On the 28th, the "tax reduction" policy for caring for infants and young children under the age of 3 was released.
The State Council issued the "Notice on Establishing Special Additional Deductions for Individual Income Tax for the Care of Infants and Young Children Under 3 Years of Age". From January 1 this year, taxpayers' expenses related to caring for infants and young children under 3 years old will be 1,000 yuan per month for each infant and young child. standard deduction.
Some netizens said that this was a "surprise", but it is better to say that this is an expected benefit.
In June last year, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Decision on Optimizing the Birth Policy to Promote Long-term Balanced Development of the Population", proposing "to study and promote the inclusion of special additional tax deductions for infants and young children under the age of 3".
This year's government work report once again mentioned that the supporting measures for the three-child birth policy should be improved, the care expenses of infants and young children under the age of 3 should be included in the special additional deduction of personal income tax, and the development of inclusive childcare services will reduce the burden of family care.
Now, before March is over, the "tax cut red envelopes" have been handed out, which fully reflects the "speed-up" of the implementation of the policy and the "warmness" of the policy orientation.
The new policy will be implemented from January 1st this year, according to the deduction standard of "1,000 yuan per infant per month", which also means that in the upcoming April, "baby mom and dad" will deduct information about an infant and young children. Provided to the employed unit, you can enjoy a special additional deduction of 4,000 yuan accumulated from January to April.
Previously, my country's personal income tax had six special additional deductions, namely children's education, support for the elderly, housing rent, housing loan interest, serious illness medical treatment, and continuing education.
The survey shows that "children's education" and "elderly support" benefit the most.
Including the cost of caring for infants and young children under the age of 3 as the seventh item is not only an "expansion and upgrade", but also a pragmatic move to reduce the cost of childcare.
As a result, special additional deductions are involved from the care of infants under the age of 3 to the expenses related to preschool and academic education for children over the age of 3, which will reduce the cost of parenting for families to a certain extent.
At the same time, the special additional deduction system has also been improved.
At present, low fertility rate and aging population have become the real problems faced by our country.
For people of childbearing age, the high cost of childcare and insufficient inclusive childcare services are factors that cannot be ignored.
Compared with other policies, the individual tax preference has the characteristics of high level, strong guarantee, wide coverage, and standardized operation, which can maximize the attributes of "inclusive benefits" and demonstrate the public policy's concern for families of childbearing age.
It is worth noting that the care of infants and young children under the age of 3 still requires various efforts.
"Who will bring the baby" is also the "first mile" that is difficult to get through with fertility wishes.
In addition to the "more powerful" tax deduction, if you want to help people of child-bearing age to relieve stress, you must focus on the pain points and difficulties.
In recent years, various places have been exploring ways to improve public care capabilities and make every effort to solve the practical problems of working mothers.
At present, there are more than 1,000 institutions in Chongqing providing related services, and there are 1.5 infant care places per 1,000 population.
Harbin also encourages qualified kindergartens to open nurseries to recruit children aged 2 to 3.
To improve the maternity security policy, we need to consider all aspects, and cover the whole life cycle through a package of policies.
Only by working together to solve the parenting concerns of "there are old people at the top and children at the bottom", and let the spring breeze of the policy blow into the hearts of thousands of households, can we effectively reduce the burden of family fertility, parenting, and education, fully release the fertility potential, and let people of childbearing age " Pregnancy is good, birth is safe, and parenting is good.”
(Text丨Bai Jingjing)