need to be sold after the category, and some large shopping malls such as Jingdong, Cat Mall, Suning easy to purchase and so will be the initiative to issue invoices.

American Electric Levying

In fact, the controversy over the taxation of electricity dealers is not only at home. The advance of the US Senate vote on an online sales tax earlier this month, while sparking controversy in the industry, has also left people worried about the imminent imposition of a levy on electricity dealers. Reports show that the U.S. Senate May 6 passed the "Market Fairness Act", requiring electric dealers in accordance with the location of consumers to the U.S. state Government tax. If the bill is eventually passed in the House of Representatives, it means that the electricity business is taxed as a reality. Some analysts have pointed out that if the U.S. electric power tax final legislation, the impact is likely to spread to other countries.

Foreign games are also concentrated between ebay (Consumer-to-consumer) and Amazon.

Ebay has reportedly been urging its users to petition the US House of Representatives for the so-called "unfair Internet sales tax legislation", the Market Justice Act. At present, the United States Senate has passed the bill. It is reported that the Market Justice Act is mainly to require online retailers to pay a certain sales tax for each transaction.

In the petition, ebay wants Congress to revise a bill that is now in place-to remove sales taxes on smaller businesses that have less than 50 employees or less than 10 million dollars of sales outside the state. Currently, Congress has waived sales taxes for businesses with less than 1 million dollars of sales outside the state.

According to domestic laws, it is perfectly natural for the electricity dealers to pay taxes. But what needs to be noticed is that the government departments concerned with the development of e-commerce in China are mainly the national Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Commerce, General administration of commerce and taxation. Although the State Council in 2008 after the reform of the State Council, the three plans clearly by the Ministry of Industry "Guidance and coordination of E-commerce development", but because E-commerce is also part of the business category, the Ministry of Commerce in June 2011 formed a division of E-commerce and Information technology, responsible for the macro-electronic commerce and management. All departments from their respective responsibilities set out the relevant policies and management measures, there are inconsistent, uncoordinated and even contradictory phenomenon.

It is absolutely natural for electricity dealers to pay taxes, but how much do they charge? The right and responsibility of the departments concerned are divided, which is the crux of the problem.