Netizens suggest imposing a luxury tax on high betrothal gifts. Liangshan, Sichuan: There is no such tax, and a cap on betrothal gifts is being set
According to the People's Daily Online's "Leadership Message Board" on April 15, in response to netizens' suggestion to "set a cap on high betrothal gifts and levy a luxury tax", the Civil Affairs Bureau of Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan replied on the 15th that Liangshan Prefecture is formulating standards for wedding betrothal gifts. The upper limit is a hard lever, but there is no "luxury tax" in my country's tax system, and Liangshan Prefecture cannot currently open this tax.
On March 30, netizens left a message to the Secretary of the Party Committee of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province on People's Daily Online, saying that in the past few years, the "Degu" associations among the people in various counties have successively issued the "Convention on the Standards for the Organization of Yi People's Marriage and Funeral Matters", etc. , but the bad habits remain, and the situation of sky-high bride price in various places is even more prominent.
In fact, the vast majority of the people in Liangshan are very disgusted with sky-high bride price gifts and super-large-scale funerals.
But everyone is very helpless about this. Others do this, and my own family has no choice but to follow up, thus forming a vicious circle.
This netizen suggested that, firstly, there should be a certain limit on the upper limit of the dowry gift for all residents in the state before marriage, and secondly, the total amount of betrothal gifts for all rural residents in the state before marriage should not exceed the average annual total of rural residents in this county in the previous year. triple the income.
The third is that the single amount of other gifts given by all urban and rural residents in the prefecture to marriage shall not exceed the average monthly income of urban residents in the county in the previous year, and the multiple gifts shall not exceed half of the betrothal gifts.
The Civil Affairs Bureau of Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan replied on April 15 that the questions reflected by netizens’ messages have been investigated and verified, and the reply is as follows:
In recent years, in some areas of Liangshan Prefecture, especially the Daliangshan Yi District, the phenomenon of high betrothal gifts in weddings, funerals and marriages has become very prominent, which has caused some social problems, aroused great attention from all walks of life, and the people reacted strongly.
The state party committee and state government attach great importance to this issue.
In order to respond to the concerns of the masses, to have an in-depth understanding of the current situation, root causes and impacts of the high-paying gift problem in Liangshan Prefecture, and to study and formulate practical and effective solutions to fundamentally curb this unhealthy trend, the state party committee and state government organized and carried out A special investigation was carried out to conduct in-depth research on the causes of high-priced betrothal gifts.
On March 18, the Sichuan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection took the lead in organizing a symposium on the comprehensive management of the problem of high-priced bride price in Liangshan and Yi districts.
After the meeting, in accordance with the spirit of the meeting, Liangshan Prefecture will strengthen the connection with Panzhihua, Leshan, Yibin, Ya'an and other places, and make joint efforts and coordinated operations.
At present, the State Party Committee Office and the State Government Office have issued the "General Plan for Governing High-value Betrothal Gifts and Deepening the Change of Customs and Customs in Liangshan Prefecture", and the "Regulations on Changing Customs and Customs in Liangshan Prefecture" will also be implemented on May 1. in synchronised progress.
Regarding the suggestion by netizens to limit the height of high lottery gifts, Liangshan Prefecture comprehensively considers factors such as ethnic customs, excellent traditional culture of the nation, regional characteristics, regional development, and acceptance by the general public, and takes into account various groups, especially low-income people For the interests of the masses, the standard upper limit of the wedding dowry is being set, and a hard bar is drawn to form a binding force.
Regarding the suggestion made by netizens to "levy luxury tax on astronomical betrothal gifts", since there is no "luxury tax" in my country's taxation system, Liangshan Prefecture cannot set up this tax at present.
According to previous reports from The Paper, in response to netizens' comments about "the object of the conversation for several years, to the point of talking about marriage, but forced to break up because of nearly 300,000 betrothal gifts", the Zhengning County Party Committee Office of Qingyang City, Gansu Province, in April On the 7th, the "Leadership Message Board" of People's Daily Online replied that Zhengning County formulated and issued the "Implementation Plan for Zhengning County's Activities of "Resisting High-priced Betrothal Gifts, Advocating Change of Customs, and Establishing a New Civilization", and Zhengning County's Measures on Further Strengthening Governance of High-priced Betrothal Gifts and Promoting Change of Customs and Customs. Implementation Opinions and other documents clearly stipulate that the bride price for rural marriages should not exceed 80,000 yuan, and that for public officials should not exceed 60,000 yuan.
However, the governance of high-priced betrothal gifts is a long-term and complex process, and it is difficult to rely on rigid regulations. It requires long-term education and guidance and the joint participation of the whole society.
In the future work, we will continue to improve and improve the rural governance system that combines autonomy, rule of law, and rule of morality, adhere to the combination of "soft measures" and "hard measures", and guide young people of school age and their families to refer to the "Zhengning County on Further Strengthening Governance" The Implementation Opinions on Promoting the Change of Customs with High-priced Betrothal Gifts” and other relevant documents, compare with the standards, actively participate in the change of customs and customs with practical actions, handle affairs frugally, abandon old and bad habits, and advocate a new style of civilization.