Starting from March 1, the threshold for personal income tax will be raised to 2,000 yuan. 300,000 people in Lanzhou will be exempted from personal income tax. From March 1, the threshold for personal income tax for residents in my country, that is, the standard for deducting expenses from wages and salaries, will be changed from the original The monthly allowance is increased from 1,600 yuan to 2,000 yuan.
Our reporter interviewed local tax authorities, citizens and relevant experts in Gansu. Financial experts suggested that citizens strengthen family financial management.
Local taxes will be reduced. The reporter learned from the Gansu Provincial Local Taxation Department that the province's total personal income tax in 2007 was 1.23 billion yuan, and the Lanzhou City Local Taxation Department's personal income tax in 2007 was nearly 500 million yuan.
After the adjustment of the personal income tax threshold, how many taxpayers in Lanzhou are between 1,600 yuan and 2,000 yuan?
The person in charge of the relevant departments of Lanzhou Municipal Local Taxation Bureau told reporters that this data is difficult to estimate.
The "threshold" for personal income tax is the deduction standard for wages and salaries.
This time the "threshold" for individual tax is adjusted to 2,000 yuan, Lanzhou City will benefit a wide range of citizens, including two groups of people: First, some taxpayers currently subject to the 5% tax rate will be exempted from paying individual tax starting from March 1;
Second, if a higher tax rate is currently applied (tax rate between 10% and 45%), the tax amount will be reduced accordingly.
At present, the personal income tax rate is divided into nine levels. The more income, the higher the tax rate and the greater the tax burden.
After the "threshold" is increased, the corresponding tax rate for taxpayers will also be reduced, and they will pay less personal tax accordingly.
How many people will be exempted from paying personal income tax because the tax deduction standard is raised to 2,000 yuan? Some media have used data from 2006 to compare. Those whose wages were between 1,600 yuan and 2,000 yuan accounted for about 60% of the total number of people.
After the new standards are implemented, it is expected that 300,000 people in Lanzhou will be exempted from personal income tax.
"Because of the huge changes in wages and personnel turnover, this number is difficult to determine, but the number will definitely not be small." The person in charge said.
The general public applauded and our reporter randomly interviewed some citizens regarding the "imminent increase in the personal tax threshold".
The general public applauds the increase in the personal income tax threshold, but some citizens think it should be raised even higher.
Zhang Ming, who has been working in Lanzhou for five years, told reporters: "Nowadays, the pressure of life is increasing, and house prices, commodity prices, education, etc. are all tending to rise. And the slowly increasing wages of ordinary people can no longer meet their daily consumption, let alone the so-called
Accumulation, raising the threshold for personal income tax is the general trend. However, my income is only a little. I paid personal income tax before 2006, and then I was not qualified. " "This is good for ordinary working-class people like us.
, It is indeed good news.” Citizen Pang Dong said, “In Lanzhou, those who are exempt from tax are middle-income earners like my wife. In the current conditions of rising prices and rapid social development, the state’s policy adjustment should be for us.
The tendency of the working class. Although the adjustment is not very big, for people like us with an average monthly income of 1,700 yuan, it is undoubtedly a good thing to be exempted from personal income tax." Zhang Li believes that the "personal tax" should be levied on.
are those citizens with higher incomes.
It seems unreasonable for citizens to "free up" money to pay "individual tax" when their lives are not well-off.
Taxi driver Master Ma did some calculations. He and his wife earned a combined monthly income of more than 3,000 yuan (the wife’s income accounts for the majority). The family has to bear the living expenses of two elderly people and two children who are studying.
As a result, the average monthly living expenses for each person in the family is only more than 300 yuan.
This level is really not high, but according to regulations, their family still has to pay tens of yuan in "personal tax" every month.
"What's the point of raising the tax by 400 yuan? My total monthly income is just over 2,000. Everything has gone up, and I still have to pay taxes. The threshold of 2,000 yuan is still low. Can it be raised higher?"
A company employee told reporters.
The reporter learned that most people are looking forward to the upcoming increase in the personal income tax threshold, but they all wonder whether it should be higher.
Citizens should strengthen family financial management. An anonymous professor from the Institute of Finance of Lanzhou Business School said that the national increase in the personal tax threshold came shortly after the CPI hit a new high. This actually sent a clear signal: my country is moving forward. Moving towards the implementation of indexation of tax collection, this adjustment may be a pilot.
This personal tax adjustment will affect three types of entities: the national finance, ordinary working-class people, and high-income people.
The increase in the personal income tax threshold will definitely result in a loss of some fiscal revenue, and relevant departments will inevitably increase the intensity of individual tax collection and management, such as increasing the intensity of self-declaration.
For high-income groups, the tax law is gradually increasing the intensity of inspections and data collection, and requires strengthening self-declaration.
Compared with ordinary working-class people, the source of income for high-income earners is not just salary slips, such as red envelopes, bonuses, subsidies and other hidden incomes.