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毕设笔记——证券市场资本利得税的研究

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April 27

构架初稿

初稿与开题报告有部分差距,增加了创投部分,同时缩减可行性分析部分,与近期政策出台和局势分析相对应
April 26

第四章

资本利得税开征效应预估
April 25

第三章 中国征收资本利得税的可行性及操作性分析

1.我国证券市场征收资本利得税的现实意义

    1.1 从维护证券市场健康发展角度出发

    1.2 从鼓励理性投资,抑制投机角度出发

     1.3 从鼓励中、小投资者角度出发

2.我国一级市场推行资本利得税的可行性分析

3.我国二级市场推行资本利得税的可行性分析

4. 征税原则(eg:对股息所得征税遵循“同股同利”原则)

5. 可行性方案设计

    5.1 纳税人

    5.2 征税范围

    5.3 税率(对长、短期资本利得区别对待-税负选择)

    5.4 计税依据

    5.5 征收方式

    5.6 相应配套措施

April 24

第二章 资本利得税的国际比较及我国现状

国际上对资本利得课税并没有一套固定的模式,资本利得课税政策处于不断地调整和变革中。本章通过分析发展中国家与发达国家资本利得课税概况,期望从研究中得到世界范围内资本利得课税政策的变动趋势的结论。

1. 发达国家资本利得税课征概况

2.发展中国家资本利得税课征概况

3. 资本利得税与创业投资(Venture Capital)

   创业投资收益主要体现在资本利得上,税收激励政策是对创业投资有重要影响的外部因素,为市场经济国家广泛caiKeuschnigg-Nielsen模型证明了创业投资与资本利得课税成反向关系,相关研究(注释)发现对资本利得税课税越重,对创业投资活动就越具有抑制作用.因此不少国家或地区纷纷制定了针对资本利得的税收激励政策,对创业投资的发展起到积极的推动作用。

    分析国际上促进创业投资的资本利得税政策设计及实施绩效。

      英国等国家为激励

  3.1中国创业投资发展现状

    创业投资在我国有20年的发展历史:

    1985年,中共中央、国务院在《关于科学技术体制改革的决定》中指出:对于变化迅速、风险较大的高技术开发工作,可以设立创业投资给予支持。

    1999年,根据中共中央、国务院《关于加强技术创新,发展高科技,实现产业化的决定》的精神,国务院办公厅转发了科技部、国家计委等部门《关于建立风险投资机制的若干意见》(国办发[1999]105号),大力推进了我国创业投资事业发展。

    2002年,十六大报告中提出:“发挥风险投资作用,形成促进科技创业和创新的资本运作和人才汇集机制。”以及中共中央在《关于完善社会主义市场经济体制若干问题的决定》中提出的“建立多层次资本市场”, “推进风险投资和创业板市场建设”。

    2003年,科技部会同有关部门建立了促进创业投资发展的跨部门协调机制。国家税务总局发布《关于外商投资创业投资公司缴纳企业所得税有关通知》

   2005年,经国务院批准,由国家发展和改革委员会、科技部、财政部、商务部、中国人民银行、国家税务总局、国家工商行政管理总局、中国银监会、中国证监会、国家外汇管理局联合发布《创业投资企业管理暂行办法》。

    2007年,颁布新企业所得税法,将于2008年1月起实施。

    2008年,中国证监会首次明确推出创业板。

    其中税收负担过重是我国创业投资发展面临的困难之一。世界各国均对创业投资给予优惠税收政策,相比较而言,我国的税收政策不够明朗积极,仍处于不断改革和完善中。目前我国未出台对创业投资者和创业投资机构的税收优惠政策,风险投资公司的所得税率为33%,远高于高新技术企业15%的税率。创业投资的高风险特性决定了创业投资者都具有高回报的期望,因此税负过重极易打击投资者的投资热情。

  3.2 创业投资对经济发展的影响

  3.2.1创业投资支持高新技术企业的发展

  3.2.2创业投资缓解科技型中小企业资金短缺的问题

  3.3.3创业投资拉动民间投资

 

      自主创新离不开创业投资。

  3.3

3.对我国的启示

    3.1资本利得税的现行规定及存在的问题

   3.2我国证券市场资本利得课税的前提条件分析

    3.3 我国开征资本利得税的若干问题的探讨

4. 我国证券市场资本利得课税的效应分析

    4.1 公平和效率

    4.2 闭锁效应 (lock-in effect)(资本流动和转让)

    4.3 市场效应 (eg:资产占据效应)

    4.4 对资本形成的影响;

   4.5 对投资方式的影响

1.1征收方式的不同处理
国际上对资本利得税的征收方式大致可归为两种:、
1.将资本利得纳入一般所得,分别征收公司所得税和个人所得税,(少数国家附加一定数量的特别附加税)。多数国家如美国、加拿大、西班牙、日本、卢森堡、瑞典、芬兰、法国、印度等,都采用此种方式。
 
2.资本利得税以独立税种存在,将资本利得从一般所得中分离出来课征资本利得税。如丹麦、葡萄牙、爱尔兰、意大利(自1991年起)、瑞士(大部分州)和英国,采用这种方式。
 
无论名义上是否将资本利得税与一般所得进行区分,现今各国征收趋势是对资本利得的实行税收优惠,如加拿大、英国等,表明实际操作资本利得税是区别对待的。
 
1.2 资本利得范围界定,
 
 
1.3资本利得的税率形式
1 累退税率。主要是根据资产持有时间的不同设计累退税率。如爱尔兰:持有时间1年以内的资本利得,税率为60%;持有1-3年的,税率为50%;持有3-6年的,税率为35%;持有6年以上的,税率为30%。(换例子)
 
2单一比例税率。如丹麦,资本利得税率统一为50%。
 
3.差别比例税率。美国个人资本利得最高边际税率为28%,1-5年的资本利得税率为20%,5年以上的资本利得税率为18%,对于处于使用最低税率阶层(边际税率15%)的纳税人,20%下降到10%,18%下降到8%。
 
4.选择税率。如意大利的证券利得税有两种税率可供纳税人自行选择:一是分析税率(25%)。应税利得按资产购销价差,经过通货膨胀指数调整,再扣除资本损失以后的余额计算。二是比例税率(15%),用于不记名的交易,按证券市场的行市为基础确定税基。(change eg).
 
