In the first half of the year, the new tax cuts and fees were 154.5 billion yuan-

"Release water and raise fish" to help enterprises get in the water

  Zeng Jinhua, reporter of Economic Daily and China Economic Net

  Since the beginning of this year, in the face of severe and complex situations, the Party Central Committee has promptly deployed a series of tax and fee reduction policies to release water and fish, and help market players to relieve their development. Relevant departments of finance and taxation at all levels have implemented detailed relevant policies and measures to reduce tax reductions and fees reductions. From January to June this year, the newly increased tax and fee cuts amounted to 1504.5 billion yuan, effectively reducing the burden on market entities.

  Recently, Minister of Finance Liu Kun presented to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress the State Council’s report on the implementation of this year’s budget, stating that from January to June this year, the newly added tax and fee cuts were 154.5 billion yuan, effectively reducing The burden of market entities.

  Facing the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, how do relevant departments and localities implement policies and measures to increase tax and fee reductions? How do companies feel about reducing taxes and fees?

Help guarantee supply and benefit people's livelihood

  Since the beginning of this year, in the face of severe and complex situations, the Party Central Committee has promptly deployed a series of tax and fee reduction policies to release water and fish, and help market players to relieve their development.

  1.073 billion masks, 4.39 million protective suits, and 4.7 million isolation gowns... After the outbreak, Wenjian Medical Products Co., Ltd. spared no effort to guarantee the supply of epidemic prevention and treatment materials. "Tax reduction and fee reduction have given us strong support. According to the key guarantee material production enterprises for epidemic prevention and control, new equipment purchased to expand production capacity is allowed to be deducted before corporate income tax. The company invested in various production equipment in Shenzhen. 80 million yuan can be deducted before taxes in one lump sum.” said Wu Kezhen, the financial director of Wenjian Medical.

  In addition to sound medical care, Shenzhen Mindray Biotechnology, Eternal Asia and other companies are also fully enjoying the tax and fee reduction dividends in the anti-epidemic guarantee. "Tax and fee reduction policies are highly targeted, which effectively guarantees the prevention and control of the epidemic and the supply of materials." said Tang Shukui, director of the Shenzhen Municipal Finance Bureau.

  Among the key supplies for epidemic prevention and control, in addition to medical emergency supplies, the supply of daily supplies such as grain and oil is also very important. "After our company applied for 1.6 million yuan incremental value-added tax credit, it will be credited within 2 days." Red Dragonfly (Chongqing) Vegetable Oil Co., Ltd. financial officer, Ms. Tong, said that this tax rebate fund is the key stage of capacity expansion. The receipt has effectively alleviated the cash pressure of the enterprise.

  It is worth noting that the tax and fee reduction policies cover a wide range and effectively protect the basic people's livelihood. Chongqing has introduced a series of fee reduction measures within the scope of local powers to provide sufficient supply for the basic living needs of the people by ensuring the market players and the stability of the industrial chain supply chain. For example, in response to the urgent problems of capital turnover and expansion of financing faced by enterprises in resuming work and production, the use rate of on-lending emergency working capital was reduced by half to provide bridge support for enterprise renewal. It is estimated that on-lending 21 billion yuan in the whole year, indirect savings The financing cost is 600 million yuan.

  In Shenzhen, only the policy of exempting value-added tax on income derived from the provision of public transportation services, daily life services, and the provision of essential living materials express delivery services for residents has reduced the burden of enterprises by 700 million yuan. Taking Shenzhen Hema Xiansheng as an example, the value-added tax was reduced by more than 3.5 million yuan from January to April alone.

Increase vitality and stamina

  The epidemic has brought difficulties to the operation of the majority of enterprises, especially small and micro enterprises and private enterprises are weaker in resisting risks and more vulnerable to shocks. On the basis of previous years, this year, further measures such as reduction, exemption and mitigation have been implemented to increase the tax and fee reduction efforts for small and micro enterprises.

  On August 3, customers lined up to buy milk tea in the Changsha Tea Yanyue Se Window of the World store. After the outbreak of the epidemic, more than 260 stores in Chayanyue Color once pressed the "pause button", and now they have regained their vitality. "Our stores are small and micro enterprises, and a series of preferential policies are applied. In the first half of the year, directly-operated stores will be exempted from 10.81 million yuan in value-added tax, social security reduction and exemption is 3.11 million yuan, and corporate income tax payment is delayed by 1.1 million yuan, and operating costs are greatly reduced." Hunan Tea Cheng Xiaofeng, the financial director of Yue Catering Company, said that in July, the average revenue of the company's stores was about 280,000 yuan, a record high.

  "Tax reduction and fee reduction have effectively alleviated the funding pressure of the majority of small, medium and micro enterprises during the epidemic, and played a role in promoting the resumption of work and production, stabilizing and expanding employment, promoting enterprises to expand production capacity, increasing investment, and increasing market activity." Hunan Provincial Department of Finance. Deputy Director He Weiwen said that in the first half of this year, the province’s cumulative tax cuts and fees exceeded 31 billion yuan.

