Double the speed of paperless tax refunds
Recently, Weihai Henghan Import and Export Co., Ltd. submitted a tax refund application of 2352 yuan to Weihai Customs, a subsidiary of Qingdao Customs, through the international trade "single window" non policy tax refund module. A few hours later, Li Mengjie, the person in charge of customs affairs of the enterprise, received the bank transfer information.
Nowadays, when processing tax refunds at customs, there is no need to prepare paper documents or go to the customs clearance hall specifically. All applications can be submitted online. "Li Mengjie said that in the past, it used to take at least two weeks to receive the tax refund, but now it can be received in just a few hours, which is fast and cost-effective.
Tax refund is still a routine business of customs duties, with a wide coverage, high processing frequency, and directly affecting the circulation of enterprise funds. According to relevant regulations, the tax refund process involves four stages: enterprise application, customs acceptance, tax department deduction information verification, and national treasury processing of tax refunds. In the past, paper documents were circulated between various units and stages, and enterprises needed to transmit documents to each unit, which had drawbacks such as slow transmission speed and poor cross departmental communication. This not only consumed manpower and resources, but also restricted the processing time of tax refunds.
To solve the difficulties and bottlenecks that restrict the timeliness of tax refund work, starting from December 1, 2024, the General Administration of Customs officially launched the "Non Policy Tax Refund Paperless Application System", which realizes data exchange between customs and enterprises, taxation, treasury, and banks, and upgrades tax refund business from paper document flow to full process online processing. According to statistics, since the system was launched one year ago, Weihai Customs has processed a total of 7.62 million yuan in non policy tax refunds for 136 customs declarations, an increase of 720% and 285% respectively compared to before the system was launched.
In the past, due to the relatively complicated procedures for handling tax refunds, when the amount of taxes involved was only a few tens or hundreds of yuan, sometimes we chose to give up tax refunds due to time costs. Now, with paperless online tax refunds, funds can be quickly withdrawn, and the convenience of the process has brought us real benefits. "Gao Wang, the person in charge of Weihai Juze Trading Co., Ltd., also had a similar experience.
The launch of the 'Non Policy Tax Refund Paperless Application System' is an important measure to optimize the port business environment and improve cross-border trade facilitation, "said Diao Chong, head of the Comprehensive Business Department of Weihai Customs. In order to benefit more enterprises, Weihai Customs has conducted extensive policy lectures through various online and offline channels in the past year, helping enterprises understand non policy tax refund related policies and the latest system operation guidelines. At the same time, dedicated personnel will be set up at the customs clearance site to promptly respond to and solve problems encountered by enterprises during the operation process, ensuring the smooth and fast processing of non policy tax refund business.
Next, we will continue to promote the implementation of various reform and facilitation measures, allowing more import and export enterprises to enjoy the benefits of customs reform and promote the development of foreign trade, "said Diao Chong. (Yu Yang/Wen)