The first levy of environmental tax! Some Tao enterprises pointed out that 'our environmental protection taxes and fees have increased by 3 to 4 times'

From January 1, 2018, the 'Environmental Protection Tax Law' was officially implemented, and the pollution discharge fee has been changed to environmental protection tax (hereinafter referred to as 'environmental protection tax'). According to the tax law, the environmental tax is declared on a quarterly basis, which also means that on April 1, the environmental tax will usher in its first levy period.　　According to the environmental protection tax law, taxable air pollutants range from 1.2 yuan to 12 yuan per pollution equivalent, and the tax range for water pollutants ranges from 1.4 yuan to 14 yuan per pollution equivalent. The specific tax amount can be determined by each locality within the legal tax range.　　The list of environmental protection taxes in some regions in my country　　From the current plans released by various localities, the relatively high environmental protection tax standards are Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong and other places. In sharp contrast, other places are levied according to the legal minimum amount, such as Shaanxi, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Xinjiang and other places, which are mostly concentrated in the western region. The tax standard in Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shanxi and other places is slightly higher than the minimum limit. For example, the applicable tax for air pollutants in Shanxi is 1.8 yuan per pollution equivalent, and the applicable tax for water pollutants is 2.1 yuan per pollution equivalent.　　 This means that after the introduction of the environmental protection tax, different production areas face different cost pressures. The pressure on high-tax production areas such as Hebei and Shandong will be greater than that of low-tax production areas such as Shaanxi and Gansu.　　 Ceramic enterprises 'A small increase in cost will not raise the price of ceramic tiles' 　　 The reporter noticed that the environmental protection tax is about to be officially levied, and the news that 'the cost of ceramic enterprises has risen, and ceramic tiles will rise sharply across the country' has long been spread. However, the reporter learned from investigations in Guangdong, Shandong, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei and other production areas across the country that the introduction of environmental protection taxes has a certain impact on the production and operation of ceramic enterprises, but the price of ceramic tiles is difficult to rise. During the investigation, most ceramic companies said: 'The price of products has been stable in the near future, and there is no plan to raise them, and they have not paid too much attention to the collection of environmental protection taxes.' The reporter learned from Zibo, Shandong that, compared with environmental protection taxes, the current ceramic companies are most concerned about ' Sales Market'. After the beginning of the new year, the sales situation of ceramic tiles is not ideal. Zibo ceramic companies are also facing greater sales pressure. Sales problems will seriously affect the future development of ceramic companies. On the other hand, from a national perspective, Zibo’s production costs are already at a relatively high level. High level, and the cost of environmental protection tax only accounts for a small part, and all ceramic companies in the country are required to pay, so it has not attracted much attention from ceramic companies. The person in charge of a ceramic company in the north told reporters that after the official levy of the environmental protection tax, the annual fee paid by the ceramic company may be two or three million yuan, which is far lower than the cost pressure caused by the soaring raw materials and rising labor costs. At the same time, in 2017 Northern ceramic companies are facing greater pressure on environmental protection. Many ceramic companies have suffered tens of millions of yuan in environmental protection penalties. The environmental protection costs of such 'accidents' are also higher than the current environmental protection tax. Corresponding 'pollution discharge fees' are also to be paid, so the introduction of environmental taxes has little impact on the production costs of ceramic enterprises.　　 'In view of the current sales pressure, even if the production cost has risen sharply, ceramic companies dare not raise prices rashly.' The person in charge also said that in the actual operation process, it is too difficult to increase product prices. However, since 2017, the cost of environmental protection investment by northern ceramic companies has increased significantly. Under the pressure of soaring production costs, the overall price of ceramic tiles has fluctuated to a certain extent.　　Peng Xingxing, general manager of Hubei Butterfly Spring Ceramics Sales, also introduced to reporters that the sales situation of ceramic tiles across the country is poor after the beginning of this year, and the price of products in Hubei production areas has not changed much. At the same time, talking about the environmental protection tax levied on April 1, he said that 'I don't know how to levy it, but it should still be within the acceptable range of ceramic enterprises.'　　 In the Gaoan production area of u200bu200bJiangxi, the prices of ceramic tile products are generally stable, and individual ceramic companies have even begun to cut prices for promotion. On March 28, many ceramic companies in Gaoan told our reporter that the levy of environmental protection fees will have a certain impact on the production of ceramic companies, but it is still impossible to calculate how much cost growth it will bring to ceramic companies.