Guang-Yuan Mar IPAD is a win-win move for tariff reduction

 Guang-Yuan Mar
Customs initiative to reduce tariffs, on the one hand to avoid the previous relevant provisions of WTO rules and a breach of China's international image, on the other hand, the behavior of this correction in fact take the initiative to fix their own customs phenomenon, while the actual situation of law enforcement is also likely to win public understanding and support. Against parallel imports should be, but not for ordinary people to implement the presumption of guilt. For the tariff, despite national regulations are strict, but in actual implementation, both the warmth of the implementation of the principle of elastic and flexible, rather than engage in violent law enforcement across the board, it will not help fight against smuggling, but will also lead to emotional confrontation, and ultimately not conducive to enforcement. After the tariff reduction, I believe we will improve the tax initiative, and will not spread to those tax evasion spoof camel solution. In particular, the move also subtly enhance China's international image, can be described as win-win move.

and reduce the incidents Ipad reason for concern tariffs, from August last year, General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 54, promulgated, pursuant to the notice, personal items worth more than 5,000 yuan clearance required to pay taxes, The 20 kinds of goods such as iPad is not free of the column, to be fully taxed. In fact, the General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 54 is not a new requirement, as early as amended in 2007 and storage, input and output devices and accessories, parts and components

Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council recently issued a notice that from January 27 onwards, computers and other information technology products, import tax rate from 20% to 10%. This means that import duties iPad concern dropped from 1,000 yuan up to 500 yuan, 3,000 yuan iPad original import tax would be adjusted accordingly to 300.

tariffs across the board, it will not help to combat smuggling, the opposition will lead to emotional and ultimately not conducive to enforcement.

across the board for the customs duties to the behavior of thousands of Ipad charge, whether in private or official, have sparked intense controversy. Have even said publicly that the Ministry of Commerce, the Department of this conflict with China's WTO commitments. Challenge for the outside world, although that is not contrary to WTO customs requirements, which apply to the dutiable value of 5,000 yuan, mainly for the convenience of visitors, but still did not move to quell the outside world for the Customs questioned the legality and rationality.

Therefore, the Tariff Commission ipad clear reduction of tariffs, and in accordance with the actual price ipad collection, which to some extent be seen as Before, there was a staff writer on the customs Jiaoyuan, made 54 announcements in fact, but repeated the provisions of the State Council in 2006 only, is an old way, the reason for repeat, parallel imports and to combat smuggling crazy. In fact, this interpretation has a certain rationality, but Customs issued Announcement No. 54, the time did not consider the feelings of the public, and in controversial circumstances, there is no detailed explanation, so that fall into a passive, and, from a legal seriousness, this arbitrary act of the introduction of the policy is certainly not consistent with the rule of law, and that 20% of the tax rate was too high. People have to buy abroad in the case of goods, not to harm the name of combating smuggling and the rights of citizens leaving the shop.