[Commentary] On March 29, the State Information Office held a press conference to introduce the "Opinions on Further Deepening the Reform of Tax Collection and Administration".
Rao Lixin, Chief Auditor of the State Administration of Taxation, stated that since August 2018, the State Administration of Taxation, in conjunction with the Ministry of Public Security, the General Administration of Customs, and the People’s Bank of China, has organized a special campaign to combat fraudulent tax fraud and illegal crimes, and severely cracked down on “fake enterprises” and false invoices. , "Fake exports" fraudulently obtain tax refunds, "false declarations" fraudulently obtain tax and fee concessions and other criminal acts
[Concurrent] Rao Lixin, Chief Auditor of the State Administration of Taxation
As of the end of February this year, a total of 360,000 "three fake" enterprises were investigated and dealt with, recovering 87.5 billion yuan in tax losses, and 4,424 export enterprises were inspected, and the loss of recovering export tax rebates was 29.2 billion (yuan).
Cooperate with the public security organs in taking compulsory measures against more than 20,000 criminal suspects.
Another 4863 criminal suspects voluntarily surrendered under the deterrence of the special operation, and another 4863 criminal suspects voluntarily surrendered under the deterrence of the special operation.
Especially with regard to the use of electronic invoices to implement new illegal and criminal acts such as false invoices, we have always maintained a high-pressure crackdown. We are determined to "attack" such new illegal and criminal acts.
[Explanation] Rao Lixin said at the meeting that the taxation department must further promote precise supervision and build a new tax supervision system, while ensuring national tax security, provide a fairer and higher-quality taxation business environment for legally operating enterprises, and implement precise and accurate enforcement in accordance with the law. We will effectively crack down on tax-related illegal and criminal acts in a precise and effective manner.
[Concurrent] Rao Lixin, Chief Auditor of the State Administration of Taxation
On the one hand, highlight the precise classification and implementation of policies to effectively protect the normal production and operation of enterprises.
Realize "no risk, no interruption, low risk pre-warning, and strict monitoring of medium and high risks".
On the other hand, we have focused on precise and legal administration and severely cracked down on tax-related illegal and criminal acts.
We will make full use of the role of big tax data to conduct real-time verification and monitoring of invoice issuance and use, etc., to realize the investigation and punishment of illegal and criminal acts such as fraudulent tax fraud.
[Explanation] At the meeting, when talking about the progress of the taxation department’s introduction of the "first violation" list system, Wang Daoshu, chief economist of the State Administration of Taxation, said that the State Administration of Taxation will announce the first batch of ten items in the near future. List of tax-related matters in the national unified tax administrative penalty "No penalty for the first violation".
[Concurrent] Wang Daoshu, Chief Economist, State Administration of Taxation
For example, the taxpayer fails to set up and keep account books or keep the accounting vouchers and related materials in accordance with the regulations; another example is that the taxpayer fails to file tax declarations and submit tax information within the prescribed time limit; another example is that the withholding agent fails to comply with the regulations. Submit the withholding and payment, tax collection and payment report forms and relevant materials within the time limit.
The first batch of lists will be officially implemented on April 1.
In the future, we will continue to publish other tax-related matters of "non-penalty for the first violation".
Reporter Liu Xuanting reports from Beijing
Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]