China News Agency, Beijing, August 1 (Reporter Zhao Jianhua) Chinese tax authorities continue to maintain a high-pressure situation against companies that fraudulently obtain tax refunds.

On the 1st, the State Administration of Taxation announced five tax cases.

While recovering the remaining tax refunds and doubling the fines fraudulently obtained by the enterprises involved, the tax authorities will also conduct a comprehensive inspection of the tax payment status of these enterprises in the past three years.

If caught tax evasion, they will face more penalties.

  The five tax cases occurred in Beijing, Zhejiang, Xinjiang, Fujian, Guangxi and other places.

Most of the companies involved in the case fraudulently obtained tax refunds ranging from more than 150,000 yuan (RMB, the same below) to more than 1.8 million yuan by concealing sales income, reducing output tax, and making false declarations.

  After being verified, the tax authorities shall recover the tax refunds fraudulently obtained by the enterprises involved in accordance with the law, and (plan) to impose a double fine in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

At the same time, a comprehensive inspection of the tax payment of the companies involved in the past three years was carried out in accordance with the law, and it was found that the tax evasion of the companies involved ranged from more than 400,000 yuan to more than 2.6 million yuan.

The tax authorities shall recover the tax evasion of the enterprises involved in accordance with the law, and in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, (plan) to impose a double fine and an additional late fee.

  The relevant person in charge of the State Administration of Taxation emphasized that it will focus on illegal and criminal acts such as gang-style, cross-regional, and falsely invoiced and falsely promoted items to defraud tax refunds, and will resolutely crack down on them with a zero-tolerance attitude.

In particular, enterprises that maliciously fraudulently obtain tax refunds will be strictly investigated and dealt with in accordance with the law, their tax credit will be directly lowered to the lowest grade D, and measures such as restricting the receipt of invoices and increasing the frequency of inspections will be adopted. A comprehensive inspection of the tax payment situation and extended inspection of its upstream and downstream enterprises.

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