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Original title: Reduce the burden on companies and improve the vitality of the market
“From January to August this year, new tax and fee cuts nationwide totaled 1,877.3 billion yuan.” On September 29, at a press conference held by the State Tax Administration, Cai Zili, Director of the Revenue Planning and Accounting Department of the State Tax Administration, said: A series of tax reduction policies and measures and Rates introduced this year have reached market players directly, effectively reducing the burden on businesses and enhancing the vitality of the market.
At the same time, the reform of decentralization, regulation and service in the tax sector has continued to deepen, and the vitality of market entities has been continuously stimulated. National tax big data shows that the sales situation of domestic companies is constantly improving.
Tax cuts and tariff cuts bring “four improvements” to business development
It is understood that in the first eight months, the country’s 1.877.3 billion yuan of new tax cuts and tariff reductions mainly consist of two parts. One is the new tax and fee reduction of 1.171.1 billion yuan in preferential tax and fee policies introduced this year to support epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development; It was the policy introduced in the middle of last year that added 706.2 billion yuan in tax and fee cuts this year.
What changes have the benefits of “real money” produced? Cai Zili summed up with the “four improvements”:
—— The vitality of market entities has increased. “Based on a 7.1% year-on-year growth in the second quarter, the number of new market entities that came to the tax department to attend to tax matters continued to increase in July and August, by 15.9% and 21 , 2% year-on-year, respectively From the perspective of the growth of market entities, deepen the value added tax The reform policy continued to reduce the burden on general taxpayers with larger scales and relatively stable operations. In August, general taxpayers of the value added tax increased by 83,000 compared to the previous month, reaching 10,919 million in total ”, said Cai Zili.
-Increased ability to absorb employment. The gradual reduction and exemption of social security premiums and the continued implementation of policies such as the reduction of social security rates, superimposed on the policy of reducing personal income tax last year, have reduced the cost of the entrepreneurial workforce and have strongly supported job stability.
——Improving the resilience of business development. The continuous implementation of various policies and measures to support innovation has allowed companies to invest more funds in R&D and technological improvement. From January to August, the number of high-tech equipment and services purchased by 330,000 companies nationwide that enjoyed the policy of additional deduction for R&D expenses increased 24% year-on-year, leading to revenue from Sales increased 9.1% year-on-year. From January to August, R&D spending by the main tax source companies across the country increased by 10% year-on-year.
—— Confidence in business development is increased. According to a prosperity survey of 100,000 key tax source companies monitored by the State Tax Administration, 89.4% of key tax source companies expect production and operation situation in the fourth quarter to be “stable “or” improving, “an increase of 4.7 percentage points from the third-quarter forecast. Value-added tax bill data shows that in August, the total amount of goods and services purchased by businesses nationwide increased 9.6% year-on-year, which was 0.2 percentage points faster than the sales revenue growth rate, indicating that companies are confident in their business prospects.
“Two Downs” and “Two Ups” to optimize the tax business environment
To stimulate the vitality of market entities, in addition to the “real money” capital boost, there is also support for the “water and fish farming” policy.
According to Fu Shulin, spokesman for the State Tax Administration, the tax department has adopted “two reductions”: reducing the burden of taxes and fees and reducing the cost of taxes to help businesses develop with relief. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, focusing on the implementation of 7 batches of 28 preferential tax and rate policies, the State Tax Administration has formulated and issued specific policy documents with the relevant departments to ensure that the policy dividends reach market entities as soon as possible with the greatest strength and optimal efficiency, and continue to simplify tax payment procedures. , Promote the invoice service “online receipt, free mail”.
In addition to the “two downs”, there are also the “two ups”: improving fiscal efficiency and service quality, and supporting economic and social development. In order to improve the efficiency of tax processing, the tax department has made payment of taxes “contactless” on a regular basis. Currently, 197 tax cases have been processed online throughout the country, of which 182 can be processed online; more than 90% of corporate taxpayers The business volume can be handled online and the online handling rate of the tax filing business is over 99%. In terms of improving the quality of service, the tax department, the banking and insurance regulation department and commercial banks continue to deepen the “interaction between tax and banks” to provide accurate loans to businesses, especially companies. small and micro enterprises; speed up the processing of export tax refund, and the average processing time for export tax refund operations is based on last year Please compress it another 20% within 8 business days, which strongly supports the stability of the basic foreign trade market.
“The State Tax Administration and 13 other departments jointly issued the” Notice on various measures to promote the reform of the facilitation of the payment of taxes and the optimization of the fiscal and business environment “, from the continuous promotion of tax reduction policies and rate reduction to rapid enjoyment and continuous improvement of the convenience of handling tax payment matters Start elsewhere, bring together the joint efforts of multiple departments, and accelerate the creation of a market-oriented international tax legalized business environment ” said Korea Rong, Director of the Tax Service Department of the State Administration of Taxation.
Big fiscal data show that the sales situation of national companies is improving
Since the beginning of this year, tax authorities have used big tax data, such as value added tax invoices, to track and reflect the resumption of production and sales and economic operations in the country, which has received widespread attention. Cai Zili revealed that current data on value-added tax invoices shows that the sales situation of companies across the country is constantly improving, and both supply and demand are exerting force.
From January to August, the year-on-year drop in revenue from invoice sales for companies across the country fell to 0.5%, which was basically the same as last year. Among them, May increased 5.6% year-on-year, and the monthly growth rate achieved positive growth for the first time during the year. Since then, it has maintained a growth rate of over 9% for three consecutive months, and the accumulated decline has been reduced month by month. As of September 20, the accumulated sales revenue of domestic companies has exceeded the level of the same period last year, and the accumulated growth rate during the year has achieved positive growth for the first time.
Manufacturing sales are constantly improving. In July and August, the sales revenue of manufacturing companies has maintained a growth of more than 9% for two consecutive months, and the equipment manufacturing industry has maintained a rapid growth of more than 15% for four consecutive months, becoming a leading manufacturer. An important engine for the recovery of the industry.
The growth of a new momentum is accelerating and the high-tech industry is growing rapidly. From January to August, the domestic high-tech industry sales revenue increased 10.7% year-on-year. Among them, high-tech services, such as scientific and technological achievement transformation services and information services, increased 38.7% and 19.5% respectively; high-tech manufacturing, such as medical instrument and equipment manufacturing and electronic communication equipment manufacturing, increased by 12.5% and 4.4%, respectively.
At the same time, the private economy continued to recover. From January to August, the private economy’s sales revenue increased 0.9% year-on-year, 1.4 percentage points more than the general level of national companies; investment-related industries continued to improve and investment in new infrastructure accelerated significantly. Sales revenue from the construction of communications and power transmission facilities, and the construction of energy saving projects increased 12.9% and 16.4% year-on-year respectively; the recovery in consumption has strengthened and new consumption has grown rapidly. From January to August, retail industry sales revenue increased 1.7% year-on-year. , Food delivery service sales revenue increased 20.8% and 9.4% year-on-year.
“The tax department will take full advantage of the tax big data, continue to pay attention to business conditions and business difficulties, continue to coordinate the implementation of tax and fee reductions, and provide higher-quality services with the ‘six stability and six guarantees’ and the new development pattern, “said Cai Zili.
(Reporter Chen Chen)
