The General administration of customs says the ipad is reasonable

This newspaper reported last week, "baggage over 5000 yuan to pay taxes," The new regulations "fire" a large, the customs 54th to question, that the new rules may inhibit the residents outbound shopping needs.　　Yesterday, the General administration of Customs responded that: the IPad 5000 yuan duty-paid price is reasonable, mainly for the convenience of passengers, improve administrative efficiency and customs clearance of passengers. ipad priced at 5000 yuan "for convenience travellers" this newspaper reported in last week that the ipad is less than 4000 yuan, but when the entry time, the customs should be taxed at 5000 yuan, the amount of tax required to pay up to 1000 yuan.　　Many consumers are puzzled: how to make tax base standards? Yesterday, the Director of the General Administration of Customs supervision and Huang in the general administration of Customs on inbound and outbound passengers to carry articles to test the standard answer to the reporter asked, to respond to this. Huang said that since the management of personal postal goods is based on convenience and simplification, in order to avoid the inconvenience caused by the price of personal items in the customs clearance, the Department determines the category of goods and the duty-paid price according to the "Collation list" and "duty-paid price list".　　Due to the location of the goods purchased, the time of purchase, the specific models of different, even the "collation table" in the same tax number of goods, the actual transaction price will also be different, some higher than the price list of prices, and some below the price list listed prices, this is normal.　　Huang explained that at present, according to the "duty-paid price list", notebook computer application of the general duty-paid price is 5000 yuan, this price takes into account the price of some laptops slightly more than 5000 yuan, and some notebook computer prices are slightly lower than 5000 yuan. "Personal goods duty-free limit and the developed countries are quite" for the tourists abroad, the return of overseas students, anything worth more than 5000 yuan.　　Therefore, in view of the 5000 yuan personal goods duty-free limit value is considered to be too low, the Director of the General Administration of Customs Supervision Huang responded that, taking into account the level of national economic development, the current level of determination in China and developed countries are basically equivalent to the duty-free limit.　　He explained that the practice of imposing duty-free limits on baggage items carried by incoming travellers was a more general international practice, and that the imposition of a full value on goods exceeding the limit value was also a popular method for states. Huang said according to Customs, Australia's duty-free value for imported personal items is 900 Australian dollars, the United Kingdom is 390 pounds, Germany is 430 euros, the United States for the entry of personal belongings of tourists duty-free limit is 800 U.S. dollars, for non-residents of personal belongings of the duty-free limit is 100 U.S. dollar, The duty-free limit for imported personal items in Korea is 400 dollars.　　At present, the duty-free limit for personal belongings carried by residents in China is 5000 yuan, and the duty-free limit of personal belongings intended for non-resident travellers is 2000 yuan. Netizens dissatisfied with the explanation for the previous ipad less than 4000 yuan but to pay 1000 yuan tariffs, the Ministry of Commerce related departments have issued a consultation letter to the General administration of customs. The Department of Commerce on the ipad's thousand-dollar tax, customsThere is no adaptation to WTO rules, embodied in two: first, the WTO information Technology Agreement requires IT products to gradually reduce tariffs to 0, the current China's value-added tax rate of 17%, and the computer is now zero tariff, there is no excise tax, so the ipad import duty rate of 20% significantly too high;　　ipad products in foreign countries as long as more than 3,000 yuan, the Department of the ipad account for 5000 yuan duty-paid price and the WTO "Customs valuation Agreement" does not match.　　In the Customs response yesterday, the reporter saw that the content is not related to the WTO rules are inconsistent, and did not respond to the exchange rate of the question, the tax-paid prices and other issues. This morning, when the general administration of Customs on inbound and outbound passengers to carry articles to test the standard answer to reporters on the site reproduced, and soon aroused the attention of netizens thread. In terms of content, most netizens are dissatisfied with the customs response. Netizen "GuangJi" said: "Return to visit relatives, own personal belongings also have to pay tax, that what is called for personal use?" Is it only when we come back from abroad that we are naked? "Netizen" "tutu555": "said the ipad priced 5000 yuan is mainly for the convenience of passengers, that exemption is faster and more convenient?" "Netizen" Xiao Cheng thinks: "Now consumption level and a few years ago had a great improvement, 5000 yuan in foreign can buy one thing." The level of consumption in developed countries has been completed many years ago, now the demand for luxury goods is not as strong as the Chinese people, and China is in the stage of consumption upgrading. If this is to combat smuggling, I am afraid that the impact on ordinary consumers will be even greater, in the future who dares to go abroad to do shopping?　　"This reporter Fu Yang have words to say convenient passenger or convenient customs?"　　Shengli: Convenient customs.　　Zhongzhao: More tax, they should have a commission it, otherwise how can be so positive.　　Huang: Should not accept, violate WTO rules. Five flower horse: Rob money!　　Those who can afford the ipad are rich, rob!　　Wu Chan: It's been a long time.　　Old man: An excuse to get a whole flower in the passenger's pocket.　　じ☆ve: It's not fair to our customers.　　Cool Guest is not: Should show purchase invoice, according to the amount of tax on the invoice.　　Modest: The bonus at the end of the customs has not landed, so ...　　Wang: It's a little bit more than a lot of taxes to pay.　　1:1: Import tax should be collected, but the relevant departments should be in this area of product tax classification refinement, reduce the embarrassment of low buying high taxes. Changdandan: The more such taxation, the more people will smuggle parallel imports, because the profits are bigger.