An Assessment of China's New Round of Reform of the Fiscal and Taxation Systems

Based on the Decisions of the CPC Central Committee on Some Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Reforms and the Overall Plan on Deepening Fiscal and Tax Reforms, this paper presents a systematic assessment of the progress of China's new round of fiscal and tax reforms from November 2013 to October 2016 with the following findings. Reform of the budgetary management system has yielded initial results yet remains in the preliminary stage. While progress has been made in reforming indirect taxes, the reform of direct taxes is slow and presents a major obstacle. Despite breakthroughs, the progress of public finance reforms remains slow and impedes reforms on other fronts. Fiscal and tax reforms are uneven and should be implemented in coordination. Fiscal and tax reforms should more vigorously support overall reforms.

A Brief Analysis about the Public Property Attribute of the Fiscal and Taxation Law

From the date of birth, the fiscal and taxation law in China is always rooted in Chinese land, Chinese resources and aimed at solving Chinese problem.As a famous scholar on the fiscal and taxation law professor Jianwen liu once said： ＂the fiscal and taxation law is a very important law, it not only involves the entire country macro economic operation but also involves the interests of families and everyone＇s interests.＂This article will combine professor Jianwen Liu＇ s research results in the past two years, from the view of the field of law to discuss why the fiscal and taxation law known as public property.

Reforms on China＇s Fiscal System and Its Impact on Local Government Behavior

The fiscal system is an important part of national economic management and deals with the division of financial responsibility and power, regulates and defines the fiscal activities among different levels of governments. The changes in economic system and economic structure decide the changes of fiscal function and fiscal structure, which results in the changes in intergovernmental distribution form and local government behavior. This paper takes a look at the stages of China＇s fiscal reform process and the impacts on local government behavior, and tries to find measures for perfecting the fiscal system reform to optimize local government behavior and guarantee a healthy national economy.

CHINA'S REGIONAL DISPARITY IN 1981-2000:OPENNESS AND DEVELOPMENT OF NON-STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES AND FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION

While China's economic growth has been impressive since 1978, regional disparity in terms of provincial per capita GDP has been increasing. On the other hand, this rapid but uneven growth was accompanied by China's deepening openness and structural reforms including the development of non-state-owned enterprises (non-SOEs) and fiscal decentralization. Based on quantitative analyses, this paper tries to explore the features of regional disparity in China and the relationships between regional growth and China's openness and economic structure reforms in the period from 1981 to 2000. The paper finds that the catching-up of the coastal region to the initially rich provinces, which are mainly located in inland areas, brought about a convergence of the growth pattern across provinces in the 1980s.The subsequent divergence in the provincial growth rates between the coast and the interior generated an enlarging regional disparity in China in the 1990s. The ever-faster growth in the coastal region was benefited by China's openness and the development of non-state-owned enterprises. The development of non-state-owned enterprises underlies the higher operational efficiency in the coastal region. Additionally, with the insignificant regression results, fiscal decentralization was observed to facilitate faster growth in the coast region. The findings justify the initiative of the 'West Region Development Strategy' and offer some policy implications for China.

Taxpayers Fraudulent Behavior Modeling The Use of Datamining in Fiscal Fraud Detecting Moroccan Case

The fraudulent behavior of taxpayers impacts negatively the resources available to finance public services. It creates distortions of competition and inequality, harming honest taxpayers. Such behavior requires the government intervention to bring order and establish a fiscal justice. This study emphasizes the determination of the interactions linking taxpayers with tax authorities. We try to see how fiscal audit can influence taxpayers’ fraudulent behavior. First of all, we present a theoretical study of a model pre established by other authors. We have released some conditions of this model and we have introduced a new parameter reflecting the efficiency of tax control;we found that the efficiency of a fiscal control have an important effect on these interactions. Basing on the fact that the detection of fraudulent taxpayers is the most difficult step in fiscal control, We established a new approach using DATA MINING process in order to improve fiscal control efficiency. We found results that reflect fairly the conduct of taxpayers that we have tested based on actual statistics. The results are reliable.