从以上分析可见,国际上对资本利得课税政策变动显示以下趋势特征:低于一般所得税率;长期税率低于短期税率;普遍征收。
 
 
April 15

国际资本利得课税特点总结

藏富于民
1.资本利得适用的税率平均低于经营所得、工薪所得等一般所得适用的税率。
2.长期资本利得税率低于短期资本利得税率。
3.与一般所得税比较,对资本利得税的优惠幅度更大。常见的减免措施有:实施指数化宽免制度,通过降低实际的资本利得税负水平来降低通货膨胀带来的不利影响。
April 09

第一章 导论

1.资本利得税的涵义
1.1 资本利得税的定义
    资本利得税(CGT Capital Gains Tax),是对资本利得课税。资本利得是指因出售或交换资本项目(如股票,债券,贵金属和房地产等)时所得到并实现的毛收入,减去购入价格以后的余额。资本利得通常是经若干年积累且偶尔发生一次的结果。就本质而言,资本利得是一种不可预期的所得,或是意外所得,或是不劳增益(unearned increment),可以视为投资者对风险承担之补偿,是其愿意承担风险而获得的收入。
   
    资本利得与一般收入在逻辑上难以严格区分,引用非官方的经典例证:某人购得一头奶牛,奶牛挤奶产出为一般收入,但若将奶牛出售而卖价高于当初购入价,则其差额视为资本利得。由此推论,各种债券的利息所得归入一般收入,而债券出售时所得则算作资本利得。银行存款的利息收入不能算作资本利得,而股票的红息派发又视为一般收入。购得一幢房屋,租给别人居住,租金所得不算资本利得而算一般收入。一旦将房屋出售,其所得价差又视为资本利得。
   
    证券市场的资本利得税有三个基本特性:一是证券交易所得具有不规律性和不可预见性。证券投资属于高风险投资,表现在既要面对瞬息万变的市场风险,又不可避免地要承担系统风险,因此,任何一个投资者都难以预测自己的证券买卖未来所能得到的增值收益。二是证券资本利得税在帐务处理上是对已实现的证券利得课税。对于已增值但尚未出售的部分不作为应税所得,这使得潜在纳税人可以选择对自己最有利的时点作为应税时点,其行为是自愿的。三是双重征税,主要反映在股票投资上,一方面,资本利得是已实现的所得而非将来的所得;另一方面,股票价格是对未来收益的一种反应,人们购买股票主要不是基于该股票的上市公司的净资产现值,而是该公司预期净资产的期望值,也就是说着眼于该公司的未来收益。
   
1.2 资本利得税的合理性
     税收的财政效应
 
1.3 资本利得税的负面效应
     降低了证券市场的吸引力
     阻碍风险投资
    
2.证券市场资本利得课税的内涵
2.1 股票产生资本利得的来源分析
     我国现行证券税制中以证券交易印花税为核心。
 
我国应从带有浓厚计划经济色彩的所得税优惠转向符合市场经济规则的利得税激励
April 06

关于“反智主义”anti-intelligence

    “反智主义”所宣扬的基本信念是:最健康的制度,其公共决策是建立在最广泛的参与之上,而未必是最专业的知识之上。
      从理论上说,“反智主义”是以宪政民主为基础的市场经济的自然结果。在这种社会中,老百姓在政治上拥有一人一票的平等权利,并作为自由的经济人在市场上进行选择。不管你拥有的知识和财富比别人多多少,也不能僭越这样的政治权利和经济自由。

     中国知识分子习惯凭借自己对知识的垄断占据道德高地。
    在美国这样的草根民主社会,知识的权力根本不可能践踏老百姓的民主权利。在中国则恰恰相反。关于“在一个民主社会,精英们的自负迟早会撞南墙”的说法

来源:www.infzm.com
原文链接:http://www.infzm.com/column/zljj/200803/t20080312_39995.shtml
这个思潮以及后来的命题都很有意思,我还从来没听说过哩

也说资本利得税

应健中

  每年这个时候,总有一个老掉牙的题材到股市中来兜一圈,还真把人吓得不轻,这个题材就是是否对股票交易征收资本利得税。评论者每到年底煞有介事地借着年底的税务申报将征收资本利得税的问题宏论一番,也没什么新意,就是将去年的文章一字不改登出来还照样被人们当一回事,于是市场出现震荡,而每当震荡发生时也真有税务官员出来发话,称政策未变,还是对股票交易暂不征资本利得税。这个你吓我、我吓你、自己吓自己的利空,真是一点新意都没有。

