Water resources tax and water fee will become more expensive?

On the 26th, Xu Guoqiao, a first-level inspector of the Taxation Department of the Ministry of Finance, voted to pass the Resource Tax Law at the closing meeting of the 12th Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress. Xu Guoqiao, a first-level inspector of the Taxation Department of the Ministry of Finance, said that the Fee-to-tax reform for water resources pilot projects was a levy on units and individuals that used At the press conference held on the 26th, a reporter asked us that we found that the resource tax law has clarified the pilot issue of water resources tax, and also mentioned that if water resources tax is levied, water resources fees will be suspended. What's the difference between the two? For ordinary families, do you worry that water will be more expensive?

Xu Guoqiao introduced that it has been more than three years since the pilot reform of water resources tax was implemented in Hebei Province in 2016. This tax law incorporates the relevant provisions of water resources tax reform into the provisions of the tax law and makes clear provisions. From December 2017, the pilot work was expanded to nine provinces, mainly in several areas where water shortage is serious, including Beijing, Tianjin and other nine provinces, that is, areas where water shortage is serious in North China.

Xu Guoqiao pointed out that the Fee-to-tax reform for water resources pilot projects is a levy on units and individuals that use surface water and groundwater. In the area of groundwater overexploitation, the higher tax rate is applied to the special industry to take groundwater and overdrawn water, and the normal water for production and living is maintained at the original burden level. From the implementation of the pilot project, the overall situation is stable and orderly, the collection and management is relatively smooth, and the role of tax regulation is gradually showing. It is mainly to strengthen taxpayers'awareness of water saving, restrain the overexploitation of groundwater, force high water-consuming enterprises to save water and improve the efficiency of water use. For individuals, the burden has not increased.

Xu Guoqiao said that considering that the reform of water resources tax is at the pilot stage, the taxation system needs to be explored and improved through pilot projects, and the conditions for Levying Water Resources tax directly in the law are not mature at present. In order to ensure that the pilot work of water resources tax reform is in accordance with the law, the Resource Tax Law authorizes the State Council to carry out water resources tax reform. Pilot leathers. Next, we will fully consider the water resources situation, types of water use and social development level differences in different regions, improve the water resources tax system, and report to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in accordance with the provisions of the Tax Law, and put forward suggestions for revision.