Tobacco tax next year or higher

This newspaper Jinan December 5 News (reporter Liu Hongjie) media reports, China is doing a new tobacco tax adjustment program, next year is expected to be introduced, "tax price linkage" will raise the price of cigarettes. In this respect, many tobacco dealers said, if the increase will affect sales. Huxianming, director of the Department of Consumer Affairs of the State administration of taxation, said recently that in order to further increase the intensity of tobacco control, the tax rate will certainly continue to improve. According to the plan, the plan is now being drawn up and expected next year.　　The IRS intends to implement a "tax-price linkage" in the retail sector to increase fares, reduce tobacco enterprises profit margins.　　5th, the reporter visited the provincial capital Lok Source Street, North Park Street, part of the smoke hotel found that the tobacco tax is about to rise, most shopkeepers believe that if the price adjustment is not large, will not affect sales. >> Price Increase: If the rise is less impact "I smoked 5 yuan of white will, White will upgrade the price, I changed the Hongtashan 7 Yuan, my basic day two packs of cigarettes, monthly count down, one months smoke money 420 yuan, more than the original spend 120 yuan." After ten years of smoking, hurry can not quit. If a pack of Hongtashan a dollar, I will have to smoke 480 yuan one months. According to their monthly salary of 3000 yuan, accounted for one-sixth, the impact is not small, it must be restrained.　　Mr. Zhang, who works for a company in the provincial capital, said. As for the tobacco tax increase, many smokers have expressed concern about the extent of the increase. "The general old smokers will not reduce the grade of cigarettes, because smokers are relatively fixed smoking, has formed a habit, it is difficult to change, will not because of China's expensive will be white." The result is either to seek the same level of smoke, or to quit smoking. If you don't quit, you need to spend more.　　"There are 30 years old smokers," said Mr. Liu. >> Smoke-control effect: the more expensive cigarettes, the more people buy so tax price linkage can achieve control smoke effect? According to the World Bank estimates, tobacco consumption in high-income countries would be reduced by 4% per cent in retail prices for tobacco products by 10%, and in low-and middle-income countries by about 8%, while smoking rates would fall by half.　　Yang Zhiyong, deputy director of the Finance and Taxation Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that the increase in taxes will only dampen the consumption of low-cost tobacco, the existing national conditions, high-grade smoke "more expensive people buy." It is understood that at present, China's tobacco tax is not only low, but also generally low prices, price increase space is very large. According to the World Health Organization 2008, China's tobacco tax rate is only about 40%, while India is 72%, Singapore is 64% and Thailand is 63%. The average price of cigarettes per pack in China is $0.73, and India is 1.65 dollars.　　For example, Marlboro in 15 countries, the price in China is 2.04 U.S. dollars, South Africa for 2.69 U.S. dollars, Singapore for 9.39 U.S. dollars.　　Major events in tobacco tax adjustment until 1994, the tobacco industry imposed a 60% tax on products.　　1994, the new consumption tax, all types of cigarettes in accordance with the ex-factory uniform levy 40% of excise duty. July 19981st, the consumption tax rate adjusted to three stalls: a class of smoke 50%, two or three categories of smoke 40%, four or five categories of smoke 25%.　　June 1, 2001, the combination of the amount and the price of the composite tax method, that is, the amount of 50,000 cigarettes per volume levy of $150 of the fixed tax, each transfer price of 50 yuan above the tax rate of 45%, 50 yuan below the tax rate is 30%. 2009, in the wholesale of cigarettes, the sale of all brands of cigarettes to levy a price tax, excise tax rate of 5%. Second, the production link consumption tax rate adjustment.