China collected 2.84 trillion yuan (US$355.25 billion) in tax in
the first nine months of this year, up 22.5 percent on the same
period last year, the State Administration of Taxation reported
Thursday.
The figure excludes revenues from custom tariffs and the farming
sector.
The administration attributed the steady increase of taxes to
the country's rapid economic development.
Strict taxation enforcement also played a part, it said.
Revenues from domestic value-added tax, consumption tax and
sales tax totaled 1.48 trillion yuan, up 20 percent.
Total income tax revenues from domestic firms, overseas-funded
firms and individuals stood at 755 billion yuan, up 27 percent
year-on-year.
According to the administration, taxes from the country's
economically-developed eastern part went up 22.7 percent, those
from the central part increased by 20.9 percent, and taxes from the
less developed western part rose 23.8 percent.
Tax revenues from the eastern, central and western regions
respectively account for 71.1 percent, 15.5 percent and 13.6
percent of the country's total tax take.
(Xinhua News Agency October 11, 2006)