Lang Xianping: What Will China's Economy Do When Internet Shopping Begins To Collect Taxes?

Recently, the state has introduced a series of policy To help our small and medium-sized enterprises. However, at this time, Ma has greatly improved. TaoBao The service fee has brought a great shock to our small and medium-sized enterprises. In fact, as early as 2006, Taobao was forced to abort because of the strong boycott of its payment service. The reason why Taobao has been repeatedly resisted is that it touches the most sensitive interests of China's Internet. In 2010, our online shopping amount was 523 billion 100 million yuan, double that of 2009, and nearly 350 billion yuan by the end of June this year. China's GDP accounts for less than 10% of the world's total. Last year, online shopping accounted for 14% of the world's total, and this year it is likely to be close to 20%. Does this represent progress in our country or is there something else? How can we see through the phenomenon? essence What about it?

　 Why is our online shopping so developed?

From the point of view of Taobao's surface events, we find that so many small businesses are angry. The reason why Taobao's online shopping is so popular is that its external taxes are too heavy. Our small grocery store, small shop and small convenience store have to pay 15 kinds of taxes. After investigation, it is found that the taxes paid by these stores are the same as those of WAL-MART, Carrefour and so on. For example, the business tax is 5%, the value-added tax is 17%, and there are a lot of other surcharges. How can they survive if such heavy taxes and salaries rise and store rents rise?

　　 Why does Hongkong store drive away big supermarkets?

On the contrary, the most important reason for the prosperity of Hongkong is the low tax rate. In the small convenience stores in Hongkong, they only pay two kinds of taxes: one is 1/1000 stamp duty, the other is almost no, and the other is 17% income tax, that is, the tax paid after making money, which is also called the profit tax. It is this small tax gap that has led to the prosperity of Hongkong. It is because the cost of a small shop is particularly low, and the result is that the retail price of the goods they sell is particularly low. It is because of the existence of such small convenience stores and small supermarkets in Hongkong that these big supermarkets and supermarkets do not dare to exploit suppliers, and they also have to cut prices to survive, and finally have to go bankrupt. So now Hongkong is full of convenience stores, and there are few big supermarkets.

Low taxes make small businesses flourish and cause three results. First, retail prices drop sharply and consumers benefit; two, supermarkets do not dare to exploit suppliers and manufacturers; three, they can reduce traffic congestion because they do not need to go to hypermarkets anymore. That is why the rest of the world is trying to suppress big supermarkets and foster small businesses through low taxes and legislation. This is a good reference for us.

　 We should legislate to protect our small businesses.

When businesses are transferred from entity stores to network sales, the protection bill for small and medium retail businesses abroad is still worth our reference. Japan, Britain, Germany, France, the United States and other economic powers have always stressed that legislation to support small retail stores not only facilitates people's lives, but also increases employment. We did not legislate to protect small shops like Japan, Britain, Germany, France, the United States and other economic powers, and the final result was the rise in retail prices. We found 6 kinds of products, such as almond, cashew nuts, pine nuts, walnuts, raisins and pistachio products in Beijing's Wumart store and Jinxiu wholesale market. We found that the prices of these 6 products were 2.85 times higher than that of Jinxiu's wholesale market. In this way, consumers were exploited, and when the small shops were eliminated, suppliers were also exploited. This hit the manufacturing industry and eventually squeezed funds into the stock market, the property market, luxury goods, automobiles and other fields. On the face of it, the economy is booming. In fact, the investment and business environment of the manufacturing industry is deteriorating rapidly, leading to an increase in the unemployment rate.

　 If online shopping begins to collect taxes

Online shopping provides consumers with a cheaper market, which is beneficial to consumers, and brings a glimmer of hope to suppliers and manufacturers, because online shopping can significantly reduce costs. The implication of this Taobao incident is that it destroys the desire of those small and medium-sized enterprises to pursue low-cost operation. The Taobao incident is just a superficial phenomenon. What worries me most is that online shopping begins to collect taxes. If the tax is started online, the result is that retail prices will rise immediately, which will pass on to consumers and lower domestic demand. As a result, the investment and business environment of the small and medium-sized enterprises has not improved, but the tax revenue has also declined rapidly. What happens to China's economy when they have no desire to invest?