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The Ministry of Public Security of the Supreme Prosecutor's Office has formulated the minutes of the meeting on tax fraud on agricultural products, how to control the risk of agricultural export enter
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Can a tax-related offence with a sentence of ten years or more seek a suspended sentence through criminal compliance?
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Adjusting the incriminating provisions and raising the sentencing standards, what changes and risks will the judicial interpretation bring to the problem of false driving in the resources recycling in
The issuance and deduction of VAT special invoices are necessary matters for the production and operation of most enterprises. VAT invoices, as important legal documents for VAT input deduction, are the basis for the normal operation of the VAT chain and the realization of national tax collection. False invoicing has not only damaged the order of invoice management, but also caused the loss of national tax, and has become the key target of tax, public security and other departments for a long time. In the recent Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate tax-related crimes judicial interpretations and typical cases of the press conference, the Ministry of Public Security, Economic Crime Investigation Bureau, deputy director of the first level inspector Wu Di pointed out that in the past five years, the procuratorial organs to accept the examination and prosecution of cases of jeopardizing the administration of tax collection, the crime of fraudulent opening of special invoices for value-added tax accounted for about 80%. Wu Di also pointed out that precious metals, agricultural products, waste materials and other industries are the high incidence of fraudulent tax crimes in the field of renewable resources industry, for example, because of the inherent tax dilemma, renewable resources industry business model construction and invoicing the legitimacy of the existence of a number of disputes, the problem of false invoicing is prominent. This time, the judicial interpretation of the two high courts has made more changes to the crime of false invoicing of VAT and sentencing, and enterprises should pay attention to the changes in the risk of false invoicing brought by the judicial interpretation, adjust the business model in time and do a good job in compliance management. Based on the author's continuous research and agency experience in the field of false invoicing and the resources recycling industry, the author discusses the important revised clauses of the crime of false VAT invoices in the judicial interpretation of the two high courts and analyzes the changes and impacts on the enterprises in the resources recycling industry for the readers' reference.1046Views
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New tax-related judicial interpretations to combat "fake exports", new provisions or exacerbate the criminal risk of foreign trade enterprises transformed
The Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court of the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Endangering the Administration of Tax Revenue (Legal Interpretation [2024] No. 4, hereinafter referred to as the Judicial Interpretation of 2024), which was formally implemented on March 20, has made major modifications to the behavioral elements and sentencing standards for tax-related crimes, especially the crime of obtaining export tax refunds fraudulently. Compared with the previous judicial interpretations and judicial practice, the new judicial interpretation has added tax fraudulent means such as "fraudulent use of other people's goods for export" and "circular export", and deleted the controversial provision of "four self and three missing". Generally speaking, the new judicial interpretation has made the regulations for export enterprises more strict and the crackdown on tax fraud more vigorous, which has led to a sharp increase in the criminal risk of export enterprises, but it has also made it clear that the path of compliance for entity enterprises is lenient, and the majority of export enterprises, especially foreign trade enterprises, should pay great attention to it.1588Views
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Interpretation by Huashui: The latest judicial interpretation by the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on tax evasion provisions balancing leniency and severity
On March 18, 2024, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate announced the "Judicial Interpretation on Handling Criminal Cases Endangering Tax Collection and Management and Related Legal Issues." This interpretation made significant adjustments and modifications to the application rules of tax evasion offenses. The interpretations seamlessly integrate with the provisions of the Criminal Law regarding tax evasion, resolving the long-standing mismatch between judicial interpretations and criminal law provisions, and advancing to broaden the scope and targets of combating tax evasion. The interpretation adjusts the sentencing benchmarks for tax evasion offenses, clarifies the rule of pursuing criminal responsibility after administrative actions, raises the threshold for the criminalization of withholding obligors, highlighting a policy of balancing severity and leniency in criminal matters. While providing specific and clear guidelines for judicial practices concerning tax evasion offenses, certain updates in the interpretation, such as the denominator clause for taxable amounts, leave doubts, potentially increasing the criminal liability risks for taxpayers. This article will interpret in detail the provisions of tax evasion offenses in the judicial interpretations of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, analyze the legal application of tax evasion offenses, aiming to provide references for enterprises to prevent and respond to criminal risks related to tax evasion.1147Views
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Recovery of financial rebates, characterization of false driving? What will happen to renewable resources recycling enterprises under the strict investigation of illegal tax rebates?
