Tax changes mean little to most prices

2006-03-23 08:48:26

The government's plan to make significant changes to the consumption tax from April 1 will have little impact on the country's overall tax revenue and consumer prices, economists said.

Consumption levy remains a taxing issue

2006-03-24 06:36:53

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the State Administration of Taxation (SAT) announced on Tuesday consumption tax adjustments starting from April 1. The Chinese media have given much attention to this reform. Here are excerpts of comments from the press:

Poll: Do you support new chopsticks tax?

2006-03-23 10:39:40

Consumer tariff shakes market

2006-03-23 08:55:30

China's decision to make sweeping changes to the current consumption tax regime, which was announced on Tuesday and will take effect starting April 1, is turning some public companies into investors' darlings, while making life harder for others.