Yichang National Tax Bureau issued the Notice of Ten Measures to Better Tax Service on May 8 to help megacity construction.

　　The ten measures are as follows: new policies on burden alleviation, establishing a convenient model, quick service channels, a taxpayer rights protection mechanism, setting up taxpayer schools, improving tax collection and management methods, tax-related approve efficiency, tax policy tracking systems, regulating administrative penalty discretion and household service management. All these measures aim to optimize the tax service and serve the taxpayer better.

　　New national tax policies are in progress. Firstly, small-scale tax declaration methods should be simplified and monthly tax declarations will be changed into quarterly tax declarations. Small-scale enterprises, except those which replace the business tax with a value-added tax, can declare the tax quarterly on the basis of the national tax authorities’ verification. The value-added tax and consumption tax of the fourth quarter of last year as well as the first quarter, second quarter and third quarter of this year can be declared in January, April, July and October respectively, which saves 2/3 declaration time.

　　Secondly, a “no charge” policy will be put into practice. “No charge” is no longer only for employment of the disabled, reemployment of laid-off workers, employment of retired soldiers or support for small and micro businesses. Besides the production of registration certificates and regular invoices, other related business is also free of charge. All taxpayers can apply for tax registration and approval, take part in tax-related business training and get invoices and tax-related materials for free.

　　Meanwhile, a no form filling service will be offered for 86 items. To improve approval efficiency, the power of examination and approval of 21 items will be transferred to local offices. Some approvals are supposed to be finished in 7 days, the original 53 matters of record are stipulated to be finished instantly, and the former 59 approvals will be merged into 29.

　　On service for the convenience of customers, Yichang National Tax Bureau stipulates that tax-related business in any office of the tax service in Yichang is available. From May 1st, the policy will take into effect urban taxpayers, benefiting 27854 urban taxpayers. Schools for taxpayers will be established and a tax advisory group of experts will be organized to offer authoritative and convenient tax guidance and consultation.

　　( Reporter Mei Yunxiong, Correspondent Wang Weifeng, Li Chulin and Yang Kai)