April 1st was the first day of the first levy of environmental protection tax. According to news from CCTV, in the morning, the Shanghai Pudong New Area Taxation Bureau issued China's first environmental protection tax stamp.
According to another report, the financial staff of BASF New Materials Co., Ltd. received the first environmental protection tax stamp from the staff of the Shanghai Pudong New Area Taxation Bureau. This is also the country's first environmental protection tax stamp.
Financial staff of BASF New Materials Co., Ltd. said: 'Our company mainly develops and produces new materials for the automotive, construction, high-speed rail and other industries. After the environmental protection fee is changed to tax, because the pollutant emission is lower than the national standard, we enjoy tax benefits. More than 9,400 yuan was paid, and nearly 600 yuan was reduced. The actual tax paid was over 8,800 yuan. Tax incentives have further enhanced our incentive to optimize production processes, reduce pollutant emissions, and improve the efficiency of environmental protection facilities.
The "Environmental Protection Tax Law of the People's Republic of China" came into effect on January 1 this year, replacing the polluting system that has been in effect for nearly 40 years. The object of taxation is air pollutants, water pollutants, solid waste and noise. Pollutants: Taxpayers are enterprises and institutions that directly emit taxable pollutants to the environment and other producers and operators. Environmental taxes are applied on a quarterly basis. The first signing period is from April 1 to April 18.
At present, tax authorities across the country have identified and identified more than 260,000 taxpayers of environmental protection taxes and implemented the model of tax collection and management of 'business declaration, taxation, environmental monitoring, and information sharing'. The first environmental tax stamp was issued, marking the environment The protection tax is implemented smoothly throughout the country, and through the use of taxation levers to guide the pollutant discharge units to reduce pollutant emissions, protect and improve the environment and promote the construction of ecological civilization.
The collection and management of environmental protection taxes can be learned without any ready-made experience. From the implementation of taxation policies to the operation of tax returns, and the monitoring and management of later periods, they all face new challenges. The environmental protection tax law emphasizes the main responsibilities of enterprises. It is common for companies to worry about the issue of tax declarations, the calculation of pollutant emissions and the correctness of tax returns.
According to Yan Qing, Director of the Property and Behavior Tax Division of the Shanghai Municipal Taxation Bureau, in order to achieve a smooth transition from the sewage charges system to the environmental protection tax system, the Shanghai Municipal Taxation Bureau has done a lot of detailed preparations in conjunction with the Municipal Bureau of Finance and the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau. , Achieved the departmental cooperation mechanism, the collection and management of supporting systems, the construction of the collection and management system, the collection of taxpayer pollution source information, and the promotion of training and counseling in the 'five places'.