  上个月,我在法兰克福与一位华裔德国人聊天,他是身在德国、心在上海点击查看上海及更多城市天气预报股市的投资者,他告诉我,在中国这轮股市的大牛市中分享到了祖国经济发展的成果,他在法兰克福证券交易所买了一种中国股票的托管凭证并且持有了一年以上,盈利一倍半,按照德国税法的规定,持有一年以上的证券免征资本利得税,如果持有证券在一年之内,那就要征收40%的资本利得税。这位上海去的德国人颇为得意,说牛市股票要捂得牢,我也捂牢了,我分享了中国股市的成果;持有超过一年了,我也做到了,又分享了德国的税收优惠政策,两头得到了好处。他又告诉我,不过德国可能接下来要对资本利得税改革了,超过一年也要征收。那我说,这下你们不合算了么,他说这也没关系,如果接下来我的每笔投资都要缴资本利得税,那就说明我赚钱了,这就是天大的好事啊,如果我的投资连税都不需要缴,那就说明我投资是很失败的

  这位在德国生活了20年的中国人,连思维方式都不一样了,我告诉他这资本利得税啊,在中国股市可是一个特大利空,一听到这几个字,股市就要抖三抖了,他百思不得其解,说中国股市熊了5年,大家都不赚钱,尽管不征资本利得税,难道这样的市场对大家有利吗?一个能让大家都挣钱的市场,有什么不好,有人跟你分钱说明你赚钱了,为什么又不高兴了呢?非得自己独吞呢?

  其实,在当下的中国股市,资本利得税还是八字没一撇的事,在未来的一、两年中推出的可能性不大,在未来的三、五年中即便推出,也会在一些诸如起征点、免征额、税率、纳税环节等一系列税法要素上做严格规定,并尽可能减轻对股市的冲击,而如今每年底的税务申报中对股票收益的申报,是在做一种无用功,本身就缺乏税收的基本要素,离所谓的资本利得税还十分遥远。

  但作为投资者也要转变观念,要看到,未来中国股市征收资本利得税是一种必然趋势,因为这是世界各国都普遍实施的一种制度,是国家调整不同社会阶层收益的一种手段,只不过是不知道这个“未来”有多远。在未来的市场中,投资者应该树立这样的理念,希望每笔投资都能缴资本利得税,如您能做到这点,那就恭喜您了,说明您在股市中不但没有套牢,而且还赚钱了呢。不缴不赚、少缴少赚、多缴多赚。

  再想想这轮行情冒出的许多“股神”,估计十有八九是吹牛的。如果将来要缴资本利得税了,是马是骡牵出来遛遛,谁是股神?拿税单说话!


Comments:有道理 没逻辑

April 02

INFORMATION, CAPITAL GAINS TAXES & NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

BY Ferhan Salman
Department of Economics
Boston University
and
Research and Monetary Policy Department
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
Istiklal Cad. No: 10, 06100 Ulus, Ankara – Turkey
Tel: (+90 312) 310 9341
e-mail: ferhan.salman@tcmb.gov.tr
This version: July 31st, 2004
Abstract摘要
We present evidence regarding the response of stock prices in the New York Stock Exchange to
news about capital gains taxes. If information about an upcoming event becomes available, then it
should be reflected in prices as soon as the news about it arrives. In the 1980 – 2003 period there
are 2383 newspapers articles that address upcoming changes in capital gains taxes. From these
articles, we construct two indicator functions to represent information. One that corresponds to
news about the upcoming decreases in taxes and the other increases in taxes. Our results indicate
that information regarding the event is significant in explaining firm returns.
本文通过实证研究纽约证交所股票价格对资本利得税变化的信息的反应。如果对于即将发生的事件的信息得以传播,那么市场对其的反应必将标表现在价格波动上。1980到2003年阶段有2383新闻报道关于资本利得税即将发生的变化。从这些报道中,我们构建了两个代表性的指标:一个是关于资本利得税即将下调的消息,另一个相反。我们得出结论:关于资本利得税的信息对于最终上市公司利得有重要的影响。
1 Introduction引言
Stock markets are the pulses of economies around the world. They reflect every action taken by the economic and political agents. Expectations are purchased and sold and therefore represent agents’ beliefs about the economy. Information is integrated in stock prices and volume. The credibility of the information is assumed to affect movements in the stock market. A change in the price, volatility, or volume in the market due to the related information flow implies that the content of the information is taken for granted. Therefore, information that is not credible can easily be discarded from the portfolio of information. This highlights the crucial importance of identifying the correct information that is going to be incorporated in the prices in order to extract the exact effects.证券市场是各国经济的晴雨表,他们受每一个经济政治因素的影响。期望被购买或出售,因此代表了股民对于经济前景的某种确认。信息是由股票价格和总量组成的。信息的可信度 影响着股市的流动。市场上每一个价格,流动性,总量上的变化均源于相关信息隐含内容的确认。因此,无可信度的信息很容易被信息组合排除。由此强调甄别正确信息的重要性,以结合价格提取确切的效应。
 
In this study, we present evidence regarding the response of stock prices to the information of capital gains tax: the tax that is levied on the income which is obtained through an increase in the value of the portfolio that investors are holding. We believe that this information alters investor behavior.本项研究我们实证分析证券市场价格对于资本利得税变动的反应。资本利得税的征税对象是投资者手中增加价值的部分。我们相信有关信息改变投资者的行为。

