Longjing Municipal Taxation Bureau: Tax benefits help the "hometown of apples and pears" to drift incense

Source: People's Daily - Jilin Channel Original draft

Over the past few days, fruit farmers in Longjing City, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province, known as the "hometown of apples and pears", have stepped up their picking and shipment, and apples and pears have ushered in the harvest season.

"Last year, the sales income of apples and pears was more than 4 million yuan, the state was exempt from the value-added tax on the sale of self-produced agricultural products, and the money saved this year was enough for us to add another priority refrigeration equipment, and our pockets were also bulging, and the days were getting more and more promising!" Liang Zuokui, a large apple and pear farmer, smiled happily.

The Longjing Municipal Taxation Bureau of the State Administration of Taxation has sent special personnel to strengthen communication with apple and pear farmers, actively publicize preferential tax exemption policies for agriculture, such as exemption from value-added tax for the sale of self-produced agricultural products, exemption from enterprise income tax for fruit planting, etc., and encourage farmers to jointly establish rural cooperatives, which can apply the various preferential treatment of cooperatives.

"Since the establishment of the cooperative, the tax department has organized a tax publicity team to publicize various preferential tax policies for agriculture-related industries, and guided us to handle tax-related matters point-to-point." Especially in the autumn apple and pear sales season, the tax department also tailored a tax-related counseling program for us, which helped us solve many problems. Liu Shuangshuang, chairman of the Longjing Sanhe Fruit Tree Farmers Professional Cooperative, felt inspired.

In addition to actively implementing preferential policies, the tax department is also working hard to optimize tax services. "With the expansion of the scale of operation, the sales channels of apples and pears are becoming more and more extensive, and when we encounter problems that are not clear in terms of declaration filling and invoice issuance, tax cadres timely video link to guide us to solve, which is simple and fast." Yanbian Longjing Fruit Tree Farm Co., Ltd. financial staff Kong Hongmei introduced, Yanbian Longjing Fruit Tree Farm Co., Ltd. planted 340,000 fruit trees, orchard area of 1500 hectares, the existing fruit tree growers 385 households, under the strong support of the state's various preferential tax policies, the fruit farmer's life will be better and better, apple pear has become a "golden fruit" for fruit farmers to increase their income and become rich.

So far this year, Yanbian Longjing Fruit Tree Farm Co., Ltd. has enjoyed a total of 21,400 yuan in real estate tax reduction, stamp duty, and employment security for the disabled, minimizing the company's production costs. "The costs saved by the tax bureau for us have all been used in the transformation of apple and pear excellent fresh refrigeration technology." The state has implemented a tax exemption policy for the cultivation of apples and pears, which is a great thing for our business, we are very grateful to the tax department, when there is a problem, the tax bureau is always the first time to answer our questions, patiently interpret the new tax policy, which eliminates our development worries. Li Zonghe, head of Yanbian Longjing Fruit Tree Farm Co., Ltd., said.

The sincerity and intention of tax cadres, as well as the tax wisdom of helping development according to local conditions, have also been praised. "I've been a farmer all my life, and now more and more merchants are asking for invoices, which is not bad for me." Thanks to the patient guidance of the tax officials, I was able to enjoy this bumper year. Guo ChangYue said confidently with a large number of apples and pears in his hand.

Preferential tax policies and the quality services of the tax department have brought enterprises and fruit farmers a visible development confidence, and enhanced the courage of the apple and pear industry to improve quality and efficiency. According to the farmers' professional cooperatives, the purchase and sale of agricultural products and the nature of the enterprise, the Longjing Municipal Taxation Bureau implements accurate counseling for tax-related enterprises, guides enterprises to accurately handle tax-related matters through the electronic tax bureau, publicizes the collection of social security premiums for fruit farmers, and guides the payment operation by hand. "The tax personnel called patiently to guide us to use the WeChat Mini Program to pay social security premiums, which was the busiest time of the autumn harvest, and the payment was completed without leaving home, and now the way to pay social security is becoming more and more convenient." In the autumn, the huge apples and pears in the orchard are hung with branches, the growers laugh and say.

In the next step, the Longjing Municipal Taxation Bureau will always be guided by the needs of taxpayers, take the implementation of policies and optimization services as the starting point, and open up the tax difficulties and blockages in all aspects of sales and circulation for fruit farmers in an all-round and multi-channel manner, further promote the income of fruit farmers, promote the development of the apple and pear industry, and contribute tax strength to the revitalization of rural areas. (Song Di)