China will further expand the range of consumption tax

Zhang Shaochun, vice minister of the Ministry of Finance of China, said on Tuesday (June 17) that the Ministry of Finance will continue to improve its tax policy, study further expanding the scope of taxation on consumption tax, and include some products that seriously pollute the environment or consume large amounts of resources into the scope of taxation; Tax reform plan and fuel tax, study the introduction of environmental taxes to increase energy conservation support.
Xinhua News Agency quoted him as saying that the Ministry of Finance will study and formulate relevant catalogues, allowing enterprises to deduct the input tax included in the newly purchased energy-saving emission reduction equipment in their sales tax, and study and formulate the use of crop stalks, The power and heat of bark residues, sludge, and other wastes are subject to the VAT rebate policy. At the same time, VAT first-hand retreat policies are applied to biodiesel produced from waste animal and vegetable oils to study the value-added of energy-saving lamps. Tax incentives.
At the same time, the Ministry of Finance will optimize the structure of fiscal expenditure, and vigorously support non-food bio-energy, wind power generation, solar photovoltaic power generation, straw energy utilization, and the application of renewable energy in large-scale construction applications; focus on supporting energy savings of 10,000 tons (including 1 10,000 tons of coal-fired industrial boilers (kilns) above the standard coal reform, waste heat and pressure utilization, saving and replacing petroleum, motor system energy saving and energy system optimization and other projects to implement energy-saving technological transformation.
The central government will also encourage the economically underdeveloped regions to phase out backward production capacity of 13 high-energy-consuming and high-polluting industries, such as electricity and ironmaking, and gradually establish a set of energy-efficient products including energy-saving lamps, air conditioners, refrigerators, automobiles, and buildings. The effective system for promotion of civil products; support for the formulation and revision of mandatory performance efficiency standards for air conditioners, televisions, microwave ovens, rice cookers and other products, and energy consumption limit standards for alumina, copper, lead, and zinc products.
In 2008, the central government allocated a special energy-saving emission reduction fund of 27 billion yuan, of which 12.5 billion yuan was used for energy conservation.

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