ABSTRACT
Nowadays, with the steady development of economy, people’s income keeps
increasing and individual income tax (IIT) goes up at a rapid speed, which has
influenced our social life deeply. IIT plays an important role in collecting government
revenue and adjusting income distribution. However, IIT has exposed some problems,
which is totally on display in the process of first self-declaration on individuals with an
annual income of over 120,000 RMB Yuan in. The problem is caused by many factors,
not only in history but also in economy and policy aspects. It makes the society appeal
to IIT reform.
The paper briefly describes the profile of first self-declaration on individuals with
an annual income of over 120,000 RMB Yuan in China, concludes and analyzes the
problems in the process of declaration by using the related theories of finance and
taxation, compares the differences of IIT self-declaration system between China and the
developed countries. Finally, based on successful experience in western countries, a
new proposal on reform and improvement of IIT self-declaration system with current
situation in China is discussed.
The thesis is presented as five chapters on reforming and perfecting the
self-declaration system of IIT in China.
Chapter I is introduction. In this chapter, the reasons for choosing the topic are
explained, the research status of scholars at home and abroad are presented, the
structure and the main content of the paper are outlined.
The second chapter proposes the issue of the study. In this chapter, the profile that
China's taxpayers with annual income above 120,000 RMB Yuan first declare IIT is
briefly described, the main problems in declaration are summarized. The problems are
reflected in lack of legal basis for the income declaration, lack of reporting initiative of
taxpayers, lack of self-declaration bound,insufficient declare preparatory work, and
tax calculation in categories and comprehensive declaration parallel. This chapter lay
the foundation for the following analysis and research.
The third chapter is the focus of this paper and analyzes the problems in the
process of self-declaration on individuals with an annual income of over 120,000 RMB
Yuan in 2006. Through analysis, we conclude: the taxpayers' weak tax awareness is the
root causes of poor results, inequitable tax system is an important reason, ineffective tax