Hainan: High-pressure crackdown on outlying islands for duty-free arbitrage and smuggling has eliminated 80 arbitrage gangsFlying into the homes of ordinary people
Beijing correspondent Pan Zixuan/photo
[Xinmin Evening News·Xinmin Net]The “Law of the People’s Republic of China on Hainan Free Trade Port” has been promulgated and implemented. This morning, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the Hainan Free Trade Port Law. Feng Fei, governor of the People’s Government of Hainan Province, stated that the Hainan Free Trade Port regards “controllable” as the bottom line of “relaxable” in terms of risk prevention and control, and always tightens the string of risk prevention and control. Severely crack down on the smuggling of tax-free arranging purchases on outlying islands, resolutely guard against tax risks, and resolutely prevent Hainan Free Trade Port from becoming a “tax haven.”
Feng Fei said that Hainan has established 15 special risk prevention and control working groups led by the leaders of the province in charge to comprehensively sort out and dynamically adjust various risks in various fields. Every policy and reform measure is closely followed by a set of The working mechanism and prevention and control measures of “living”. So far, no systemic major risks have occurred or appeared in Hainan Province.
With regard to the high-pressure crackdown on the purchase and smuggling of duty-free packages on outlying islands, Hainan has established a special action leading group led by 4 provincial leaders to combat the smuggling of duty-free packages on outlying islands. Since July 1, 2020, the joint customs has carried out 12 rounds of special operations. 80 set-buying gangs were eliminated, and the “eligibility penalty” was imposed on passengers who violated the regulations and were not allowed to enjoy the tax-free shopping policy on outlying islands within three years, and seriously untrustworthy subjects were entered into the credit information sharing platform. Implement joint disciplinary action, strengthen coordinated operations, establish and improve the Qiong, Yue, and Guangxi anti-smuggling joint prevention and control mechanism, strengthen the off-site law enforcement cooperation mechanism with Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places, and cut off the channels for illegal sales of duty-free commodities on outlying islands. With regard to the “zero tariff” policy that is being introduced, Hainan has also studied and formulated a series of prevention and control plans. The construction of the anti-smuggling system of the social management information platform and the customs business platform has been further strengthened to prevent and control the smuggling risk of “zero tariff” commodities. .
“Last year the overall plan for the construction of the free trade port was announced, and some preferential policies were introduced one after another, and the market players entering Hainan have experienced a spurt of growth. It should be said that the types of enterprises are complicated and mixed, and there are also individual market players who are taking advantage of the loopholes. We must start from the beginning. Prepare articles to prevent tax risks and resolutely prevent Hainan Free Trade Port from becoming a’tax haven’. Some measures have been taken to this end,” Feng Fei said.
The first is to strengthen source management and control, properly register and establish and improve risk identification and discovery mechanisms. Starting from the business registration link, a risk identification index system is established, which is detailed to the industry, to the city and county. In the process of attracting investment, correct the ideological and understanding deviations such as eager for quick success and instant benefits. For the enterprises that attract investment, not only clarify the preferential tax policies, but also clarify the thresholds and conditions for enjoyment. Don’t even want a shell company that is exploiting the loopholes. The second is to control policy formulation. It is clearly not allowed to sign or issue supporting policies directly linked to the tax payment of enterprises and other matters. The third is to strengthen daily supervision. Establish and improve the early warning mechanism, relying on the social management information platform and the tax information platform to provide timely early warning of some signs of business operations. In the next step, we will also improve the “double random and one open” supervision and credit supervision mechanism, improve information sharing, learn from international anti-tax avoidance work experience, and take corresponding measures in accordance with laws and regulations.
In the next step, Hainan Province will further improve its political position. Based on the systematic summary of the free trade port’s risk prevention and control experience, it will meet the requirements of the island-wide customs closure operation, according to the introduction of various policies and the changes in the regulatory model. Continuously improve the risk early warning and prevention and control system, and continue to strengthen risk research and judgment to ensure “controllable”. (Xinmin Evening News correspondent Pan Zixuan in Beijing)
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