Overseas Purchasing Agents Face Severe Punishment: Tax Evasion Will Be Severely Punished After The Two Sessions Next Year

The overseas purchasing industry may face more stringent regulatory constraints next year.

"For Overseas purchasing agent More stringent regulatory policies will be introduced after the "two sessions" next year. There will be corresponding preparations before the two sessions. The government is piloting industries and categories (mostly consumer goods) to further expand the scope of stimulating consumption, reduce import tariffs, promote trade liberalization, etc., and further stimulate Cross border e-commerce development. ”Zhou Ting, the president of the Wealth Quality Research Institute, revealed to the surging news that at present this subject is operated by relevant units of the Ministry of Finance.

In terms of specific measures, a senior person in the postal system said that more stringent measures proposed by the regulatory authorities may include requiring both the recipient and the sender to provide information such as orders, payments and ID cards. Mail purchased through postal agency should be classified into e-commerce, etc.

　　 Overseas purchase agency encounters severe storm

In recent months, there have been frequent reports of severe attacks on overseas purchasing agents.

An overseas purchasing agent in Shanghai told Pengpai News that the customs would seize the goods on the grounds of overweight; The customs also has a quotation list, but the charging standard is relatively high. "Sometimes, if it is less than 1000 yuan, it will be assessed as 1000 yuan and the goods will be detained."

One of the advantages of overseas purchasing is low price, which is often based on the premise of tariff avoidance.

According to Announcement No. 43 (2010) of the General Administration of Customs, if personal articles enter the country by mail, the customs shall levy import tax according to law, but if the amount of import tax payable is less than 50 yuan (including 50 yuan), the customs shall exempt it. The limit value of articles sent by individuals from or to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan is 800 yuan each time; If it is sent from or to other countries and regions, the limit for each time is 1000 yuan; If the specified limit value is exceeded, the customs clearance or return formalities shall be handled according to the provisions of the goods. However, if there is only one article in the parcel and it is indivisible, even though it exceeds the prescribed limit, and it is verified by the customs that it is for personal use, customs clearance procedures can be handled according to the provisions on personal articles.

Under the current regulations luxury goods Such high-end consumer goods generally need to pay tariffs.

Zhou Ting said that at present, the supervision on overseas purchasing is being strengthened, and the supervision on transit goods is being strengthened. There are criminal and economic penalties for individuals who carry goods into the country without permission.

As for the so-called "slow release and strict sealing" of the customs, the relevant person from Shanghai Customs said that "the personal experience is different, which involves multiple links such as transportation and logistics. The customs strictly follow the supervision process." The person also said that the cross-border e-commerce that has been recorded and registered has a green channel. Others are the same as ordinary parcels The supervision of mailing imported articles shall conform to the reasonable quantity for self use.

Import and export mail increased significantly in the fourth quarter, which is also the industry practice. The senior personage of the above postal system said that the month on month growth rate was at least 10% - 20%, and could even double.

　　 Heavy punishment is hard to avoid

Zhou Ting said that the regulatory authorities have realized that the purchasing channels have affected the interests of the country, brand names, and consumers, as well as the operation system of the industry.

She said that purchasing on behalf of others was illegal, which also led to the proliferation of fake goods in China. Fake goods hurt brands and consumers most. Although purchasing agent has advantages in price, it can not meet consumer demand in terms of product safety, shopping experience, after-sales service and other consumer services, and may also harm consumer interests.

How to strictly supervise remains to be announced, but it seems difficult to avoid heavy punishment.

According to the senior personage of the above postal system, the punishment of evading customs duties for purchasing on behalf of others varies from place to place. Shanghai is relatively strict (different from Guangzhou and Shenzhen in customs clearance), and the mail needs to be declared. The customs believes that this batch of goods is more than 10 kg, and a commodity is repeated many times, so the recipient will be asked to meet at the mail window to submit declaration information, and the customs will calculate the tax payable accordingly. If the mail is too outrageous (such as too much cosmetics), the customs will ask the recipient to transfer to trade customs clearance (more information needs to be submitted, involving inspection and quarantine). If the recipient cannot provide the corresponding qualification materials, the mail will be returned. If the declaration information is different from the declaration materials, the customs will also conduct on-site inspection.

In addition, more stringent measures proposed by the regulatory authorities may also include the management of items purchased through postal purchasing into the category of e-commerce.

In this regard, the senior personage of the aforementioned postal system said that in this area, the postal service still has objections, because some postal services are intended to solve the problem of gift giving between relatives and friends abroad, which is obviously different from purchasing on behalf of others. This is a special case, and the customs and postal service are still negotiating. In the future, the customs will subdivide this area and will not cut across the board. Once the segmentation is completed, big data will screen the annual purchase of a person to distinguish between self use and non self use.

One of the backgrounds of the rising trend of purchasing on behalf of others is the rising demand of Chinese people for overseas goods.

The 2015 China Luxury Report released by the Wealth Quality Research Institute at the end of November shows that in 2015, Chinese consumers' overseas luxury consumption reached US $91 billion, or 78% of luxury consumption occurred overseas. According to the current exchange rate, the global luxury consumption of Chinese consumers reached 740 billion yuan in 2015, an increase of 100 billion yuan compared with last year.

Zhou Ting said that the outflow of high-end consumption has reached a record high, which has a great impact on policy formulation and the macro-economy and must be regulated. She also mentioned that the sales of luxury brands in domestic stores are seriously inverted, and the stores have become billboards and image stores.

Luxury brands have begun to adjust their tactics. Zhou Ting said that this year and next, the luxury channel will undergo structural adjustment and reform, further standardize the offline channel (upgrade the single store, improve service functions, add new business types, etc.), and online will strengthen the construction of information systems and e-commerce functions. In the future, luxury goods will enter the e-commerce field in a large scale. When luxury goods are integrated online and offline, and the structure is adjusted in place, it will hit the purchase agency and overseas shopping, because for consumers, the consumption experience will be improved.