 
In the past twenty three years, eight major stock market movements can be attributed to the information of capital gains tax changes. The two major tax reforms; the tax reform of 1981 and 1986, changed the corporate taxation. In addition, the stock market crash (Black Monday) on October 19, 1987, was mainly due to the unexpected increase in the budget deficit and changing expectations towards recession.2 In February 1993, the president’s address regarding the increase in the taxes on businesses and middle income families led to a decline in stock markets. In November 1994, the Dow Jones boomed as a result of the consensus between the Democrats and the Republicans which was expected to lower taxes, decrease federal spending and lower budget deficits. In March 1996, the Dow Jones crashed as a result of the inability of Congress to pass a tax cut. In July 1997, the capital gains top rate was again decreased to 20 percent from its 28 percent level, and 30 percent of gains were excluded from taxes3. In January 2001, capital gains taxes on long term gains were lowered to 18 percent from its 20 percent level, but this was only applied to purchases of assets after the change had taken place. Investors could sell their stock, pay capital gains taxes, and repurchase their stocks at the same price. And, if they decided to hold on to the same stocks for 5 years, they could benefit from lower taxes. The last change in taxation occurred in May 2003 when capital gains taxes were again reduced to the 15 percent level under the Republican administration.在过去的23年中,八次股市波动都可在某种程度上归因于关于资本利得税变动的消息。两次重大的税改:分别在1981和1986,改变了公司税制。1987年10月19号股市大崩盘(黑色星期一),主要就在于突然的财政预算赤字上升和对于对经济预期转变为衰退。1993年2月,总统宣称要对中产阶级家庭和商务增加税收导致股市受重挫。1994年11月,因民主和共和两党对减税和减少联邦财政支出,减少预算赤字达成共识而使得道琼斯上扬。1993年三月,议会未通过减税议案,道琼斯重跌。1997年七月,资本利得税上限由28%下调至20%,且30%的利得可获得减免。2001年,长期资本利得的征税税率由20%降低至18%,仅适用于资产被出售所有权改变后。投资者可以卖出证券,支付资本利得税,然后以相同的价格再购入。如果投资者决定持有股票5年,则可以享受更低的税收优惠。最近一次的税率变化发生于2003年5月,资本利得税降低至15%。
 
We proxy the tax information through newspaper articles that are related to capital gains taxes. We employ the methodology to a random draw of 100 firms among a pool of 2800 firms in the NYSE over the 1980 – 2003 period. Results suggest that there is a significant relationship between the information and the return. However, industry specific regressions do not present the same evidence, except in finance, insurance and real estate industries. The structure of the paper is as follows: in the proceeding section we discuss the literature and provide some insight into the approach of the study. In this respect, we outline the main motivation. In Section 3, we discuss the data used and the methodology. In section 4,estimation results are presented. Finally, section 5 concludes.有关资本利得税的新闻报道未正式的信息流通渠道。我们随机选取1980到2003年阶段中的纽约证券交易所2800家公司中的100家为样本。结果表明信息和回报有明显的关系。然而,个别产业的衰退并未符合以上结果,除了金融业、保险业和房地产行业在外。本论文的结构安排如下:接下来部分,我们讨论框架以及研究过程的专业看法。我们构建主要目标。第三部分,我们讨论数据和方法。第四部分,列示估计的结果。最后第五部分结论。
 
2 Motivation and Literature 研究目标和文献资料
In financial markets, expectations play an important role in market participants’ actions.These expectations are incorporated into prices after the determination of investment strategies.In studies dating back to mid-1970s, assorted variables were used to measure the expectations. Market volume was suggested to be one of the proxies that incorporate expectations to the stock market (Morgan, 1976). This was further justified by Lamoureoux and Lastrapes (1994) when they proposed that market volume is a good measure to represent the daily information flow to the stock market. Their results indicate the significance of daily information flow in explaining the changes in volatility. Later, this result was extended by Salman (2002) in return equations. In an emerging market setting, Salman (2002) found that market volume is also significant in explaining both return and risk in emerging stock markets.在新兴市场中,
 
There is vast amount of literature about taxes and their impact on the stock market. Dyl (1977), Sims (1995) and Poterba and Weisbenner (1998) examine loss-motivated selling that occurs at the end of the calendar year. This motive is mainly due to differential treatment that the
government exhibits towards long and short-term capital gains (high taxes are paid for short-term holdings of securities). Capital gains tax may also result in a loss for high-income investors as a result of the lock-in affect. It is calculated that this loss may increase up to 1.5 percent of the total gains (Yitzhaki, 1979). Considering the volume of gains, this aggregates to a significant portion of investors’ income. Moreover, investors’ response to temporary and permanent changes in capital gains taxes will be different in realizing their gains. In some cases, time – series studies do not find evidence of responsiveness in capital gains as a result of changes in taxes. Timing in deciding when to realize the gains turns out to be significant in these studies. Stiglitz (1983) argues that by accelerating losses and deferring gains, hedging and borrowing can be used to avoid taxes as long as there are no capital market imperfections. Investors can prolong the process until their death to avoid taxes; however, the size of the capital gains is so large that this argument does not hold empirically. Constantinides (1984) argued that as soon as the capital gains are qualified for long – term tax rates, then realization of these gains are optimal.
 
Investors do respond to incentives and alter their behavior with capital gains taxes; therefore, it is natural to expect that they will respond to tax changes. The question is when should this response happen? Will investors wait until the enactment of the tax law, or will they react as soon as they have realized that a change is going to take place. Let us assume a situation where the government is debating lowering capital gains taxes. Should we expect the investors to wait until after the taxes have been reduced? If so, there will be more securities for sale in the
market, which will reduce the price and thus the return. So, it is expected that some investors will react earlier than the tax lag change to avoid losses due to price changes. However, since every investor behaves in this manner, the actual purchase and sale should be realized as soon as the information arrives in the market. It is natural to expect that the Congressional discussions on capital gains tax can be taken as indications of future tax cuts or raises. Therefore, investors may use this particular information and integrate it to their expectations, and consequently alter market return.
 
