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The environmental tax will come after 20 days: four types of objects become the focus of collection, Beijing’s highest
Three weeks later, the environmental protection tax ('environmental tax'), which has attracted much attention from the society, will officially debut. Previously, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress voted and passed the 'Environmental Protection Tax Law' on December 25, 2016, which is scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2018. The 'Environmental Protection Tax Law' is China's first single tax law embodying the 'green tax systemIts advent means that the conversion of the pollution charge system that has been implemented in China for many years to the environmental protection tax system will be officially launched. It is understood that at present, nearly 30 provinces (cities, autonomous regions) have successively announced the specific use tax amount and number of items of taxable air pollutant and water pollutant environmental protection taxes. The specific tax amounts of environmental protection taxes for air pollutants and water pollutants in various provinces are levied in the range of 1.2 yuan to 12 yuan per equivalent and 1.4 yuan to 14 yuan per equivalent. Each region can determine specific standards within this range according to actual conditions. Among them, Beijing has the highest charging standard in the country, and the environmental protection tax standards of Tianjin, Hebei, Sichuan and other provinces and cities are 3-5 times the minimum standard; Ningxia, Gansu, Jiangxi, Jilin and other regions with relatively strong environmental carrying capacity translate the original pollution discharge fee Standards; Shanxi, Hubei, Fujian, Yunnan and other provinces have appropriately raised the standards. Environmental protection tax is levied into four types of pollution taxpayers: air pollutants, water pollutants, solid waste, and noise. It is worth noting that there are two situations where tax is not required. One is that taxable pollutants that do not directly discharge taxable pollutants into the environment (such as wastewater discharged into the municipal pipeline network by catering companies) do not need to pay environmental protection taxes. Belonging to taxpayers, do not have to pay environmental taxes. On December 7, Li Zuojun, deputy director of the Institute of Resources and Environmental Policy of the Development Research Center of the State Council, told the Economic Observer that the implementation of the fee-to-tax reform can better exert the power of taxation, and taxation will be more authoritative, standardized and stable. The implementation of different tax rates in different regions and different industries can effectively achieve the effect of optimization and adjustment. The more polluting enterprises are levied, the less polluting enterprises are levied less, and the non-polluting enterprises are not levied. This can achieve a reward, better penalty Inferior effect. Song Guojun, a professor at the School of Environment of Renmin University of China and director of the Institute of Environmental Policy and Environmental Planning, told the Economic Observer, “Implementing an environmental tax is a fundamental measure. On the one hand, it can force environmental monitoring data to be more realistic, and on the other hand, It can force companies to improve the level of environmental protection.' The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the highest environmental tax standard, told the Economic Observer that the introduction of environmental tax can reduce the pressure on the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei air pollution prevention and control to a certain extent, and in the long run, it can promote enterprises to achieve environmental protection upgrades, management upgrades, and technology upgrades. Upgrades and product upgrades are definitely good things. This also marks a big step forward for China's environmental protection level. It’s worth noting that Beijing determines the charging price according to the highest ceiling of the 'Environmental Protection Tax Items and Tax Amount TableThe tax law stipulates that the upper limit is enforced, which also means that Beijing's future pollution control efforts will continue to increase. The relevant person in charge of the Beijing Municipal Local Taxation Bureau told the Economic Observer that nearly 8,000 companies that collected sewage charges in Beijing have been transferred to the local taxation department. It is expected that the number of environmental protection tax taxpayers will increase in 2018. Moreover, after the fee reform is supported by the law, it can effectively solve many problems such as insufficient law enforcement rigidity and local government intervention in the previous pollutant discharge fee system. Li Xiaoping, executive deputy director and director general of the Chemical Industry Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of Industrial Environmental Protection, told the Economic Observer: 'Previously, the collection of corporate sewage charges was a departmental regulation, and the collection of taxes has directly risen to the height of the law at the national level.' Institute of Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research Institute Chang Li Xinchuang said that the 'Environmental Protection Tax Law' starts with tax leverage. Enterprises must pay more taxes if they emit more pollutants, and they can enjoy tax reductions and exemptions if they emit less pollutants. All the profits go to the local government. The central government no longer participates in the sharing and promotes economic structure through construction. Adjust and transform the green tax system of development mode, form an effective restraint and incentive mechanism, reward the good and punish the bad, force enterprises to reduce emissions, and promote the construction of ecological civilization and green development. Relevant persons from the Beijing Municipal Finance Bureau told the Economic Observer that the task of environmental governance in Beijing is currently very arduous. The implementation of the maximum ceiling of environmental tax will help solve outstanding environmental problems, strengthen the responsibility of polluters, and encourage polluting companies to pay attention to environmental protection. In recent years, Beijing’s investment in air pollution control and water resources protection has far exceeded its revenue from pollution discharge fees. The above-mentioned person in charge said that in 2016, Beijing's pollution discharge fee income was 613 million yuan, but the investment in air pollution control and water resources protection reached 16.56 billion yuan and 17.66 billion yuan respectively.
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