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Ministry of Finance, State Administration of Taxation last month jointly issued a notice, starting from April 1, to adjust our current consumption tax items and rates and related policies. Where solid wood flooring originally did not levy consumption tax rate of 5% consumption tax levied - although a tax on production processes, but the increased costs eventually will be passed on to consumers.
Reporters yesterday furniture on the city's building materials market research learned that the consumption tax like a fuse, solid wood flooring originally by factors of raw material shortages, rising freight prices began to rise. Industry sources say that a consumption tax after April early implementation of the buffer period after mid-April price increases imperative, or will be in the range of 6% to 15%, the maximum will rise 20%!
Survey: most of the solid wood floor opened up yesterday, the reporter visited the city several large furniture wholesale building materials found and compared to March, the price of most brands of solid wood flooring in varying degrees rose only a small part of the inventory The products are still sold at the original price.
Shun teak class or higher solid wood flooring, solid wood flooring from April 1, 361 yuan / square meter yesterday rose 401 yuan / square meter, up a full 40 yuan / square meter. In other words, a 100 square meters of the house owners purchase of the flooring in the April 1 to decorate the house, can save 4,000 yuan.
See in other brands of solid wood flooring stores, part of the inventory is not yet sold out, now is the implementation of the early stages of the consumption tax, and therefore the price of a small part of the product is basically the same as April 1.
Public: in solid wood strengthen hovering between the floor yesterday, the reporter interviewed a random site several furniture and building materials market to buy flooring consumers, part of consumers said they would choose other products instead of the high price of solid wood flooring, while the other part of the public you still insist to buy solid wood flooring.
The public Mr. Guo said, "I was in a solid wood floor and strengthen the floor hovering between solid wood flooring prices, I chose laminate flooring forget." Hu told reporters, and wife together to buy floor solid wood flooring the price is not that low, due to price rises in, he would still choose the affordable solid wood flooring.
Dealer: prices will culminate in a solid wood floor in mid-April, "the consumption tax to become a luxury, the prices of the climax of the storm will appear in mid-April." Yesterday Anxin Flooring Sichuan responsible person Mr. Yu said in an interview with reporters, significant gains since last year "the shortage of raw materials makes solid wood flooring, solid wood flooring is now included in the scope of consumption tax, helped to trigger the prices of solid wood flooring storm. import prices of raw materials is a quote a day now, manufacturers in the production of these products when the cost is bound to increase, after a consumption tax in early April, the implementation of the buffer period after mid-April price increases imperative, will rise 6% to 20%. "
Industry Forecast: small enterprises are faced with the collapse of industry sources, solid wood floor is not a very profitable industry, with an average gross profit of only 15% of the actual profit will be lower. Alleged waste of timber resources in the industry a few, shortage of raw materials roughing some small businesses, there is a serious waste of resources, the levy of consumption tax will raise the threshold for the industry, "according to the current situation, the consumption tax up to retail prices of 20% of the solid wood flooring, the levy of consumption tax would allow some small businesses do not have enough financial strength to update the production conditions to face the closure of the crisis. "
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