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Spotlight: Six highlights of China's tax reform in 2022
Tax issues are related to the immediate interests of taxpayers, and tax reform implies the redistribution and adjustment of interests. From the perspective of comprehensive data, this year's tax reform is reflected in a series of dividend policies through the gradual implementation of the principle of tax law, the promulgation of tax cuts and fee reductions to benefit enterprises and the public, further optimization of various taxes, and the collaborative development of various regions, etc. Through these policies, the burden of market entities has been reduced, and confidence in enterprise investment and development has been strengthened, and the dividends of the reform have injected new kinetic energy into the market entities and economic development.2016ViewsNov. 21, 2023, 10:24 a.m. -
2022 Tax Legislation Inventory and Tax Legislation Outlook of 2023
Taxation is related to the distribution of wealth and the livelihood of the nation, so the basic system of taxation is a matter of legislative reserve. For some time in the past, due to insufficient tax practice, the legislature authorized the State Council to formulate all kinds of temporary regulations on taxation in the form of enabling legislation. With the continuous improvement of China's legal system, strengthening the tax legislation has become the right thing to do. The Opinions on Further Deepening the Reform of Tax Collection and Administration issued by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council also explicitly require "the full implementation of the principle of tax legislation, and accelerate the promotion of the existing temporary regulations on taxation into law." This article takes stock of the various tax legislation activities in 2022 and looks forward to the tax legislation in 2023.2280ViewsNov. 21, 2023, 10:06 a.m. -
Why the transportation industry repeatedly issued a large case of false opening? Explaining the Nine Major Tax-Related Risks Around the Quadripartite Subjects
China's road transportation business has prospered with the development of the national unified market, and the long-distance transportation of bulk commodities across the region has provided the basis for enterprises to develop business for a broader market. However, the prosperity of the road transportation business has not changed the pattern of the industry, which is dominated by individual drivers, and a large number of subcontracting of the transportation business has brought uncontrollable risks, and the problem of non-invoicing by individual drivers has always been troubling transportation companies and network freight platforms, which are located in the middle of the chain, so that the tax risk of the transportation industry is severe. In recent years, network freight platforms have been mined, transportation companies have been mined, and a large number of invoiced parties have been implicated, with huge amounts of money and wide implications. In view of this, we analyze the sources of tax-related risks of the four parties from the perspectives of network freight platforms, transportation companies, individual drivers, and shippers, and put forward the key points of tax compliance for readers' reference in business compliance.3823ViewsNov. 21, 2023, 9:57 a.m. -
Statistics on Administrative Review and Litigation Cases of the Ministry of Justice in the Last Three Years from the Perspective of Tax-Related Dispute Resolution
With the deepening of China's comprehensive construction of the rule of law, the gradual enhancement of the awareness of civil rights, as well as the diversification and complexity of the economy and society, the administrative capacity of China's administrative organs at all levels has put forward higher standards and requirements, and all kinds of administrative disputes have begun to be resolved on the track of the rule of law. Dispute resolution mechanism is an important part of the national governance system, perfect and good administrative dispute resolution mechanism can effectively resolve administrative disputes and disputes, ease the contradiction between the relative and the administrative organs, and realize fairness and justice. In all kinds of administrative dispute resolution mechanism, administrative reconsideration is the most important channel to resolve administrative disputes, and administrative litigation system is the "last line of defense" for administrative dispute resolution. This paper analyzes and looks forward to the reconsideration and litigation of tax administrative cases by summarizing and observing the statistical data of administrative reconsideration and administrative litigation cases nationwide during the three-year period of 2019-2021 announced by the Ministry of Justice.2005ViewsNov. 21, 2023, 9:50 a.m. -
Case Study: Analyzing the Five Major Tax Risks of Invoicing
