Travel tax adjustment Mercedes-Benz Xiali same tax questioned by the accused disguised as a raise money

Traffic congestion is a costly and clumsy way of doing business, Xinhua news agency said in Beijing, May 23 (Xinhua) The focus of recent public opinion is on the levy of travel tax. Will the travel tax be adjusted? What is the direction of adjustment?　　At present, the tax department has not made official statement on this matter. Mercedes-Benz, Xiali "same tax" the most recent reform of the motor vehicle travel tax was in the year 2007.　　According to the provisional regulations of the People's Republic of China on the travel tax of January 1, 2007, the original travel license and travel tax are merged into travel tax, and the classification of items, tax standards and other aspects of appropriate adjustments, and with strong insurance levy. Taking Beijing as an example, from October 1, 2007 onwards, Beijing car's travel tax began to be levied in two stalls: small passenger cars (authorized number of passengers less than or equal to 9 people) from the past 200 yuan per year up to 480 yuan, micro-bus (engine cylinder total exhaust volume is less than or equal to 1 liters) is levied at 300 yuan per year.　　This means that small-displacement vehicles in the last round of the reform to get benefits, but 1.1-liter xiali and large-volume Mercedes-Benz, BMW is on an equal footing, each year is 480 yuan, this is questioned by some owners.　　Xinhua News agency reporters that the travel tax in the end is really related to the big problem of car families, need to be in a democratic, scientific atmosphere to fully absorb public opinion. "Head tax" difficult to guide consumption first, the travel tax choice to the displacement of the cut into the mouth of the levy is not very scientific. As for the traditional internal combustion engine cars, currently, turbo-pressurized, variable intake technology has been widely used in automotive engines. In other words, the inevitable correlation between the energy-saving emission reduction and the displacement of automobiles is greatly reduced. A 1.6-liter engine with natural air intake is not necessarily more energy efficient than a 1.8T or 2.0T model using turbo-charged technology.　　In addition, for HEV, it is not consistent with its energy-saving and emission-reduction characteristics. Secondly, the travel tax in the final analysis is an annual levy of "head tax." Although the media report without official confirmation of the draft gave a more detailed grade, reflecting the energy-saving emission reduction, guide the direction of consumption, but the "head tax" of the nature of its guidance on the consumption of the potential is not very large. For example, Andifu, a professor of finance and finance at Renmin University of China, said in an interview with Xinhua news agency that the amount of travel tax and the low tax amount are not obvious for limiting the number of motor vehicles and thus achieving energy saving and environmental protection objectives. Andifu that, fuel tax, environmental protection tax, resource tax, for energy conservation and environmental protection more meaningful. This view is very reasonable. In other words, in 1.0 liters to 2.0 liters of the people most concerned about the home car range, car costs often to one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand yuan, compared with the cost of car, travel tax every year, the difference of hundreds of yuan is difficult to play a big role.　　In this context, it is no wonder that on the Internet, the new scheme of graded adjustment of travel tax is blamed for a disguised rise in money. From the experience of developed countries, "the head tax"should be compressed or incorporated into the fuel tax." For example, the Xinhua News agency reporter survey found that the United States and Britain and other developed countries also attaches great importance to the use of private car tax, but not fixed tax, and mainly through the fuel tax to achieve "more open more and more, less open less pay" adjustment function.　　This approach will directly lead to the people's wallet and the car's energy-saving characteristics and car frequency, mileage linked, will play a greater role than the "head tax". Should be "New car new Method" Again, the state departments in some environmental protection policies, automobile tax policy should be in accordance with the "new car new approach, old car" principle of implementation. Because in recent years, the competent department for energy-Saving and environmental protection of small cars, the technical standards have not been clearly defined, 2009 in the implementation of the purchase tax preferential policy 1.6 liters of this technology node. Prior to this, the people buy home car displacement range of more than 2.4 liters below.　　If the travel tax is really to grade "price", for the previous purchase of consumers unfair. A noteworthy issue is that the new levy should specify the criteria for the refund of travel tax when traffic is limited. At present, Beijing and other big cities have issued tail limit line, a single Shuang Hao limited line policy. is essentially an expropriation of the right to use private property of citizens. Should not be compensated for the time being put aside, the annual vehicle owners pay tax on how to "discount" first to express, serious implementation. Beijing to the Olympic Games during the odd limit of the total number of vehicles to be suspended tax deduction as much as 1.3 billion yuan. The social stealth costs of returning the money are not counted.　　This proves from one side that the idea of blocking the line is completely inconsistent with the principles of economics and is a clumsy way of social cost. Finally, the relevant departments should also seriously grasp the long-term existence of the travel tax levy links to the stubborn discount. Otherwise, the scientific method of collection will eventually sour.