Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 30 (Shen Cheng, Liang Xiaochun) The Ministry of Finance announced on the 30th the national fiscal revenue and expenditure in 2022: the national general public budget revenue exceeds 20 trillion yuan, and expenditure exceeds 26 trillion yuan.
How to interpret the data?
"In 2022, the budget implementation is generally good." At the online press conference held by the Ministry of Finance that day, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Finance said so.
The data shows that in 2022, the national general public budget revenue will increase by 0.6% compared with the previous year, and will increase by 9.1% after deducting the tax rebate factor.
Among them, the national tax revenue decreased by 3.5% compared with the previous year, and increased by 6.6% after deducting the tax rebate factor.
"Affected by complex factors at home and abroad, the downward pressure on the economy increased in the second quarter of last year, and the large-scale value-added tax refund policy was implemented superimposedly, and the tax revenue once fell sharply. Economic activities such as the production and operation of the service industry have generally recovered, and relevant taxes have increased to varying degrees throughout the year." The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Finance said.
According to the person in charge, in 2022, various tax and fee policies and measures will be released early and quickly, forming a combined effect. It is estimated that the annual increase in tax cuts and fee reductions and tax refunds and tax deferrals will reach 4.2 trillion yuan.
Among them, the value-added tax leftover tax refund is about 2.4 trillion yuan, which is the largest in recent years.
From the perspective of specific tax revenue items, the domestic value-added tax decreased by 23.3% over the previous year, and increased by 4.5% after deducting the tax refund factor; domestic consumption tax, corporate income tax, and personal income tax increased by 20.3%, 3.9%, and 6.6% respectively over the previous year.
He Daixin, director of the Financial Research Office of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of Economic and Economic Strategy, said that the national general public budget revenue exceeded 20 trillion yuan last year, which was a hard-won achievement.
Last year's fiscal revenue situation, on the one hand, reflects the effectiveness of fiscal policies such as proactive actions and tax refunds, and on the other hand, it also reflects the important impact of economic recovery on fiscal revenue.
In terms of fiscal expenditure, in 2022, the national general public budget expenditure will be 26.0609 billion yuan, an increase of 6.1% over the previous year.
Among them, the central general public budget expenditure at the same level increased by 3.9% over the previous year; the local general public budget expenditure increased by 6.4% over the previous year.
"Financial departments at all levels strengthen the coordination of financial resources, maintain the necessary expenditure intensity, vigorously optimize the expenditure structure, and provide the necessary financial support for the overall planning of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and the expenditure in key areas such as people's livelihood is effectively guaranteed." The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Finance said. .
Specifically, in 2022, education expenditures will be 3,945.5 billion yuan, an increase of 5.5% over the previous year; science and technology expenditures will be 1,002.3 billion yuan, an increase of 3.8% over the previous year; social security and employment expenditures will be 3,660.3 billion yuan, an increase of 8.1% over the previous year; Health expenditure was 2,254.2 billion yuan, an increase of 17.8% over the previous year; transportation expenditure was 1,202.5 billion yuan, an increase of 5.3% over the previous year.
In He Daixin's view, every fiscal revenue and expenditure can reflect the economic operation situation and national policy orientation.
Stabilizing growth, promoting development, and benefiting people's livelihood are all inseparable from the support and guarantee of public finance.
Looking forward to 2023, how the proactive fiscal policy will work has attracted much attention.
In this regard, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Finance stated that this year will moderately increase the expansion of fiscal policy, increase the intensity of fiscal expenditure, increase the intensity of special bond investment, and increase the drive to sink financial resources; improve policy effectiveness, Improve tax and fee preferential policies, optimize fiscal expenditure structure, strengthen coordination and cooperation with monetary, industrial, technological, and social policies, form policy synergy, and promote the overall improvement of economic operation.