The article analyzes the current legal regulation of the environmental protection tax in the People’s Republic of China, as well as its importance in the context of reforming the environmental legislation of China. The environmental problem makes it necessary to take large-scale measures to change the situation in the country, while improving the provisions of tax law is an important mechanism. The article draws conclusions on the prevalence of the regulatory function of the environmental protection tax introduced in 2018 over its fiscal function. The study of the elements of taxation reveals a number of internal contradictions inherent in the Law of the PRC on environmental protection tax. Special attention is paid to the consequences of changing the legal regime of environmental pollution payments, which was previously recognized by the legislator as a non-tax public payment, not a tax.
本文对中国现行环境污染税的法律规制,以及在中国环境立法改革中的重要意义进行分析。环境问题使中国有必要采取大规模的措施来改变这种状况,而完善税法的规定则是一个重要的机制。文章指出2018年通过的环境保护税的监管功能比其公款职能占优势。对税收要素的研究揭示在《中华人民共和国环境保护税法》存在的许多内在矛盾。本文特别注意改变环境污染的法律制度的后果,立法者以前表示这是一种非税公共支付,而不是一种税收。