Double Standard Environmental Pollution Tax

Recently, the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council issued "

(Draft), the draft stipulates that the environmental protection tax should be doubled if the pollutants exceed the standard and exceed the total amount, and the maximum amount to be doubled is three times that of the local applicable tax standard.

No environmental charges will be imposed on the collection of environmental taxes according to the provisions of the environmental protection tax law.

The tax standard stipulated in the draft is basically the same as the current standard of sewage charges.

All parts of the country can appropriately float the applicable tax amount of taxable pollutants on the prescribed tax standard and submit them to the State Council for record.

The object of environmental tax is divided into four categories: air pollutants, water pollutants, solid waste and noise.

The scope of collection of air pollutants and water pollutants should be up to three items according to the type of pollutants from each discharge port from large to small, of which five are heavy metal pollutants.

All localities can be based on the local area.

The special needs of emission reduction will increase the number of taxable pollutants that levy environmental taxes on the same outlet.

The draft regulations stipulate that the environmental protection tax should be doubled if the pollutants exceed the standard or exceed the total amount. If the pollutant discharge concentration exceeds the standard or is higher than the total emission quota, it shall be calculated according to the two times the local applicable tax standard. If the pollutant concentration exceeds the standard and exceeds the total amount, it shall be calculated according to the three times the local applicable tax standard.

If the tax authorities and environmental protection departments and staff members violate the provisions of this Law and cause heavy losses, they shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the law of the People's Republic of China on tax collection and administration, the law of the People's Republic of China on environmental protection and the relevant laws and regulations.

Reporters learned that, according to the tax law, failing to apply for tax registration in accordance with the prescribed time limit, and changing or canceling the registration, a fine of less than two thousand yuan shall be imposed. If the circumstances are serious, a fine of not less than two thousand yuan and ten thousand yuan shall be imposed.

The environmental protection law also provides clear penalties for all kinds of illegal sewage disposal.