One attempt to test this effect was conducted by Cutler (1988). He was interested in identifying the impact of voting by the House of Representatives and Senate Finance Committee on the excess returns for Fortune 500 firms. He identified these dates, observed the changes in the excess return in these dates, and studied the correlation between the excess returns on days containing similar news in the overall market. However, Cutler (1988) finds mixed evidence of market reaction to the tax information. He concludes that “…observed reaction may be inefficient pricing of the tax news by the market.” He also points out the difficulty in concluding that tax news has an effect on the stock market return.
 
Our starting point is that rational investors will respond to credible information as soon as they receive it. In this respect, if investors believe that there will be tax changes in the future then these expectations will be purchased before the implementation of these changes. This allows us to re-formulate Cutler’s question. If there will be changes in excess return due to an implementation of capital gains taxes, should we not look for an earlier date than the voting dates? When the information with respect to tax reforms is already in the market, we should observe that this information is already incorporated into the price on the first dates that investors find it credible.
 
There is a significant amount of research on the impact of announcements on macroeconomic variables dating back to Dornbucsh (1980) and Frenkel (1981). They find evidence with regard to the predictive power of information about macroeconomic fundamentals on exchange rates. Fornari, Monticelli, Pericoli and Tivegna (2002) use the headlines from the Financial Times as the information about macroeconomic variables to explain exchange rate behavior. Jo and Willett (2000) differentiate between good and bad news during the East Asian crisis. Fisman (2001) uses the information with respect to President Suarto’s health to identify some portion of the value of a firm in Indonesia. His results indicate that the implied value is so high that it can be accounted for by political connection. Finally, Kauffman and Weerapana (2003) study the AIDS-Related News and the exchange rate movements in South Africa. They postulate that bad news has a significant impact on the value of the South African currency, whereas positive news has a minimal effect.
 
Our methodology in constructing the indicator function deviates from the literature in the following direction; we investigate the content of news, not just the headlines since investors do react to news. We do not miss any information that is not in the headline; therefore, we will
investigate the information within the article in the process of identification.
 
3 Data and Methodology
Our estimation strategy involves 3 steps. The first step is the construction of two indicator functions. These measures indicate information about upcoming capital gains tax increases and decreases, which we denote by I+ and I-. For each day, we simply count the number of newspaper articles on the issue.
 
We have found 2383 newspapers articles whose body contain words “capital gains taxes,” “senate,” “increase,” “decrease” during the period. These articles are obtained from LexisNexis Academic which appeared in major newspapers in the Washington D.C. and New York area including Washington Post, Washington Times, and New York Times. Details of the newspaper articles are presented on Table (3.1). A majority of articles appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post and Washington Times. Out of total 2383 articles, 743 are regarding increases in capital gains taxes and the other 1640 articles are regarding decreases in taxes.
 
Our second step regression is the market model along with the indicator functions and the firm specific volumes as control variable. This model is presented in Equation (1). We begin our estimations with the following restrictions; we set i = 1, and y1 = 0, y2 = 0 and y3 = 0. therefore
estimating (3.1) for each firm.
 
In this equation for i=1,…,I, Rit is the return for firm i that includes all dividend payments associated with the security, and therefore represents the total return for holding that stock in the portfolio on a daily basis, Rmt is the market return, )i is the portion of the stock which cannot be diversifiable for firm i4, and uit is the excess return for firm i. We allow s and v to be integers. We use daily data5 for 100 firms which are randomly sampled from 2800 firms that are listed in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for the period of January 1, 1980 – December 31, 2003. The data is obtained from The Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP®)6. Our random sample is a good representation of the stock market. We have firms in each division of the Standard Industry Classification (SIC). The details of the industry classification of the data are given in Table (2). Sixty firms in the sample are from Manufacturing, Finance, Insurance and Real Estate sectors that corresponds to divisions D and F. 19 of the firms are from the Transportation, Communication, Electric Gas and Sanitation Services. For Rm, we use the composite return for NYSE which we obtain from the NYSE website.7 The majority of our firms’ return move less than the market: 78 percent of the firms in our sample have )‘s that are less than one. The average) is 0.7 (Figure 1); therefore, if we are to find an effect of news on return, it will be a conservative one.
 
Note that the estimate of ) in Equation (1) may contain a bias due to omitted variables in the initial stage. The information that is not included in the regression will appear in the error term; therefore, market return will not be orthogonal to the errors. Our belief is that information about capital gains taxes are variables that matter in determining the return. Therefore, in the second step we introduce capital gains tax information into the regressions by removing the restriction of y1 = 0 and y2 = 0. We should expect that if there is credible information with respect to capital gains taxes, this will be reflected in significant coefficients. Our belief is that y1 is negative based on the following intuition. Information about a capital gains tax cut motivates the investor to hold onto their portfolio until the change takes place. If investors receive information
that capital gains taxes will be reduced in the future, they will be more reluctant to realize their gains; rather, they will postpone it to after tax reform period. Let us call this the patience motive.
 
This motive should be negatively related to the return. However, short – term trading investors will also inherit a purchase motive with lower capital gains taxes. Moreover, new investors will be willing to buy the security, driving up the price and reducing the return. Let us call this the
trading motive. These two motives work in the same direction. We can use the same argument for the expected increase in capital gains taxes. In that situation, the directions for the two effects will be opposite.
 
