The NDRC Calls For Combing Tax Policies On Energy Conservation And Emission Reduction

In August 27th, the national development and Reform Commission released Notice on increasing efforts to ensure the goal of energy saving and emission reduction in 2013 (hereinafter referred to as "notice"). The notice pointed out that we should adjust the scope of consumption tax and the structure of tax rates, and study the products that consume large amounts of energy resources and cause environmental pollution to be included in the scope of taxation.

In this regard, the industry said that a large number of energy consumption and environmental pollution products will be included in the scope of Taxation, will increase the tax burden of backward production enterprises, reduce the profit margins of high energy consuming enterprises, and strengthen the energy saving and emission reduction effect through the forced mechanism.

In order to ensure the completion of the target tasks in 2013 and lay the foundation for the "12th Five-Year" energy saving and emission reduction binding targets, the NDRC proposed 12 measures.

The NDRC pointed out in the notice that we should readjust and improve the pricing mechanism of refined oil and natural gas, strictly implement differentiated electricity tariffs, punitive electricity prices, desulphurization electricity prices and denitration tariff policies, and establish a dynamic screening and supervision mechanism. We should implement the ladder pricing of residents' electricity and implement the policy of living water consumption, ladder price of gas consumption and over quota progressive increase in non resident water consumption.

The notice also pointed out that the policy of differentiated pollution charges should be implemented to raise the standard of pollutant discharge fees for major pollutants and heavy metals in sewage and waste gas, and to promote the reform of charging methods for garbage disposal, and to formulate and stipulate the regulations on the pricing of emissions trading. We should appropriately adjust the collection standard of water and surface water resources fees, and implement the system of over planned and over quota collection of water resources fees. Clean up resource fees. Improve the system of mine environmental treatment and recovery.

The circular points out that we should strengthen the management of financial funds, improve the efficiency of use, pay attention to giving full play to the guiding role of financial funds, and promote the formation of a mechanism for continuous and stable growth of capital input; and research and establish a financial support mechanism that is conducive to promoting the goal of energy saving and emission reduction in local areas. We should expand the comprehensive demonstration scope of fiscal policies for energy saving and emission reduction, and further intensify policy integration with major strategic plans such as green urbanization and ecological civilization.

At the same time, the notice also calls for improving the subsidy standard for the promotion of energy-saving products and promoting higher standard subsidies for energy efficiency "leader" products. Combing the tax policies on energy conservation and emission reduction, and promoting the implementation of preferential tax policies for energy management projects and energy saving and environmental protection products. We should adjust the scope of consumption tax and the structure of tax rates, and study the products that consume large amounts of energy resources and cause environmental pollution to be included in the scope of taxation. Study and formulate incentive policies for desulfurization and denitrification in cement, petrochemical and other non electricity industries. We will continue to implement the compulsory liability insurance system for environmental pollution involving heavy metals and other high environmental risks. We should establish a key evaluation index system for green credit implementation and green credit statistics system, strengthen the construction of green credit information platform, and improve the financing capacity of energy saving and environmental protection enterprises and projects.