In the first half of the year, the environmental tax taxpayer declared a storage of 9.68 billion yuan.

According to the latest data from the State Administration of Taxation, since the implementation of the Environmental Protection Tax Law on January 1 this year, the taxation, finance, and ecological environment departments at all levels have cooperated in an all-round way. The environmental protection tax collection and management has been running smoothly and orderly, and the effect of the green tax system to promote green development has begun to appear. . In the second quarter, the environmental taxpayer declared a storage of 5.22 billion yuan, an increase of 760 million yuan compared with the first quarter, an increase of 17% from the previous quarter. In the first half of the year, environmental taxpayers declared a storage of 9.68 billion yuan, an increase of 1.75 billion yuan compared with the same-caliber sewage charges in the same period last year, an increase of 22.1%.

Since the environmental protection tax was basically shifted from the sewage charge system, the environmental tax revenue in the first half of the year continued the original sewage charges. From the perspective of the industry, income is concentrated in industries such as steel, thermal power, cement, petroleum and chemicals.

Sun Qun, deputy director of the Property and Behavior Tax Department of the State Administration of Taxation, said that by playing the role of the positive incentive mechanism for environmental protection tax, the guiding effect of environmental protection tax on pollution control and emission reduction has begun to appear. Mainly reflected in three aspects: First, promote cleaner production and reduce pollution emissions; Second, promote centralized treatment and improve pollution control efficiency; Third, promote comprehensive utilization and improve governance benefits.

Sun Qun said that the taxation department and the financial and ecological environment departments have strengthened the collection and management cooperation, and established a management force to improve the efficiency of collection and management by establishing a collection and management mechanism of “tax collection and management, enterprise declaration, environmental protection monitoring, information sharing, and collaborative co-governance”.

According to the data of the State Administration of Taxation, in the first half of the year, China's environmental taxpayers' declaration rate reached 99.9%. In the second quarter, tax authorities at all levels and the eco-environment departments conducted comprehensive tax source checks. The number of taxpayers in environmental taxes increased by 1.6 compared with the first quarter. More than 10,000 households. At the same time, the tax authorities have paid taxes on 13,000 abnormally declared taxpayers, which has played a positive role in plugging tax leakage loopholes and ensuring that taxes are paid in full and in time.