5 Conclusion
We examined the effects of tax information on the stock market. Our approach is unique because of the way that information enters into the return equation. We incorporate information as the number of articles published about capital gains taxes in major newspapers. We defined two measures of information. The first is a measure of information about the increases and decreases in capital gains taxes. It is a frequency variable that calculates the number of articles that mentions capital gains taxes. The second is the firm’s volume that controls for information
flow. Our results indicate that investors respond to news regarding the reduction in capital gains taxes, and some part of this response is also seen in response to categorization of industries.
March 31

税收公平与效率矛盾目标

我大学第一篇论文是关于公平与效率的,现在准备paper第二,三篇章用到。

在亟待解决的问题背后,隐含的是公平与效率理念的冲突。

1. http://finance.sina.com.cn/money/lcjyzsw/20050815/11571887212.shtml

    中国经济周刊:个税改革重效率还是重公平(税法的实施--效率与公平的平衡)

一般认为,税收公平“是指不同纳税人之间税收负担程度的比较:纳税人条件相同的纳同样的税,条件不同的纳不同的税。”它包括两层含义,即横向公平和纵向公平。横向公平是指经济条件或纳税能力相同的人应负担相同数额的税收,即同等情况同等税负;纵向公平是指经济条件或纳税能力不同的人,应缴纳不同的税,即不同情况不同税负。在效率上,为充分体现税收的行政效率、经济效率和社会效率,应在纳税主体、征税项目、税率的确定方面。。。。

资本利得税为何引起投资者的强烈反感?

为什么每次提到资本利得税,市场反应都如此激烈。首先简单了解一下什么是资本所得税,所谓资本利得在税收上是指资本商品,如股票、债券、房产、土地或土地使用权等,在出售或交易时发生收入大于支出而取得的收益,即资产增值。资本利得税是对资本利得所征的税。简单而言就是对投资者证券买卖所获取的价差收益进行征税。资本利得税成熟的西方金融市场里是非常常见的。在西方成熟的证券市场上,资本利得税的实行有利于当地证券市场的稳定发展,因为在西方国家的证券市场税收体制中,一般不征收或极少征收印花税,取而代之的是征收资本利得税,起到“多获利者多缴税”的目的,有利于控制社会的贫富悬殊,维护社会和谐。资本利得税在西方证券市场上起到稳定的作用,当市场持续高涨时,由于获利者的绝对数量和获利程度都大大提高,税收收入将随之有一个较大的增幅,从而对持续高涨的市场起到持续自发“抽血”调节的作用,有利于抑制过度投机;当市场低迷时,获利者的数量和获得程度会有所下降,但由于做空机制的存在,市场上仍不乏投机获利者,此时对资本利得进行征税,在客观上起到了抑制空方投机获利空间、减轻多方税收负担的作用,有利于市场走出低迷、重新振作。当然,现实中的证券市场是受到多方面因素影响的,税收的调节作用客观上存在一定的局限性,并不能从根本上影响证券市场的发展方向。

目前,世界上各个成熟的证券市场的的资本利得税征收的方式都有所不同,比如在美国,纳税人允许以证券投资利得弥补其纳税年度的经营亏损,未冲减的损失可以在限期结转至以后年度冲减;在日本,资本利得税主要针对大额成交的投资者,对一般投资者出售证券的资本利得采取免税的政策,其课税的范围主要集中于大额与频繁交易的投资者。同时,各国对资本利得税一般采取差别税率,如法国以2年为界限区分长短期证券,长期证券交易的资本利得税只是短期证券交易资本利得税的60%。这种差别化的的资本利得税制对投资者形成长期投资理念有重要推动作用。

为何开征资本利得税对我国的投资者会引起如此大的情绪波动?虽然西方发达国家大部分都已经实行资本利得税政策,对市场也起到了一定的稳定作用。站在国家的立场,征税无可厚非,作为公民的确有依法纳税的义务。但西方国家开征资本利得税的前提基础是免收或极少收印花税,把股票交易印花税的负担变相转嫁到了多获利者的身上,这样一来,不获利者或者少获利者就不会形成太大的税收成本负担;而我国目前的情况是A股投资者的税收成本高,目前我国对证券市场征收的印花税实行买卖双向征收,税率统一为0.3%,已经是全球最高的国家之一,在这种情况下,若再开征资本利得税,当然会引起投资者的反感。另外,经过2000年~2005年几年的熊市,投资者的损失非常惨重,就算是经过这两年的牛市,有相当部分投资者依然没有弥补2000年时的损失,比如说某投资者在2000年的时候以100万资金入市,以每股100元的价格买入000008亿安科技(现在叫ST宝投),到2005底的时候,其100万已经变成了4万多,然后持股不动,等到现在也就变成10万元左右,看来起来在这两年牛市中某投资者由4万到10万,获利两倍多,应该征收资本利得税,但他当初2000年的时候投入的是100万,到现在的真实损失还达90万之多,这样的话,再征收资本利得税就更加引起投资者的反感!这种例子在现实中还存在不少。

所以,国家对开征资本利得税一定要慎重,不要把我们好不容易才得来的牛市搞跨了,台湾就是最好的反面教材,当年资本利得税在台湾开征时曾引起股市暴跌,出现连续几十个跌停板,股市市值一路跌去70%多。我们决不能步其后尘。对于如何开征资本利得税,国家应该结合中国的实际情况,多听听各阶层特别是中小投资者的声音,不能一个闷棍敲下来。个人认为,国家可以考虑以若干年(例如5年)为一个期限,对在这个期限内总收益为正数的投资者实行征收资本利得税。总之,国家就算开征资本利得税也应该以保护中小投资者为前提!
楼主 股市旺仔 发表于 2007年11月20日 16:14:04          
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2007-11-27 | A股的百年大计:以立法形式禁征资本利得税

