Lead-acid battery industry may face reshuffle

A few days ago, according to an authoritative source in Beijing, the government of consumption tax will definitely need to collect income, but the time for collection cannot be determined. According to the analysis, once the levy of consumption tax is imposed, the lead battery industry will face reshuffle.

The reporter recently confirmed from the China Battery Industry Association that the excise tax levied on lead battery products is a government requirement and it is unlikely that it will be collected. Association sources said that the current specific document was not published, and the final result was not yet known, and the method of collection was still uncertain. “There may be some battery types that are levied and some are not.”

“Who is willing to put money out of his pocket to others?” In response, Cao Guoqing, deputy secretary-general of the China Battery Industry Association, lamented the Great Wisdom News Agency that levying a 5% consumption tax on lead batteries was a bad thing for the industry. Many comments.

It is understood that lead pollution incidents caused by lead-acid batteries and lead recycling industry are in a high-risk situation, which seriously threatens people's health and has aroused widespread concern in the society. Relevant government departments have intensively issued relevant environmental protection regulations. Since 2010, the lead battery industry has been included in the key areas of the national environmental protection campaign.

In November 2012, the State Administration of Taxation and the Ministry of Finance proposed to impose a 5% consumption tax on the lead-acid battery industry in order to further use economic leverage to regulate the development direction of the lead-acid battery industry.

In the industry, there is still hope for not levying consumption tax. When the Shanghai Lead-Zinc Industry Summit was held on March 23 this year, Wang Jinliang stated that the five ministries and commissions are currently discussing and deliberating, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has taken the lead in proposing specific plans. Combined with the status quo of the lead-acid battery industry, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology tends not to collect or reduce consumption tax.

However, in Beijing a few days ago, an industry authority close to the government department revealed to reporters that the tax must be collected, and only the specific time of collection is still uncertain. It also stated that the consumption tax was in a state of confidentiality because it involved the country’s financial affairs before it was announced by the state.

Zhang Tianren, the company's representative and chairman of Zhejiang Tianneng Group, once stated that if the levy of the consumption tax requires battery companies to raise the consumption tax, most enterprises will lose money and lose their basic conditions for survival. At the same time, this taxation also affects the interests of consumers and it is not conducive to boost domestic demand and foreign exchange through exports.

Zhuo Chuang Consulting analyst Li Hongjie told reporters on November 8 that most of lead-acid storage battery companies have been at a low profit or even a loss due to factors such as overcapacity, and levying a 5% consumption tax on them will trigger an industry earthquake. To this external metaphor, said, "This may become the last straw to suppress the lead storage battery industry."

It is reported that in the near future, Tianneng, Chaowei and other lead batteries.