Invoice is an important document to prove the real occurrence of economic activities. For the purchaser of goods or services, invoice is the statutory pre-tax deduction document for enterprise income tax, and VAT special invoice is the basis for VAT input deduction. Under the business forms of flexible employment and individual transportation, individuals, as providers of goods or services, usually need to apply to the tax bureau for issuing invoices on behalf of others in order to obtain invoices that meet the requirements of the purchasers and to ensure the smooth development of the transactions. In practice, due to the large number of invoices, the tax authorities will not review the application for invoicing in a substantive and comprehensive manner, which has given rise to illegal phenomena such as invoicing for fictitious business, and there are many risks for both the individuals applying for invoicing and the enterprises receiving the invoices. This paper takes the conditions of individual application for invoicing as an entry point, and further analyzes five common tax-related risks of invoicing for reference.2418ViewsNov. 21, 2023, 9:41 a.m. -
Power industry tax audits tighten, four major tax-related risks should be concerned about
As a national pillar industry, the electric power industry plays an important role in economic construction, social development, financial taxation and national defense construction, etc. However, at the same time, factors such as heavy taxes and low profits objectively restrict the healthy development of electric power enterprises. Due to the insufficient acquisition of front-end VAT credit vouchers and other reasons, the VAT tax burden of electric power enterprises is heavy. As for enterprise income tax, incomplete cost vouchers in the process of raw material procurement lead to the corresponding costs not being able to be deducted normally, which in turn leads to the increase in enterprise income tax burden. In addition to the two major taxes mentioned above, power enterprises are highly susceptible to tax-related risks either due to inaccurate application of tax incentives or lack of necessary understanding of minor taxes such as environmental protection tax. This article is intended to reveal the possible tax-related risks faced by the electric power industry in order to alert the relevant taxpayers so as not to fall into legal risks.2475ViewsNov. 21, 2023, 9:32 a.m. -
Eleven departments jointly issued a document! Explaining the five major tax-related risks facing the medical beauty industry under strong regulation
On May 4, 2023, a total of eleven departments, including the General Administration of Market Supervision, the General Administration of Taxation, the General Administration of Customs, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Prosecutor and other departments, jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Further Strengthening the Supervision of the Medical Cosmetology Industry" (State Municipal Supervision and Cantonal Administration of the State Council 〔2023〕 No. 22), whose purpose is to strengthen the collaboration between the departments and to establish a cross-departmental mechanism for the comprehensive supervision and enforcement of the work. Compared to the eleven departments previously jointly issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Comprehensive Supervision and Law Enforcement of Medical Beauty" (State Health Office Supervision and Development [2020] No. 4) emphasizes the departmental responsibilities, but also emphasizes the departmental cooperation, in particular, the discovery of clues of violations of the law if it involves the supervision and responsibility of multiple departments, should be carried out to collaborate in the verification of the disposal, which means that there will be a "Tax + Police This means that there will be a situation of "tax+police", "tax+health", "tax+municipal supervision" and other joint law enforcement. Since the medical beauty industry has long been the hardest hit by tax-related violations, and even some listed enterprises may have tax evasion or false invoicing, the medical beauty industry must strengthen its own compliance construction under the strong regulation. This article summarizes the common tax-related risks of medical beauty enterprises in practice, and puts forward targeted compliance suggestions for the readers.3486ViewsNov. 21, 2023, 9:30 a.m. -
High-income people income planning cause tax audit? Analyzing 7 Tax Risks by Case
Previously, Huatax has summarized the main risks of high-income people under the current tax-related regulation in the article "An Overview: What Tax-Related Risks for High-Income People Due to the Strict Regulation of Taxation? In the previous article, Huatax summarized the main risks of high-income people under the current tax-related regulation; and systematically elaborated the tax risks that high-income people may incur due to the transfer of equity through the article "Case Analysis: Five Types of Common Tax-Related Risks of Equity Transfer of High-Income People"; in this article, we will continue to explore the tax-related risks of high-income people, and reveal the risks behind the planning of their incomes through the analysis of cases for the benefit of the readers.1439ViewsNov. 21, 2023, 9:12 a.m.