我呼吁全国人大以立法形式规定中国不征收资本利得税,这是落实党中央关于发展资本市场和保护中小投资人利益的根本。我们现在正在着力拓宽普通百姓的投资渠道,既增加了居民的收入,又完善资本市场,而资本利得税本身并不符合这个增加人民群众财产性收入的目标,也违背了“国九条”有关保护中小投资人的精神。

  ⊙周洛华

  说实在的,每次市场大跌时,总伴有国家正在研究或者筹备资本利得税的传闻。从“2·27”急跌开始就有这样的传闻,可见它对市场的影响有多大。沪深股市现在还在牛市之中,对这样的消息已经如此敏感,设想若在熊市之中该如何面对这样的重磅炸弹?如果有人认为政府可以先造舆论,让股市慢慢消化资本利得税的负面影响,然后择机推出,那么我不得不说,这是根本不理解资本市场的规律。难道让股市缓缓下跌到一个比较低的位置,然后推出这个税种就可以减轻股市的震荡了吗?非也。A股在资本利得税的阴影下,将长期徘徊在低位,导致国家为启动股市而支付的股改对价都前功尽弃。因此,可以说,对于一个从来没有资本利得税的市场来说,永远没有合适的时机推出这个税种。

  十七大提出要增加居民的财产性收入,要构建多层次的资本市场,我们现在正在着力拓宽普通百姓的投资渠道,既增加了居民的收入,又完善了资本市场。而笔者以为,资本利得税本身并不符合这个增加人民群众财产性收入的目标,也违背了“国九条”有关保护中小投资人的精神。

  读者可能还记得,我是积极赞成物业税的。我认为物业税能够有效地降低投资地产的预期收益,达到宏观调控的目标。物业税对于房地产来说,其作用将是巨大的。而资本利得税对于股市来说,其冲击将远远超过物业税。

  回想起来,从2005年开始的股改之所以能够成功,之所以得到了广大股民的拥护,就是因为这个举措尊重历史,尊重现实,遵守了政府对广大股民的庄严承诺,遵守了资本市场发展的自身规律。毫无疑问,我们的工作应该一切从群众利益出发,从自然规律出发,从实事求是的科学态度出发,而不能一切从所谓的“国际惯例”和“先进经验”出发。股改之后,沪深股市迎来了难得的历史机遇。如果将来推出资本利得税,那就根本违背了“尊重历史,尊重现实”的原则。试想,如果不送对价,直接宣布进入全流通,那样,股改还会成功吗?

  资本利得税也不能成为调节股市的口头武器,放出风声,然后再否认或者辟谣,说这仅仅是某些专家的意见或者就是传闻。假如想以这种方法来调节股市,实在不是正确的方法,老百姓已经有了心理阴影,投资者已经有过辟谣之后立即征税的经历。用所谓的传闻来调节股市的涨跌本身也不符合完善资本市场的要求。

  通过承担风险来获取收益,这是资本市场的规律,如果政府要分享这样的收益,那也应该承担相应的风险。我们不能简单照搬美国经验,美国有的,我们就一定要有吗?中国要走自己的道路。美国虽然有资本利得税,但是如果股民投资亏损可以抵扣其个人所得税。这样的条款难道我国也要照抄吗?照抄的结果是什么?股市下跌导致政府不仅收不到资本利得税,还会减少个人所得税的收入,对政府反而不利。如果我们只开征资本利得税,而不实行亏损抵扣政策,那么大众不禁要问:为什么对政府有利的国际惯例我们都积极落实了,对政府不利的国际惯例我们却视而不见呢?

  我国政府现在的做法是每年由财政部出通知,今年暂免征收,股民又放心过一年,可是明年究竟会怎样呢?如果这种预期始终悬着,那么A股市场上,投资人的情绪就始终被一种负面的消息所压制。因为谁都不知道资本利得税的时间表,也不知道这个税种决策的具体机制。我们可以想见,财政部随时可能决定在下一年度开征,而全国人大肯定会批准财政部的要求。

  建设和谐社会的长篇大论已经说得不少了,我认为和谐社会的本质应该是公平社会。不妨扪心自问,是谁从A股大牛市中获得了最大收益?是国有股和法人股。老百姓是否曾经有机会参与投资这些法人股呢?没有。我们现在仍然没有途径和渠道允许投资银行帮助普通百姓去投资拟上市公司的股权,我们倒是经常看到某某央企最近又成功投资,低价买入了某项股权(央企海外投资除外)。既然如此,我们为什么还要对普通股民开征和法人股投资人同样的税种呢?我们面对的是不同的投资机遇、市场地位,我们为什么要承担同样的风险和税收呢?免除资本利得税难道不是普通股民应该享受到的“没有机会投资低价法人股”的“对价”吗?

