Cross Border Electricity Supplier Import Tax Policy Will Be Pushed To The Whole Country.

Following the expansion of the cross-border electricity supplier comprehensive test area, cross-border electricity supplier import will usher in the state's key support policy.

Reporters recently learned from authoritative sources that the cross-border electricity import tax policy implemented in China's cross border electricity supplier import pilot cities will be pushed to the whole country. The relevant departments have reached an agreement, and the specific policies are expected to fall in the first half of the year.

With the increasing demand for imported goods by Chinese consumers, cross-border electricity providers will continue to develop rapidly in 2016. The total scale is expected to reach US $1 trillion, of which the retail of imported products will become a hot topic and there is still room for growth.

Journalists have learned that the adjustment of tax policies on cross-border electricity supplier import has already been in the process of deliberation. At present, departments have reached agreement. The relevant programmes have been heard: first, increase the support for cross-border electricity providers, push the tax policy of the pilot cities to the whole country, and implement a unified tax policy across the country; two, increase the three to 50% tax on the basis of the current postal tax rate, which is different from the current postal tax, and is different from the general trade tax. The level of tax rate is between two. This can not only reduce the difference, but also encourage the pformation of traditional import enterprises to the electricity supplier, and promote the cross-border electricity providers.

It is understood that at present, China's cross-border electricity retail imports, that is, B2C, is mainly divided into direct purchase, direct mail import and bonded imports, while bonded imports can only be implemented in 8 pilot cities such as Shanghai. At the same time, the import tax of the pilot cities is applicable to the mode of postal tax.

Bonded imports refer to the practice of cross-border electric business importers to build warehouses in the bonded area. First, they import goods into domestic bonded warehouses by means of general trade, and determine buyers through the electronic business platform. After the domestic consumers order, businesses send small package goods directly from bonded warehouses, which greatly saves costs and time, and is also more convenient for consumers.

According to the types of imported goods, customs offices currently collect 10%, 20%, 30% and 50% postal tax respectively.

Zhang Bin, a researcher at the financial and Strategic Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that the biggest difference between cross border electricity providers and general trade imports is that the general trade import should pay import value-added tax and customs duties, of which the import value-added tax is 17%.

The two tax is packaged together by mail tax. The postal tax of most goods is 10%, the tax burden is much lower than the general trade, and when the tax amount is less than 50 yuan, the customs is exempted from the relevant taxes and fees.

Relevant personages pointed out that the two main contents of the pilot were customs clearance and bonded import.

At present, some negative problems appear in the pilot: first, unfair competition. There is too much difference between the experimental area and the non pilot area, resulting in the unfair competition among regions.

In addition, the current postal tax will not only cause unfair tax burden between cross-border electricity providers and general trade, but also affect the domestic enterprises because of the different tax burden of imported goods and domestic products, resulting in unfair trade.

Two, the collection mode of postal tax has led to the loss of large amounts of tax revenue.

Zhang Li, deputy director of the E-commerce Research Department of the Ministry of Commerce, told reporters that at present, there is no clear tax collection policy for cross-border electricity suppliers.

The post tax is, after all, just a "trial product" or "Interim pitional product".

Cross border electricity supplier import tax policy to the whole country, reducing the differential treatment among all regions, forming a fair competition environment, it should be said that it is an inevitable trend.

She said that if a unified national tax collection and management mode for cross-border electricity suppliers was formed, then the cities with customs special supervision zones or bonded zones could adopt the mode of bonded imports, thus expanding coverage.

"Bonded import pilot has limitations after all, and the 8 pilot areas in logistics, inspection and quarantine and other aspects of the load has been larger."

Besides, there are now some places, especially commodities.

But with no pilot qualification, some can only import from the pilot area and then move in, thus pushing up the series of logistics and other costs.

Therefore, the national push is conducive to the full exploitation of consumption potential and cost reduction.

In addition, it is understood that many places have begun to layout cross-border imports, and have built bonded warehouses, but because of the lack of qualifications, many projects are stagnant.

"If a unified and stable tax policy is formed in the whole country, import tax can be stabilized, whether from pilot cities or non pilot cities, and local governments and enterprises can also safely layout the development of cross-border electricity providers."

Zhang Li said.

In addition, the current cross-border electricity supplier import pilot is mainly for B2C mode, B2B mode tax is basically in accordance with the traditional general trade mode.

In the future, if cross-border electricity providers are vigorously promoted, they should be further separated.

In general trade, the implementation of differentiated tax policy has a positive effect.

In her view, the future B2B import and export tax structure needs careful study to achieve the goal of promoting the import of high-tech products and enhancing the competitiveness of China's industry.

According to the Ministry of commerce data, the total volume of e-commerce pactions in 2015 will be close to 17 trillion yuan, an increase of about 27% over the same period last year. The retail sales volume of the network is close to 4 trillion yuan, an increase of about 39% over the same period last year.

At present, there are more than 20 cross-border electric business enterprises in China, with more than 5000 platform enterprises.

In the first half of 2015, China's cross-border e-commerce pactions totaled 2 trillion yuan, an increase of 42.8% over the same period, of which 15.2% accounted for 15.2% of imports and 84.8% of exports.

From the point of view of the commodity category of cross-border electricity providers, the top ones are mobile phones, mobile phone accessories, clothing, footwear, electronic products and so on.