  The epidemic has an obvious impact on imports and exports, and foreign trade companies are facing severe challenges. In order to support stable foreign trade, the fiscal and taxation departments have issued clear policies. Starting from March 20 this year, the export tax rebate rate for 1084 products such as porcelain sanitary ware has been increased to 13%, and the export tax rebate rate for 380 products such as plant growth regulators has been increased to 9%. .

  Chongqing International Composite Materials Co., Ltd. is mainly engaged in the production and sales of glass fiber series products and reinforced plastic products. The export business accounts for 40% of the total business volume. "The main products of the company are all within the scope of benefit, and it is expected that the company will increase tax rebates of 11.4 million yuan throughout the year." Li Kangzhi, a financial officer of the company, introduced.

  The latest statistics show that as of the end of June, 25,000 export companies across the country have enjoyed this export tax rebate policy dividend.

  At the same time, the taxation department has launched a series of measures to increase the speed of export tax rebates and increase the efficiency of export tax rebates. In Chongqing, a single tax refund of the “full electronic refund” will arrive in the account on the fastest day, and the average tax refund processing time has been reduced to 3 working days, a reduction of more than 50% compared with the previous one.

  Wasion Information Technology Co., Ltd. is a communications terminal equipment manufacturer that handled an export tax rebate of 4.2 million yuan in the first half of this year. "Thanks to Hunan's export tax rebate system, the tax rebate funds can be credited within one working day." Zhong Xiyu, secretary of the board of directors and chief financial officer of Wasion, told reporters.

  "The rapid return of tax rebate funds to'living water' has played a role in stabilizing foreign trade." Ming Anbin, member of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of the Shenzhen Municipal Taxation Bureau of the State Administration of Taxation, introduced that as of July 29 this year, the bureau has handled a total of exports. The tax refund (exemption) was 67.085 billion yuan.

Work together to implement the details

  One point for deployment, nine points for implementation. Relevant departments of finance and taxation at all levels have implemented detailed relevant policies and measures to reduce tax reductions and fees reductions in place, and promote the stable development of the economy and society.

  Tang Shukui introduced that Shenzhen has established a joint collaboration and information sharing mechanism for finance, taxation, social security, medical insurance and other departments to smooth the implementation of the "last mile" of policies.

  The Shenzhen taxation department vigorously promotes "non-contact" tax processing, forming a tax processing pattern with online tax processing as the main channel and comprehensive speed control in the hall. "We earnestly fulfill the requirements of implementing preferential policies, strengthening non-contact tax processing, strengthening the overall situation of data services, and trying our best to prevent and control the epidemic, so as to help market entities move forward lightly." State Administration of Taxation Shenzhen Municipal Taxation Bureau Said Zhang Guojun, secretary of the party committee and director of the bureau.

  With the in-depth implementation of various policies and measures to benefit enterprises, the vitality of Shenzhen market entities quickly recovered. The value-added tax invoice data of 3.5 million taxpayers in the city shows that the overall sales revenue of Shenzhen in the first half of the year has fully recovered to the level of the same period last year, and the overall resumption rate of work and production is nearly 100%.

  Since the beginning of this year, the Hunan Provincial Department of Finance has established and improved the tax and fee reduction work organization for the first time, set up a coordination mechanism for the finance, development and reform, taxation, and human resources and social departments, planned tax policies and measures in advance, and performed tax and fee reduction analysis and calculations, and took the lead. Introduced preferential tax policies to support the resumption of work and production of small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households. In Yueyang City, tax and fee reduction work is included in the city's promotion of high-quality development of the private economy and the assessment of key fiscal and taxation work.

  "In order to ensure that the national tax and fee reduction policies and measures are directly accessible to enterprises and to'empower' market entities, we implement grid services and strengthen the tracking and efficiency of policy implementation." said Wang Jianping, deputy director of the Hunan Provincial Taxation Bureau of the State Administration of Taxation. It is reported that Hunan Province has established a system for cadres from tax authorities at all levels to go to enterprises to investigate and counsel to solve tax-related issues such as policy application and qualification certification for companies such as Lens Technology, and form policy implementation guidelines for application across the province.

  In Chongqing, the municipal discipline inspection and supervision, finance, taxation, and auditing departments, the Chongqing Supervision Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, and the Chongqing Audit Office have jointly strengthened the supervision of tax reduction and fee reduction. At the same time, the implementation of "bank-tax interaction", enhance tax-related data value-added services, link tax credit with financial credit, and provide financial support for companies operating in good faith and paying taxes in accordance with the law. "Chongqing will be more proactive and proactive in implementing a proactive fiscal policy, and make every effort to stabilize enterprises and protect the main players in the market." said Chen Junwu, Director of the Tax Administration Department of the Chongqing Finance Bureau.

  Zeng Jinhua