The reporter learned from the General Administration of Customs today (28th) that last year the customs implemented policies such as tax cuts, free trade agreement tariff concessions and import tax preferences, and a total of 268.77 billion yuan in tax cuts.
In 2020, the customs will earnestly implement the central government's tax and fee reduction measures to ensure that anti-cancer drugs and rare disease drugs reduce value-added taxes and other policies are accurately implemented. Last year, the tax reduction policy was implemented to reduce taxes by 104.25 billion yuan.
In the face of the sudden outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, the Customs and the Ministry of Finance promptly introduced a tax exemption policy for the import of anti-epidemic materials, which exempted the import of anti-epidemic materials by 610 million yuan.
Organizing the national customs to ensure the smooth flow of the industrial chain and supply chain, put forward 197 various tax adjustment suggestions such as reducing the import tax rate of some commodities.
Fully support the resumption of work and production, help companies overcome difficulties, and approved 181 companies to extend the tax payment period by 15.66 billion yuan and reduce or exempt late fees by 300 million yuan.
Promote the introduction of a non-taxation policy for exported returned goods due to force majeure due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, exempting and refunding 10.52 million yuan for 188 companies.
At the same time, the customs is focusing on stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment, supporting the expansion of imports and industrial optimization and upgrading.
The annual free trade agreement import tax reduction was 83.26 billion yuan.
10.49 million export certificates of origin were issued, including 5.204 million under the free trade agreement, to help import and export enterprises enjoy customs clearance.