China’s tax revenue declined over 12% in first eight months amid tax cuts to boost economy
DATA MACRO
China’s tax revenue declined over 12% in first eight months amid tax cuts to boost economy
DATA MACRO

China’s tax revenue declined over 12% in first eight months amid tax cuts to boost economy

 

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China’s tax revenue declined in the first eight months of the year as the country has stepped up tax cuts to boost market vitality.  The country’s tax revenue totaled some 11.32 trillion yuan during the January-August period, down 12.6% from a year earlier, showed data from the Ministry of Finance.

China raked in approximately 2.83 trillion yuan in value-added tax (VAT) during the period, shrinking 37.6% from the year-earlier level.

The country launched a large-scale VAT credit refund campaign this year to ease financial burdens on taxpayers. The country’s accumulated tax refunds, tax and fee cuts, and tax and fee deferrals this year topped 3.3 trillion yuan by Aug. 31, according to the State Taxation Administration.

Excluding the impact of the VAT credit refunds, tax revenue grew 1.1% from a year earlier, said the authority

The purchase tax on automobiles dropped 30.5% year on year in the first eight months, as the government in late May to halved the car purchase tax for certain passenger vehicles.