The Ministry Of Commerce Sent A Letter To The General Administration Of Customs: The New Regulations On Entry Taxes Are Against The WTO Rules.

The Ministry of commerce can't sit still!

Issue a consultation letter to the General Administration of Customs

Notice No. 54 has aroused heated debate among all parties, especially whether the iPad should enter the country to pay taxes. How much tax has been paid has become a hot topic.

Customs duty on iPad has been gradually fermented.

Recently, a letter of consultation was sent to the General Administration of customs. It is believed that one of the important commitments after China's accession to the WTO is to impose zero tariffs on all kinds of computers. The customs import tax of 1000 yuan to iPad is inconsistent with the WTO rules. The tax rate of 20% is too high, and the duty paid price of iPad is overestimated.

The head of the Customs General Administration said he would answer questions in the near future.

The students are anxious.

Returned from abroad.

According to the Announcement No. 54, even overseas students released the "home strategy": return to plastic bags, because two suitcases had to be around 2000 yuan; iPad handled locally; returned to wear underwear underwear; textbooks, cell phones, computers, MP4 and cameras were all thrown away, and the best thing to do was come back naked to ensure that the amount of money for personal use was less than 5000 yuan. Conclusion: "streaking."

For such a statement, customs officers expressed exaggeration, in fact, in the inspection site, customs officers will consider according to the actual situation of passengers, such as notebook computers, mobile phones and other items belonging to the scope of Taxation, is obviously used, even if passengers forgot to report when leaving the country, General Customs officers will not impose taxes.

4 tips for alerting

As a matter of fact, the entry passengers can only carry personal items within RMB 5000 yuan. This is not a new rule. Why is this particular emphasis on this year and strengthened inspection? A travel industry analyst thinks that many large brands of cosmetics, clothing and online shopping are becoming more and more popular nowadays. Just like "running the gang", earning the regional price difference will impact the domestic market and also cause the loss of national revenue.

This is probably the main reason why the customs reaffirmed this year's "old rules".

What needs to be reminded is that tourists can not be fluke. Otherwise, once they are found by customs, they will still have to pay taxes.

Remind 1: too high grade not to buy.

According to the Announcement No. fifty-fourth, the imported personal belongings carried by the residents of the territory who carry more than RMB 5000 yuan are used for personal use by the customs. The customs only levy taxes on the imported articles for personal use beyond the part of the customs.

In short, it's too expensive to buy.

Cosmetics are also the "main products" that many people buy abroad. If you buy a bunch of cosmetics worth 8000 yuan, then you can deduct the exemption amount of 5000 yuan and then calculate the tax amount, that is, (8000-5000) x tax rate.

But if you buy a big bag worth 9000 yuan, then you can not enjoy the exemption amount of 5000 yuan, but the full tax, that is, the 9000 x tax rate.

Reminder 2: watch "segment" tax

A famous brand watch is also one of the commodities that many people like to buy when they go abroad. It needs to be reminded that the duty rate of the watch is not low, and it is "pieced".

If the price of watches is between 5000 yuan and 10 thousand yuan, they will be taxed at 20%; if the price of watches exceeds 10 thousand yuan, they will be taxed at 30%.

Some are taxed according to the tax rate, others are fixed taxes. For example, the iPad that is very hot now is the quota tax. Although its price is less than 5000 yuan, because it belongs to a microcomputer, it must pay a fixed duty tax of 1000 yuan when entering the customs.

Reminder 3: keeping the "invoice" is very important.

Overseas shopping is mostly based on "big cards", while the price difference between "big names" at home and abroad is also very large. What kind of price is the Customs at the time of tax collection? The staff of the Nanjing customs office at Lu Kou airport indicated that they could go to the customs headquarters website to search the entry tariff classification list of entry passengers' luggage and personal postal articles, and the duty paid price list of entry passengers' luggage and personal postal items.

The need to remind passengers is that when the customs examines and approving the dutiable value, the voucher for overseas purchases is an important reference material.

If the passenger can not provide the price certificate for overseas purchase, the customs officer will take the domestic selling price as the criterion, and if it is taxed, it will not be cost-effective for the passengers.

Reminder 4: bring out the declaration.

The valuables brought in need to be taxed. When you take out valuables such as cameras and portable computers purchased in China, do not forget to declare them at the relevant windows.

In the interview, the reporter learned that some travellers carried valuables such as cameras and laptop computers and did not declare in time. As a result, they had to face the embarrassment of taxation when they entered the country.

After being inspecting by customs inspectors, they will be calculated according to relevant prices and tax rates.

Customs officers reminded passengers that when carrying out their own valuables such as cameras, laptop computers and more than 5000 yuan, they had to declare voluntarily for obtaining the declaration form as a duty exemption certificate for entry.

The 3 big strategy is ridiculous.

It is not easy to make a trip to the country, but not to "sweep the goods", but if it is "taxed" by the customs, it will be even more unwilling.

