Luxury Tax Is Still Controversial, But Not "Robbing The Rich And Helping The Poor".

In the United States, the voice of disapproving taxes on luxury goods is very high not just for millionaires but for ordinary people.

In the 90 era of the last century, the US Congress had imposed luxury tax on luxury consumer goods such as cruise ships, personal airplanes, jewels, fur and so on, but later found that the results were very different from those anticipated in advance.

It is undeniable that there is a dispute about whether the luxury tax should be explicitly collected in China at present.

Tax reform continues to advance, but the news of "luxury tax" is only heard, and no clear policy is issued.

Some government officials believe that China needs "luxury tax".

Because the production of luxury goods is generally not replicable, and at the same time, in the production process, it often costs a lot of resources, and high taxes are taken for granted.

At present, there are many "not bad money" people. There are more "bad money" people. There is a great disparity between the rich and the poor. The new round of income distribution reform needs to be accelerated to solve the problems among regions, between urban and rural areas and between industries.

At the same time, reporters found that people who support the Levy of luxury consumption tax believe that by imposing taxes on luxury goods and allowing the consumption of the rich to be converted to support for the state's tax revenue, they can be subsidized to other public sectors, which can make the tax function more equitable and effectively curb the extravagant consumption. At the same time, it also plays a positive role in solving the problem of increasing income gap and balancing the interests of all social strata.

Frankly speaking, in some people's eyes, taxation of luxury goods is "digging rich people's money", "robbing the rich and helping the poor" and achieving the so-called social equity.

However, whether the Levy of luxury tax can really curb Chinese people?

The phenomenon of consumption bursting has been questioned by many people.

"You have to study the shopping psychology of the owners, and the owners who are willing to pay huge sums of money do not care about paying more."

A real estate analyst told reporters frankly that in his view, most of the people who spend most of their money are successful people. They do not mind facing thousands of luxury tax in that area.

Remember the classic dialogue in big movie? "We do not sell the best in real estate and sell the best."

Such lines were unthinkable at that time, but now some of the dialogues have become portrayal of the Chinese concept of real consumption.

Betty, who works at Chanel store in the United Kingdom, told reporters that some wealthy people from mainland China did not ask which season was the latest item after entering the store, but asked "which is the most expensive".

"They seem to be accustomed to not buying the prettiest ones, but choosing the most expensive ones."

Betty said, "they (Chinese buyers) hardly care about the price, but they think the expensive is the best."

Zhang Dawei, a luxury car dealer, also believes that the real consumption tax on luxury goods will not be too great for consumers who buy cars.

Just like the Levy of large displacement vehicle consumption tax in 2008, it caused a collective price increase of large displacement cars at that time, but after the price increase, it also slowed down for several months.

Land Rover Jaguar dealer Lee told reporters frankly that people who can afford luxury cars will not care about this tax and fee. Nowadays, the price of a car on the market is several hundred thousand yuan.

"And the more rich people buy cars, the more luxurious and luxurious they are. The more they want to buy, the better they will be."

Mr. Li said.

Guo Fanli also believes that the collection of so-called

Although it is beneficial to the government, it has a hindrance to the masses of the country and the long-term development of the economy.

"Luxury tax is not a behavior of" robbing the rich and helping the poor ". Luxury tax will make higher income people pay higher expenses when they buy luxury goods, but poor people will not enjoy better welfare. A larger portion of luxury tax will be paid by the government as official expenses.

Guo Fanli said.