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China posts 20% growth in tax revenues in 2005
By (Chinadaily)
Updated: 2006-01-17 10:44
China's tax revenue excluding tariffs and agricultural tax rose to a
record high of 3.0866 trillion yuan (381 billion US dollars ) in 2005, up
20 percent year on year, tax authorities said Tuesday.
The State Administration of Taxation said the figure represented an
increase of 514.8 billion yuan over the previous year.
In a statement released here on the sideline of a press conference held
by the Information Office of the State Council, the administration
attributed the rapid growth to stable and fast economic growth of the
country.
The increase of tax revenue is basically in pace with the country's
economic development, it said.
Revenues from domestic value-added tax, consumption tax and sales tax
accounted for 49.5 percent of the increase.
Total income tax revenues from domestic and overseas-funded firms, and
individuals contributed 34.8 percent to the overall tax revenue.
Tax revenues from the eastern part, the country's richest area, amounted
to 2.1834 trillion yuan, up 19.2 percent, or 70.7 percent of the total,
while revenues from central part of the country stood at 481.7 billion
yuan, up 22.4 percent year on year and accounting for 15.6 percent.
Western China registered 421.5 billion yuan in taxation revenues, up 21.7
percent, accounting for 13.7 percent of the country's total.
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