As the saying goes, there are policies and countermeasures, and netizens are scrambling for a "tax avoidance strategy" on the Internet.

But these strategies sound pretty good. It's still a bit ridiculous to want to operate.

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Strategy 1: take plastic bags and go back to LV.

Carrying a plastic bag abroad, back to LV.

Is it not to levy taxes? When you go abroad, you save all your bags and put money and cards into plastic bags. When you go abroad, you buy the LV that you have been looking for for a long time. You just put the signs on your back and carry your bags on your back. Did you check the customs when you returned home?

Comment: this approach sounds very operational, and for those who buy large cards abroad for real purpose, it is more practical.

You can not forget, according to the regulations, if you carry LV abroad, you have to declare voluntarily.

When you can't leave the country, declare it in a plastic bag. This is my LV.

If you can not provide proof of declaration, and can not provide proof of purchase in the country, when they returned home, they were "caught" by the customs, and they had to pay the same tax.

Strategy 2: using fake brand names to replace big brands

Plastic bags are too risky for LV to make a reliable brand.

Of course, this method is still targeted at self employed people.

Before I went abroad, I got the PRADA coat, LV's bag, the first set of goods to be filled with "outfit". Before leaving the country, we declared openly and positively.

He went abroad and went straight to the counter, and he put the desired product into his arms.

When I went back to the customs office, I was very bold and energetic, and handed in the declaration form.

Comment: this method sounds more reliable than plastic bags for LV. But brothers and sisters, this investment is bigger than plastic bag. The crude fake fake cards do not have the courage and courageous way to pass to the customs officers when they declare. Even if we have the courage to pass the past, don't forget that the customs function is anti smuggling and counterfeiting. Can it escape the eye of others?

Let's spend a lot of money on this product. At least when people are confused, they are easy to muddle through, but the price is not cheap, and they can even catch up with tax money.

What's more, if you want to bring the authentic products back when you finally come back, you have to throw the counterfeit first. After all, the fish and bear's paws can't have both.

Strategy 3: by mail "curve avoidance"

Carrying "inconvenient", can we take the "curve policy" to send the good things from abroad to China? In addition, it is understood that the customs import tax should be exempted from the amount of RMB 50 yuan (including 50 yuan), so can we send more taxes to the tax authorities?

Comments: Nowadays, mail channels are also being "severely punished".

It is reported that, in order to strengthen the supervision over overseas purchasing behavior, according to the announcement of the General Administration of customs, since September 1st, customs import tax has been levied by the customs in accordance with the law, but the customs import tax shall be exempted from the amount of RMB 50 yuan (including 50 yuan).

The value of personal articles sent to or from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan is 800 yuan per time, and the value of goods sent or sent to other countries and regions is 1000 yuan per time.

If the amount of the import tax is less than 50 yuan (including 50 yuan), the customs will be exempted from it. How can this tax be calculated? In fact, it is very simple: import duty = duty paid price * tax rate.

Take clothing as an example. If you want to mail a jacket and a pair of trousers from abroad, the tax amount is: (300+200) *20%=100 yuan.

Tax rate reference

Goods subject to 10% tax rate:

Food, beverages, footwear, health care and beauty equipment, furniture, stationery, stamps, etc.

Goods subject to 20% tax rate:

Textile raw materials, leather and fur and its finished products, photography, audio-visual appliances, air conditioners, refrigerators and accessories, accessories, etc.

Goods subject to 30% tax rate:

Watches and clocks and accessories, accessories, etc.

Goods subject to 50% tax rate:

Cosmetics, liquor, tobacco, etc.

No small effect

Let Hongkong free travel very "hurt"

"5000 yuan" threshold, let Hongkong's self help tour is very "hurt".

Reporters yesterday from a number of outbound travel agencies in Nanjing learned that since September 1st this year, for imported passengers carrying more than 5000 yuan of personal use of goods tax, customs clearly "tightening", resulting in shopping oriented Hongkong free business volume decreased significantly.

"Hongkong's free travel is obviously much less."

A tourism industry told reporters that Hongkong has two discount seasons every year, that is, the summer vacation every July and August, during the Christmas and Spring Festival.

Judging from the amount of reception in previous years, October and November are also the peak season for many young people to choose Hongkong's free travel.

For example, every year, "Halloween", many businesses will also offer discount activities, but the number of people who go there is obviously 30% less than in previous years.

It turned out that although the regulations on taxation were introduced in a few years ago, the enforcement effort was very small and no one felt it.

Since October 1st, the implementation of Customs has increased significantly and the management is very strict.

When many young people learned about this news, they counted the accounts and felt that they had to go to Hongkong to "toss up" to buy big names, calculate taxes and fees, and they could not make a good deal of the price, so they gave up.

At the same time, as in previous years to November, many young white-collar workers began to work hard, planning to go to Hongkong to "sweep goods" in December, and asked the travel agencies about their itinerary. "There are very few people consulted this year."

The tour guide repeatedly urged not to buy "big pieces".