Who Will Levy The Environmental Tax? How To Levy?

It is reported that as early as 2007,

This is also true. Until now, some experts believe that there are still some specific details in the "environmental tax" plan to be submitted, such as the determination of the tax rate, the determination of the scope of levy, the coordination and coordination mechanism between the environmental protection and taxation departments, the setting of tax relief and so on.

Wang Jinnan, vice president of the Environmental Planning Department of the Ministry of environmental protection, said before that the biggest difficulty in designing environmental taxes is the determination of tax base (pollution discharge).

It should be determined by the environmental protection department or determined by the tax department.

Wang Jinnan believes that the introduction of environmental taxes should not be haste to achieve success; Wang Hui, lecturer at Law School of Shanghai Maritime Univeristy, said: "when we affirm the role of environmental taxes, we should not exaggerate the actual effect of environmental taxes."

According to the reporter's combing of multiple viewpoints, public opinion has not questioned the Levy of the environmental tax. The core of the discussion is mostly focused on whom to levy and how to levy it?

Anonymous tax workers told the Securities Daily reporters, "first of all, the most important thing about tax work is fairness. If we only impose environmental taxes on several major industries or even several pilot areas, there will be unfair principles. Secondly, if we impose environmental taxes on all industries and set the tax quota according to different standards, then how do we judge the emission volume? Where is the right of assessment? Third, whether the environmental tax should become a national tax or a local tax? If it becomes a national tax, how can we ensure local enthusiasm? But if we become a local tax, according to the reality that many of our taxes have become the gimmicks of local investment promotion, how can environmental taxes be avoided as another tax category?" one person