Corporate social security burdens have been reduced by more than one trillion, and epidemic prevention funds have been in place by more than 100 billion.

On March 3, the State Council's joint prevention and control mechanism held a press conference to provide financial and tax policy support for epidemic prevention and control and resumption of production.

Corporate social insurance premiums reduced by more than one trillion yuan

Fu Jinling, Director of the Department of Social Security of the Ministry of Finance, said that the Ministry of Finance recently introduced a social insurance fee reduction and exemption policy to reduce the burden on enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises. In 2020, the burden on enterprises can be reduced by more than 510 billion yuan. At the same time, it also guides local governments to reduce the payment of some employee medical insurance units while ensuring the long-term sustainability of the medical insurance fund, which can reduce the burden on enterprises by about 150 billion yuan. In addition, last year we implemented the policy of reducing the contribution of corporate endowment insurance units from 20% to 16%. The reduction of social insurance premiums throughout the year alone will reduce the burden on enterprises by more than 1 trillion yuan.

Fu Jinling, Director of the Office of the Ministry of Finance's Leading Group for Epidemic Response and Director of the Department of Social Security of the Ministry of Finance

Financial expenses for patient treatment

108.75 billion yuan of funds for epidemic prevention and control are in place

Fu Jinling, Director of the Department of Social Security of the Ministry of Finance, said that the two important security policies of patient medical expenses and key prevention and control materials are to ensure that the people do not delay treatment due to cost problems, and to ensure that epidemic prevention is not affected by funding problems in various places. control. At present, the implementation of these two policies is relatively smooth, and the overall situation is good. With regard to the protection of patient medical expenses, we have clarified the medical expenses of confirmed patients. After basic medical insurance, critical illness insurance, medical assistance, etc. are paid in accordance with regulations, the personal burden will be financed, of which 60% of the central financial subsidy will be used for the treatment of suspected patients. After paying the fees in accordance with regulations, the medical institution will formulate subsidy policies and arrange funds, and the central government will provide subsidies as appropriate. As of March 2, the funds for the prevention and control of the epidemic situation arranged by the fiscal authorities at all levels have reached 108.75 billion yuan. It now appears that the protection of medical expenses is adequate, and the people will not delay treatment due to medical expenses.

Over 80% of VAT taxpayers enjoy deductions

Wang Jianfan, the director of the Taxation Department of the Ministry of Finance, introduced that the third batch of tax and fee reduction policies decided by the State Council executive meeting within a month, this time focusing on small-scale VAT taxpayers. With more than 5 million VAT taxpayers, the proportion of small-scale taxpayers among existing VAT taxpayers is very large, more than 80%. The tax reduction for small-scale taxpayers is mainly targeted at individual industrial and commercial enterprises and small and micro enterprises.

Wang Jianfan, Secretary of Taxation Department of the Ministry of Finance

Why choose VAT? The value-added tax of small-scale taxpayers is calculated based on the turnover × collection rate. The collection rate of small-scale taxpayers is 3%. This time, small-scale taxpayers in Hubei Province will be exempted from VAT for three months. Small-scale taxpayers outside Hubei Province will be reduced from the current rate of 3% to 1%. Enterprises need to pay VAT as long as they have operating income. Now, as long as they are small-scale taxpayers, they can benefit, ensuring that small-scale taxpayers can fully enjoy the benefits of tax concessions. This is the inclusive nature of taxes and the universality of small-scale taxpayers, which maximizes the coverage of tax incentives.

100 billion balance of pension insurance

Less income does not affect pensions in Hubei

Fu Jinling, director of the Department of Social Security of the Ministry of Finance, said that starting in February, all enterprises in Hubei can waive three social security premiums for up to five months. This policy effectively reduced the burden on Hubei enterprises and promoted the resumption of work and production. Before the reduction of insurance premiums, the relevant departments carried out serious calculations and research judgments. The exemption of social insurance premiums will affect three insurance funds in Hubei Province. However, Hubei's unemployment and work injury insurance funds have a certain scale and can be guaranteed for at least 2 years. Endowment insurance will reduce fund income by 22 billion yuan, but there is still a balance of 100 billion yuan by the end of 2019. In addition, the central government's pension subsidy funds have tilted Hubei to make up for the gap. Through the central government's adjustments, subsidies and previous balances, the reduction of pension insurance policies can be ensured, and retirees in Hubei can also receive pensions.

Tax Big Data "Numbers" Resumption Rate

Cai Zili, director of the Revenue Planning and Accounting Department of the State Administration of Taxation, introduced that the taxation department based on the value-added tax invoice data to start statistics, and compared with last year to reflect the process of resuming production and restarting production. The analysis found that the rate of return to work began to rise from February 17 to 21, and it increased by 20.2 percentage points in a week, providing support for decision-making. Big tax data also accurately assists upstream and downstream enterprises to achieve docking. For example, the taxation department of Zhejiang Province has precisely equipped suppliers for raw material shortage companies. The Shandong tax department uses big data to screen out high-reliability logistics companies for recommendation to enterprises to solve their transportation problems. Science and Technology Daily Reporter Zhang Jiaxing

Cai Zili, Director, Revenue Planning and Accounting Department, State Administration of Taxation