Events: Meng of China General Administration of Customs heavyweight media: self-serving behavior of the coun
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From the China General Administration of Customs issued Announcement No. 54 of 2010, several months have passed, but questioned the announcement has still continued fermentation. Xinhua News Agency-owned "International Herald Tribune" recently commented that the General Administration of Customs into the self-serving behavior threatens to lose the trust of the national situation. Similarly, organized by the People's Daily, "China Economic Weekly" is also the latest issue of the reasonableness of notice expressed great concern.
The notice provides that residents entering the country to carry passengers beyond the 5,000 yuan entry articles for personal use by the Customs examination indeed use; entry to be non-residents to carry passengers to remain in China's entry articles for personal use in excess of 2000 yuan , the customs of the excess entry articles for personal use tax, individual items on the indivisible, the full tax. This has aroused great repercussion in the Mainland, especially about 4,000 yuan 5,000 yuan iPad notebook prices by thousands of tax collection, a considerable response.
"International Herald Tribune," said the General Administration of Customs announced a piece of paper, so that this sector will be the management, taxation of benefits, allows the Ministry of Commerce, and even the Chinese government has been accused of taking the risk to lose people. Moreover, this practice "for central discount on the goodwill of the Hong Kong SAR, which is also Zhigu based self-interest, regardless of country acts great faith in the self-interest."
The article pointed out, the Department is the country's symbol of a country should keep its promise to _set_ an example weight, the Customs Department in the event iPad attitude and practice on the really regrettable. Even more frustrating is that, to date, the Customs General Administration of such initiatives not only lose the trust did not show the slightest remorse, and have actually righteous, often taking the offensive.
Some analysts said the General Administration of Customs subject to such "treatment" with the development of the "game rules" did not pass the evaluation of people a great relationship. "Beijing Evening News" report, widely criticized for the iPad tax issues, responded that the General Administration of Customs, iPad 5000 yuan in tax payment and reasonable price, mainly for the convenience of visitors, improve administrative efficiency and passenger clearance time. This can not be convincingly explained, was the dissatisfaction of many users.
Some netizens said: "The home visit, bring their own items for personal use have to pay taxes, it called for personal use? Can we just returned from abroad, more like you just naked?"
"China Economic Weekly" were trying to explore the General Administration of Customs of the iPad the rationality and legitimacy of taxation.
Ministry of Commerce had previously taxation issues to the General Administration of Customs iPad sent a consultation letter that the iPad Customs import duties collected 1,000 yuan inconsistent with WTO rules, while 20% rate is too high, iPad dutiable value was overestimated. But "a few days, the Commerce Department to change the tone." Revealed in a speech challenged the article.
The article also pointed to instances of more than General Administration of Customs Decree No. 54, sweeping a lot of people overseas goods "are injured." |
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