The Centenary of the CPC:Exploration and Improvement of Central-Local Economic Relationship

Decentralization is a global phenomenon,but growth is not.The economic relationship between central and local governments is an important yet unresolved question in China’s economic development.As a large country with unbalanced political and economic development,China is faced with unbalanced and inadequate development as the primary constraint to meeting people’s ever-growing needs for a better life.The Communist Party of China(CPC)has been exploring to mobilize the initiatives of both central and local governments.During the planned economy era,China experienced a few rounds of centralization of economic powers but failed to strike a balance in maximizing the initiatives of both central and local governments.After the reform and opening up policy enacted in 1978,China’s central and local governments have succeeded in combining economic decentralization with administrative decentralization.China’s central government,local governments and enterprises have become resource allocation entities.China’s economic growth miracle has been driven by promoting the initiatives of central and local governments.Entering the new era,the central-local economic relationship represents an institutional strength of concentrating resources to accomplish great undertakings and leveraging the initiatives of both central and local governments.With the principal contradiction facing China’s development shifted into one between people’s growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development,the management of central and local government relationship has taken on greater theoretical significance and salient implications in the new era.

A study on fiscal and taxation policies for ecological compensation

It is pointed out that it is necessary to speed up the reform of ecological civilization system, promote green development and build a strategic plan for China. Ecological compensation is a management measure that regulates the balanced development of economy and ecological environment, and fiscal policy is an important means in ecological compensation. Based on the fiscal and taxation policies of ecological compensation, this paper draws on the current situation and existing problems of current ecological compensation machine in China from three aspects: fiscal expenditure, tax policy and charging policy, based on various theories of ecological compensation taxation policy at home and abroad. In the end, it makes relevant policy recommendations.

Economic Reform and Changes in Regional Development Patterns of China

<Abstract>The thesis profiles and explains the significant changes that have taken place in China's regional development patterns since the inception of its economic reform and opening three decades ago.The analysis show that prior to the reform China's spatial development pattern was characterized by the dominance of the three municipalities and the Northeast,as well as by both the coast-interior and the north-south disparities.After three decades of reform,regional development has become multi-centered with South China,the Yangtze Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin area being the three most important regions of the country.The coastal provinces as a whole rose to prominence on China's economic map while the Northeast has diminished its clout.The coast-interior gap not only remains but may have widened. And especially in the latest ten years,the economic map continue changing,some provinces rose up quickly,while some declined rapidly.The paper discusses main specific factors that have reshaped China's spatial development patterns.

Finance Minister Liu on Taxation System Reform in China

The new taxation system has beenoperated smoothly and its positiveresults have become evident since Chinacarried out the reform of the taxation systemin 1994.This was said by Mr.Liu Zhongli,Finance Minister and Director-General ofthe State Administration of Taxation at apress conference recently.The new taxationsystem brought RMB100 billion more to theTreasury in 1994,and the figure is expectedto be bigger in 1995,he disclosed. The minister said that the state hasadopted an appropriately tight financial

Fiscal and Tax Policy Research on Promoting Energy Transition in China under the"Dual Carbon"Goal

The"Dual Carbon"Goal is one of the critical strategic tasks in China's new stage of development,and fiscal and tax policies play an essential role in promoting the"dual carbon target"process.Currently,China's fiscal and taxation policies to encourage the realization of the"dual carbon"target are faced with problems such as the lack of budgetary and tax regulation means and the lack of investment in the energy conservation industry.Throughout the mature experience of Britain,the United States,Japan,and other countries,although different,they all chose to levy carbon tax and tax incentives as the path to promote energy transformation.To further encourage energy conversion,China can choose to establish a carbon tax mechanism and promote and improve low-carbon preferential policies and other diversified fiscal and tax policies.

