Research on The System of Chinese Cosmetic Consumption Tax

With the continuous improvement of people＇s income level,cosmetic industry developes rapidly in China.The author carried out a research on the current consumption tax policy of cosmetics,taking the increasingly serious consumption spillover phenomenon as the breakthrough point and found that there are some problems in the tax rate and the way of collection. The author also expounded the necessity of the reform of the consumption tax from several aspects.First, consumption spillover causes crime and fake products damage consumers＇ interests.Second, the loss of financial revenue and the general trend of economic globalization require the reform of tax policy.

A Brief Discussion on Consumption Tax Planning

Consumption tax is calibrated within the price.The amount of consumption tax will directly affect the profits of enterprises.On a law-abiding premise,it is crucial to plan the consumption tax,reduce the burden of consumption tax,and increase the profits of enterprises.This article proposes several consumption tax planning strategies and methods to provide reference for taxpayers from three aspects:the scope of tax collection,the basis of tax calculation,and the tax rate.

Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages in China:By volume or sugar content? A consumer welfare approach

Using scanner data on the consumption of packaged liquid beverages by Chinese urban households,we estimated the price elasticity of various beverages and compared the effects of volume-based versus sugar-content-based taxation strategies on consumer welfare.Compared to the volume-based tax,the sugar-content-based beverage tax was predicted to cost less in compensating variation under the same amount of sugar reduced,indicating that taxation based on sugar content may be more efficient in preserving consumer welfare.Further comparison across different socioeconomic groups reveals that,given current beverage consumption status in China,the efficiency advantage of the sugar-content-based taxation strategy is more pronounced than that of the volume-based taxation.Our conclusions can provide insights for the food industry and the government to reduce the sugar content in beverages.

Consumption Tax Reform in Accelerating the Establishment of a New Development Paradigm

Accelerating the establishment of a new development paradigm in which domestic and overseas markets reinforce each other,with the domestic market as the mainstay,has posed new requirements for deepening the consumption tax reform.Therefore,we need to focus on accelerating the establishment of a new development paradigm,combined with the establishment of a modern fiscal and tax system and tax attributes,and make effective institutional arrangements for comprehensively promoting consumption,expanding domestic demand and then forming a strong domestic market.It is meaningful to reduce tax on consumer goods involved in upgrading consumption to meet people’s needs for a better life and to raise tax on high energy-consuming,highly polluting and unhealthy consumer goods to enhance the regulatory role of consumption tax and to promote the overall optimization and upgrading of the industrial structure.The revenue of consumption tax on key tax items(categories)should belong to the central government to facilitate the smooth flow of the economic circulation.

Is a Luxury Goods Consumption Tax Useful?

U.S. management consultancy firm Bain& Company has released a report showing in 2009 China’s luxury goods market swelled by nearly 12 percent, reaching $9.6 billion and accounting

Brief analysis on value-added tax transformation and its influence on enterprises

From Jan. 1st, 2009, the value-added tax transformation will be performed in all industries around the country. Based on value-added tax types and retrospection of reform practices, this article analyzes the background of the national value-added tax transformation and points out the influence of full implementation of the value-added tax transformation on various enterprises.