Car tax reform needs to be more explicit

The meeting of the 18th National People's Congress gave a considerable amount of hope to a considerable number of people, because they expect that the new look will be accompanied by a new government on the stage, which is reflected in the long-awaited civil political reform, tax reform, and medical reform. Major issues. Under the premise that the political reforms led to the failure to clarify the context of the whole body, the reform of the economic system, which has been changed from taxation to focus, remains the focus of attention.

In essence, tax reform is also one of the issues that the new government needs to solve urgently. The prosperity of China's tax system has always been breathtaking. The various taxes and fees from the automotive industry are different. Although the taxation system introduced at different stages of development has different background needs, it has also exposed various drawbacks in the development process, and has not played a proper role in promoting the national economic “troika” process. This is also the reason for the country’s several tax reforms. Regardless of how real estate or the automobile industry is reformed, its final destination must be the common people’s benefit.

Encourage or suppress?

"The current economic state is in a sluggish state and it needs to stimulate consumption. By reducing taxes, we can increase residents' spending on automobiles and expand consumption," a senior financial source told reporters. However, this common sense is often confused both inside and outside the industry, because they do not understand the government has introduced a policy, in the end is to encourage car consumption or inhibit car consumption.

Over the past few years, the country has successively introduced reforms in the automobile taxation system, including auto fuel tax, consumption tax, value-added tax, etc., but correspondingly, they are relatively "short-lived." For example, in the context of the global financial crisis in 2008, we introduced the consumption tax adjustment aimed at changing the automobile consumption structure, encouraging small-displacement vehicles, and tax incentives for mini vehicles. This move once stimulated the sales of China's own-brand, small-displacement cars and made the Chinese auto market the only bright spot in the financial crisis. However, after less than two years, the government decided to abolish the consumption tax on the grounds of the energy conservation and emissions reduction targets and restrictions in the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”. Although this is not inappropriate from the perspective of energy conservation and emission reduction, it is obviously not considered from the perspective of the market. This also makes people question the short-sightedness of the government in making decisions.

I spend, I pay?

In any country, “I spend, I pay for it” was originally a matter of course, but under the complicated conditions of China’s taxation and fees, it’s so heavy that the middle class, including the middle class, can’t afford it. Should I bear it?

In recent years, various fees and taxes for automobiles have been introduced, such as road maintenance fees, waterway maintenance fees, highway transportation management fees, highway passenger and freight surcharges, waterway transportation management fees, water transport passenger and freight surcharges, refined oil consumption tax, and so on. The news confirmed that after the 18th National Congress of the People's Republic of China, it will levy automobile tax and coal tax. Without careful study, looking at these names alone is enough to make people feel dizzy.

In fact, according to the analysis of reporters by the above-mentioned senior tax officials, not all of the taxes and fees introduced by the state are unreasonable. From a different point of view, the state is to facilitate expropriation, and at the same time it embodies the matching of tax burdens and benefits; while consumers need to be reasonable and want to reduce costs, any taxes and charges are equivalent to the protection fees paid. However, the key problem is that the money that the consumers handed out before and after buying a car does not make them feel the convenience of using the car. “We don’t feel the money spent on services.” Therefore, “We want to know Where did we spend our money?" This is the biggest question people have always had.

Fees change tax, save disputes

"Buying a car is difficult to keep a car." This is the status quo of the Chinese automobile consumer market. In the past two years, the government has also promoted the corresponding tax reform. One of the most important measures is the tax reform.

Regarding the tax reform, it is not a completely new concept. In fact, in the past many years, the relevant departments and the industry have been discussing how to promote this topic and made some attempts. In July of this year, the State Council approved the Ministry of Transport and other departments to “Notice on Implementing Plans for Exempting Small Passenger Car Tolls from Major Holidays” and put the call for tax reform on cars back on the agenda.

In simple terms, tax reform is to change the road maintenance fee of a car to a fuel tax. At present, many foreign countries are using fuel tax to replace road maintenance fees, so that people who regularly drive cars pay more fuel taxes, minimize the use of cars, and protect the environment. Moreover, since the procedures for the collection of fuel tax are simple and transparent, they can significantly reduce road crossings and stop road corruption.

Although the idea is good, the problem still exists. For example, after the tax is changed, the car owners’ car care costs will not increase. However, the amount of road maintenance fees and tolls in the past is entirely dependent on the type and level of the vehicle, and it has nothing to do with the amount of vehicle use and mileage. In this way of distribution, owners who often use vehicles or have more mileage, compared to those who use the same vehicles but use less, have the same benefits on the roads and at the same time, but have a complete benefit on the road. different. In addition, what is the appropriate tax rate after the fuel tax? According to calculations, as long as the tax rate is more than or equal to 20%, the consumer's car expenses will increase. Therefore, even if it is tax reform, it is still a lot of problems and it is not satisfactory for everyone.