Research on Optimizing the Tax Business Environment - Taking Shunde Taxation Bureau's Innovation Reform as an Example

Since 2013,optimizing the business environment has become China's national strategy.In recent years,the Party and the government have continuously introduced a series of new measures such as the'"streamline administration,delegate power,strengthen regulation,and improve services55 reform to promote the continuous optimization of the business environment.As an important part of the business environment,the tax business environment is of great significance to improve the business environment and promote economic development.By analyzing the current situation of the tax business environment in China,this article discusses the existing problems in the process of optimizing tax business environment in China.Taking Shunde Taxation Bureau's innovative reform of tax business environment optimization as an example,this article introduces the practical innovation and promotion of optimizing tax business environment from four aspects:promoting convenience,digitalization,legalization,and intensive reform,in order to provide relevant experience for the optimization of tax business environment in other areas of China.

Roadmap for China's fiscal and tax reform

China’s tax and fiscal reform will continue to advance on the course of public finance rapidly in the coming decade, andbecome the forerunner of reform and socioeconomic development.In the coming years, the reform will focus on threethemes: the fiscal and tax system, policies, and administration.The key element is to develop a fiscal and tax systemthat allocates compatible financial resources and administrative power to various levels of government.Fiscal and taxpolicies will play a critical role in transforming China’s economic growth pattern.To accomplish these goals, Chinaneeds a scientific and refined fiscal administration.These elements will form a system of great synergy.

China’s internal and external economic imbalances and fiscal reform

China’s ballooning current account surplus has caused a plethora of adverse effects on the healthy development of its economy.Based on an in-depth analysis of the contributory factors to the swelling current account surplus,this paper purports to demonstrate theoretically and empirically that while the chronic savings-consumption imbalance is an important contributor to China’s huge trade surplus,the fundamental underlying contributor is the income structure and savings structure imbalance stemming from the disproportionate increase in retained earnings relative to stagnant wage bills.Corporate retained earnings keep growing rapidly because corporate profit margins are"overstated"and state-owned enterprises"do not pay dividends."Only when these issues are resolved at the institutional level can the savings rate be reduced to an appropriate level with domestic demand boosted to eliminate excess trade surpluses and fundamentally fix internal and external economic imbalances.

Oil and Gas Policies in the World’s Major Countries

Revolutionary adjustments were made to the global energy structure in 2017.For the first time,OPEC cooperated with non-OPEC countries to reach an agreement on production curtailment in order to stabilize the oil and gas market.On the one hand,host countries have introduced various fiscal and tax incentive policies to attract investment in the oil and gas industry;on the other,the lack of fiscal revenue has been made up for and the low-carbon environmental protection policy supported by imposing a value-added tax and environmental protection tax.Major consumers have introduced a timetable for the sales prohibition of fuel vehicles and supported the development of new energy vehicles with fiscal and taxation policies.However,from the perspective of the full life cycle,the promotion of electric vehicles is only conducive to partially improving the environment and is not the optimal choice for national energy structure optimization.Electric vehicles will have real significance for environmental protection only after clean electric power is solved.As such,implementing the sales prohibition of fuel vehicles with administrative power goes against market discipline.

Sustainability of China＇s Tax Revenue Growth： Experience and Prospect

This paper summarizes the main characteristics of China＇s tax revenue growth during the period of 1994-2010, and probes the causes behind the sustained and rapid growth of China＇s taxation from its sources including the fiscal and taxation system, and tax collection mechanisms. Additionally, the author lists the major challenges confronting China＇s sustainable tax growth during the ＂12th Five-Year Plan ＂period （2011-2015）, for example, slowed growth in sources of taxation, a mismatched tax system, lagging reform in fiscal structure and the management system, and restrictions in tax collection and administration capacity. The author proposes the following suggestions： 1） a structural taxation reform should be carried out to promote sustainable economic growth and a change in development model, thereby consolidating the source base of taxation; 2） to consolidate the fiscal and taxation system through taxes and fees reform, standardizing the government budget, advancing reform in the tax-sharing system, and optimizing fiscal expenditure; and 3） to strengthen tax collection mechanisms by promoting taxation by law, implementing comprehensive taxation administration in the government, and improving the tax collection capacity.

