The Impact of the ＂Replace the Business Tax with VAT＂ on the Enterprises Tax Burden

Since 2012, China has started to carry out pilot work on ＂Replace the Business Tax with VAT＂ in Shanghai, and in the same year expanded the scope of implementation in 8 provinces and municipalities. From August 2013, ＂Replace the Business Tax with VAT＂ were carried out nationwide. From May 1st, 2016, China will fully implement the pilot reform and increase the construction industry, real estate industry, financial industry, and life service industry into pilots. At this point, business tax will be withdrawn from the stage of history. VAT system will be more standardized. The large-scale promotion and implementation of ＂Replace the Business Tax with VAT＂ has not only eliminated the problem of double taxation, but has also achieved the major goal of structural tax cuts. The in-depth implementation of the taxation reform has played an active role in promoting the establishment of a sound taxation system in China, promoting the upgrading of China＇s industries, and optimizing the economic structure. It has important implications for creating a fair tax environment interiorly and promoting the development of social economy. In this paper, the quantitative study on whether the tax burden of the enterprise has been reduced after the ＂Replace the Business Tax with VAT＂ has been verified, to verify the policy effect of ＂Replace the Business Tax with VAT＂. at the same time, it can also provide some suggestions for enterprises to tax administration.

The Empirical Analysis on Cognitive Degree of the Restaurant Industry to ＂Replace the Business Tax with Value-added Tax＂

The restaurant is traditional industry of the third industry in our country. Since May 1 in this year, China＇s Restaurant Industry to implement ＂replace the business tax with value-added tax＂ policy and change to pay VAT. This paper analyzed the possible impact on restaurant industry after the＂ replace the business tax with value-added tax＂ based on the understanding of the tax theory of＂ replace the business tax with value-added tax＂ and the tax compliance in our country. At the same time, this paper used the statistical analysis of data on the investigation of 100 samples of the VAT cognitive degree on ＂replace the business tax with value-added tax＂, using principal component analysis method to analyze and evaluate factors on the awareness of the restaurant owner to ＂replace the business tax with value-added tax＂ tax policy. After multiple comparison made on the sample data, this paper summarized and analyzed the countermeasures of improving the pushing effect in restaurant industry ＂replace the business tax with VAT ＂.

The realistic choice to replace business tax with VAT in China’s financial industry

It has become a global problem to levy the standard value-added tax(VAT)on financial services.Due to the infeasibility of credit input VATs by invoice,it is infeasible to build a standard VAT system in this field.If the government has to levy VAT on financial services,a practical choice is to adopt an account book method,which is to levy the special tax base through the account book using a single-rate.Meanwhile,it is not allowed to credit input VATs in this method.This kind of VAT is in effect a business tax.Due to the government’s authorized monopoly,there is no so-called over-taxation in China’s financial sector.As a result,the reform of“Replacing Business Tax with VAT”in finance should proceed without changing the original tax burden.After having conducted abundant research and statistical analyses,as for the VAT rate,9%is advised.The original way of levying taxes on the full amount of value is suggested to supplant with a new means of levying taxes on added value,with a slightly raised tax ratio,to reduce the tax base.