Since this year, audit, taxation and other departments in the form of meetings or documents clearly to strictly investigate local investment in the form of tax-related violations, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Zhejiang and other places have also carried out remedial action to clean up undue interference in the market and subsidies or rebates linked to tax revenue. Due to the inherent source invoice dilemma of the industry, resources recycling industry mostly exists in the business operation mode relying on the financial rebate policy, recycling enterprises through the enjoyment of financial rebates to reduce the tax burden due to the impossibility of obtaining input invoices and the full amount of tax. Under the background of strict investigation of tax rebates, recycling enterprises applying the financial rebate policy are facing serious tax-related risks. This article analyzes the tax-related risks under this business model from the motivation for recycling enterprises to set up a trade chain in the park to enjoy the fiscal rebate, and further puts forward tax compliance suggestions for enterprises' reference.1580Views
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The Judicial Interpretation activates the crime of evading the recovery of tax arrears, and the criminal risk of tax defaulting enterprises threatens to explode
Under the influence of various economic factors both at home and abroad, some enterprises have defaulted on tax payment due to broken capital chain and tax non-compliance in the course of past operations. Many enterprises are struggling to maintain their business in the state of long-term tax arrears, and even the unlawful phenomenon of evading the recovery of tax arrears.2024 The Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Hazardous Tax Collection and Management promulgated by the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on March 18th filled in the performance of criminal acts of China's criminal law on the crime of evading the recovery of tax arrears and activated the crime that has long been dormant, and the enterprises in tax arrears are afraid of facing severe criminal liability risks. are afraid of facing serious criminal liability risks. This paper takes the interpretation of the provisions of the Judicial Interpretation of the crime as an entry point, and analyzes the boundaries between law and lawlessness, crime and non-crime of tax-default enterprises in combination with cases, with a view to providing reference for the enterprises to prevent and cope with criminal risks.1292Views
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With fictitious business and money flowing back, another spiritual work platform has been sentenced for fictitious opening!
Recently, a staff member of a flexible labor platform was found by the court to have committed the crimes of false VAT invoicing and false invoicing and was held criminally liable for accepting the instructions and arrangements of the platform and being responsible for docking with downstream companies and enterprises with invoicing needs to facilitate the business of false invoicing. With the development of flexible labor business in recent years, the urgency of tax compliance has become increasingly prominent. In practice, flexible labor platforms are often used as a tool for enterprises to make false invoices and evade taxes, with increasing risks. In view of this, this article takes this case as a guide and discusses issues such as insufficient inputs and common risky business of flexible labor platform for the benefit of readers.1102Views
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Case Analysis: How Shareholders Deal with Tax Disputes under the New Company Law?
Previously, Huatax published an article titled "Case Analysis: How Shareholders Ensure Tax Compliance under the New Company Law," which elaborated on how shareholders can manage tax compliance risks through tax consultation, tax health checks, self-audits, and dealing with tax inspections. With the further escalation of tax risks, tax authorities may impose penalties on shareholders, hold them administratively responsible, or even refer them to public security authorities for criminal liability. Shareholders not only face significant financial burdens but also the possibility of imprisonment. Therefore, resolving tax disputes through dispute resolution mechanisms has become a crucial concern for shareholders. This case will analyze how shareholders can effectively deal with tax disputes through administrative penalty hearings, administrative reviews, administrative litigation, and criminal litigation, thereby mitigating shareholder tax risks.1443Views
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Not Exceed the Principal Amount of Taxes
Recently, the latest People's Court case library made public a tax-related judicial decision case, the judgement made it clear that the tax late payment fee shall not exceed the amount of tax, which brought the long-disputed issue of whether the tax late payment fee can exceed the principal amount back to the public's field of view. There are views that the late payment fee is different in nature from that of the Administrative Compulsory Law, and that the provisions of the Tax Collection and Management Law should be applied, and that the judgement in this case is inappropriate. In view of this, this article intends to start from the case, analysing whether the tax penalty can exceed the principal for readers' reference.1000Views