新一轮财税体制改革的目标:建立健全中国式现代财政制度

谋划新一轮财税体制改革,已经在紧锣密鼓地推进。本文拟在理解新一轮财税体制改革的基础上,围绕财政管理体制、税制和预算制度三个方面阐述新一轮财税体制改革的目标。总体来看,新一轮财税体制改革的目标是建立健全中国式现代财政制度。具体来看,建立健全中国式现代财政制度包括建立健全中国式分税制财政管理体制、建立健全中国式现代税制和建立健全中国式现代预算制度。新一轮财税体制改革应该能够较好地落实“财政是国家治理的基础和重要支柱”的定位要求,推动中国式现代财政制度的建立健全。

以政府间事权划分为统领谋划推进新一轮财税体制改革

党的十八大以来,中国财税体制改革取得了巨大进展,但距离建立现代财税体制要求仍有差距。未从根本上理顺中央与地方政府事权、事责关系,以及由此产生的政府间事权和支出责任不相适应、政府间事权和财力不相匹配问题,是影响中国财税体制改革纵深推进的核心因素。谋划新一轮财税体制改革,亟须以推进政府间事权划分为统领,在明晰划分和配置政府间事权、事责、支出责任的基础上,建立现代财政制度,为加快中国式现代化进程提供财政支撑。

加快发展新质生产力的财政力量

加快发展新质生产力,是扎实推进高质量发展的要求,是推动中国式现代化的必由之路。加快发展新质生产力,需要准确把握新质生产力概念和新理念。加快发展新质生产力需要注意的主要问题包括:做到传统生产力和新质生产力的有机结合;处理好产学研关系;处理好市场与政府的关系;正确处理好短期和中长期的关系;立足各地不同的基础条件;全面深化改革开放。加快发展新质生产力,关键在科技创新。文章从企业科技创新、人才政策和教育发展三个方面分析了加快发展新质生产力的财政力量。

以改革试点推动全局财税体制改革

当前财税体制改革的复杂性和艰巨性远远超过之前的改革,这对新一轮财税体制改革提出了很大的挑战。因此,应以改革试点为先导,这既可以发挥地方政府的主观能动性,探索最优改革路径,又可以降低改革风险。本文总结了需要改革且适合试点的领域:税收分享体系改革试点、地方财政收入结构改革试点、分类转移支付改革试点、事权和支出责任改革试点、横向政府间事权合作改革试点、预算编制改革试点、预算透明公开改革试点、地方债改革试点。这些均涉及当前财税体制改革的核心问题,也是财税领域长期未解决的问题,因而可以通过试点探索全局性改革方案。同时,改革试点应建立有效沟通机制,确定各方参与和协调,坚持中央统一领导和行政主导,赋予地方政府一定的探索权,共同促进财税体制改革。

税收营商环境优化与企业全要素生产率——来自税务系统“放管服”改革的经验证据

优化税收营商环境不仅是提高企业生产效率和推动企业转型升级的重要战略举措,而且对实现经济高质量发展具有十分重要的现实意义。本文基于2013—2020年A股上市公司数据,并借助税务系统“放管服”改革试点这一准自然实验,构建多期双重差分模型,实证考察了税收营商环境优化对企业全要素生产率的影响。研究表明,税务系统“放管服”改革对企业全要素生产率具有显著的正向影响,且该结论经过一系列稳健性检验依然成立。机制检验结果显示,税收营商环境优化主要是通过降低交易成本水平、提升资源配置效率以及鼓励技术创新来提高企业全要素生产率。异质性分析表明,对于中西部地区企业、非国有企业、环境不确定性高企业和成熟期企业,税收营商环境优化对企业全要素生产率的促进作用相对更加突出。随后的进一步分析表明,税收营商环境优化在提升企业全要素生产率的同时显著促进了企业经营规模扩大和产业链扩张。本文以上研究结论不仅能使我们更好地认识税收营商环境优化的经济效应,更是为培育有利于激发市场主体活力及推动企业提质增效的税收营商环境提供了经验证据与有益启示。