Original Title: Regulating Tax Order in accordance with the Law and Promoting Healthy Development of Film and Television Industry

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, Jan. 22, before, the reporter learned from the State Administration of Taxation, the State Administration of Radio and Television and the State Film Administration that, in accordance with the relevant notification requirements of the Ministry of Propaganda and other five departments, since October 2018, the work of standardizing the tax order of film and television industry has been carried out seriously by the taxpayers of the film It shows self-examination and self-correction. By the end of 2018, 11.147 billion yuan of self-declared taxes had been declared, and 11.553 billion yuan had been put into storage. At present, the stage of self-examination and self-correction has been completed, and the standardization work has been transferred to the stage of supervision and correction.

It is understood that in the process of work, the relevant departments insist on paying equal attention to law enforcement and service, strictly according to the relevant provisions of the Tax Collection and Administration Law and its implementing rules, determine the specific policies applicable to self-examination and self-correction, and differentiate and adjust the taxable income of confused enterprises and individuals such as star studios according to the facts of the film and television practitioners, which fully reflects the main responsibility of the taxpayers to investigate and self-correction. Renhe Duty. At the same time, in order to make the taxpayers in the film and television industry fully understand the policy, the relevant departments, on the basis of door-to-door, telephone or letter notification one by one, take a point-to-point and face-to-face approach to the key film and television enterprises and practitioners to guide the tax policy in order to facilitate tax payment, set up a special tax service desk to receive consultation and open up green channel enthusiastic service according to the requirements. The taxpayer's willingness to determine the place of declaration will facilitate the taxpayer to conduct self-examination and tax payment, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of film and television enterprises and employees. With the active cooperation of taxpayers in the film and television industry, the standardization work has achieved good results.

Some taxpayers in the film and television industry said that through this self-examination and self-correction, they not only realized the strength of strict law enforcement, but also felt the temperature of optimizing service, received a profound education of the rule of law, and enhanced the consciousness of abiding by the law and paying taxes in good faith. They said that the film and television industry has received high attention. As practitioners, they should play a better exemplary role in fulfilling their civic obligations and safeguarding social morality in the future. Liu Jianwen, president of the Finance and Taxation Law Research Association of China Law Society, said that standardizing the taxation order of the film and television industry in accordance with the law and regulations fully embodies the main responsibility of taxpayers, which is of positive significance for solving outstanding problems in the industry, improving the tax supervision system, promoting the healthy development of the film and television industry and prospering the socialist culture. Yan Shaofei, secretary-general of the Chinese Filmmakers Association, said that standardizing the tax order effectively addressed the prominent problems of the film and television industry, supplemented the development shortcomings, mitigated the risks of the industry, educated the practitioners, and created a more favorable environment and conditions for the sustainable and healthy development of the industry. The person in charge of the relevant departments pointed out that after the self-examination and self-correction, according to the taxpayer's response, the relevant departments gave feedback to the self-examination and self-correction results of eligible taxpayers, so that most film and television workers could work safely. After turning to the stage of supervision and correction, a small number of taxpayers with high tax risk will be urged to remind themselves that self-examination and self-correction are not in place. If the tax authorities remind them to correct themselves, the administrative punishment may be lightened or mitigated according to law.

The responsible person of the relevant departments said that through the work of standardizing the tax order of the film and television industry, the basis and order of tax administration have been effectively improved. It is hoped that the majority of film and television practitioners will consciously pursue both virtue and art, Practice Socialist Core values, love their jobs, pay taxes according to law, and strive to be film and television workers with faith, feelings and responsibilities in the new era.