  我赞成财政部要求A股投资收益以零税率申报的做法,同时我也呼吁全国人大以立法形式规定中国不征收资本利得税。这是落实党中央关于发展资本市场和保护中小投资人利益的根本。假如能实施这项政策,将从制度上保障A股投资者,必将得到投资人普遍的欢迎,也是巩固股改成果,构建多层次完善的资本市场所必要的法律基础。

  一句话,这是A股的百年大计。

征收资本利得税是竭泽而渔

    2007-11-19 上海证券报
    征收资本利得税条件尚不成熟,贸然征收,将引发不可预料的后果。

    11 月 15 日,国家税务总局公布了 2008 年 1 月 1 日起使用《个人所得税纳税申报表(适用于年所得 12 万元以上的纳税人申报)》,与现行申报表不同,新申报表对“财产转让所得”一栏进行了细分,“股票转让所得”和“个人房屋转让所得”均需分别填报,这引发市场对于不远的将来征收资本利得税的严重担忧。

    征收资本利得税属于激励制度的改变,将对中国的资本市场产生长远影响。正如交易税收过高超过上市公司赢利水平,将使资本市场走向资金推动型,资本利得税的征收将使资本市场的波动、交易模式、交易规模发生长远的变化。资本利得税只是税收改革的一个环节,从这两年紧锣密鼓开展的增值税改革、资源税与燃油税胎动,一再说明随着中国经济的转型,中国的税收激励机制将发生根本变革。

    资本利得税是否要征收这是一个伪命题,到目前为止,国税总局的表态都是“暂不征收”,这说明不征收是一种临时的豁免权,而不是有法律授权的长期契约。

    今年7月11日, 我国国家税务总局新闻发言人在回答记者提问时称,资本利得税作为一个独立的税种,目前我们国家还没有,因此也谈不到开征。但严抠法律条款,资本利得税绝不是什么全新的税种,而是包含在个人所得税项下的一个小税目,目前二手房交易应缴税款中就包括资本利得部分。资本利得税计入个人所得征收的,进而转变为个人所得税。国家税务总局2006年11月发布的个人所得税自行纳税申报办法(试行)》,自行申报的11项收入中就包括利息、股息、红利所得、股票交易所得。对股票所得征收个人所得税的办法,由财政部另行制定,报国务院批准施行即可。

    申报意味着政府正在做实今后个人税收基础工作,为改革个人所得税征收未雨绸缪,市场人士的征税预期是理性的。但是,对于大病初癒、面临次贷、国内资本市场秩序整肃等各方冲击的资本市场而言,目前提出资本利得税是不理智的。

    中国资本市场的税负已经不低,大幅提高交易印花税之后,A股投资者的税负已经高于香港等地。今年由于资产注入、实行新会计准则、交叉持股等原因,我国上市公司赢利在70%以上,如果按照全年的上市公司盈利6000多亿计,以2000亿的交易量,各种税费达到5000多亿,按照流通量计算,交易成本与税费远超上市公司利润。

    继续以税收的方式“抽水”,将使市场更加依赖于资金流入,股市风景这边独好,究其实不过是股市资金这边独多——政府希望通过税收政策鼓励长期投资,因此,条例规定,国债利息收入以及符合条件的居民企业之间的股息、红利等权益性投资收益免税,但不包括持有上市公司少于 1 年的股权性投资收益——这与政府所鼓励的长期价值投资可能南辕北辙。资金型市场的可怕之处在于,资金撤离之日必然使有竞争力的上市公司同遭池鱼之灾,这绝对不是一个正确的激励机制。如果要全面征收个人所得税各项税目,就必须降低或者取消交易环节的税费,使资本市场从抽水机市场转变为引水机市场,以鼓励投资者的价值投资取向。

    征收个人所得税的初衷是为了实现个人收入领域的二次分配,新申报表的条款却有苛待投资者的嫌疑。如规定当资本达到在一个纳税年度内,个人股票转让所得与损失盈亏相抵后的正数为申报所得数额;盈亏相抵为负数的,此项所得按“零”填写。也就是说,政府只管赢不管亏,连企业所得税实行盈亏相抵,上年亏损可以在次年结转,但炒股个人所得申报却是盈亏无法相抵,显然有违税收公平原则。在2006年居民收入构成中,工资性收入占到70%左右,而财产性收入占比仅为2%左右,此时出台资本利得税征收预期到底是在鼓励居民财产性收入,还是让居民减少财产性收入的比例?竭泽而渔,必然是泽枯而无鱼。

    从技术上来看征收资本利得税也是不可行的。申报表的细分显示出国家税务总局希望以低成本的办法全面掌握纳税人的收入情况,但化解炒股所得方法极多,可以在举手之间化零化整或者化整为零,由于税务部门无法一一核实,最终形成对投资者少申报、不申报、少纳税、不纳税的逆向激励机制。以减少申报、审核成本作为税收激励机制不公平的理由,当然难以服人,也非新税改的题中应有之义。一些人士提出以资本利得税减少股市信息不对称造成的财富分配的不对称,只能是一厢情愿的幻想,在任何一个社会,高收入者的合理避税途径都比中低收入者要多得多。

    由于我国面临汇率与利率的双重压力,这两年资本市场前景并不明朗,资本利得税的预期加剧了市场的混乱局面。伴随着通胀压力的进一步加剧,居民财富缩水加快,以目前的名义收入征收个人所得税,过两年就会面临社会呼吁上调个人所得税起征点的尴尬,造成社会无端骚动。以今年的12万元人民币作为高薪人士申报的基点,有关部门有必要在12万加上通胀系数进行征收,随通胀上升自然提高起征点,这样民众的财富才不至于水涨船低。

    以发展中国资本市场为理由延宕税收激励机制的整体变革,相当于以税收、土地优惠制度吸引外资,结果必然是扭曲市场激励机制,自然不可取;但在改变重要的税收制度之前,不进行必要的正本清源工作,以为税收的加法就是正确的激励机制,更是谬误。

    我国的资本市场的基础制度正在完善的过程中,从目前来看,资本市场的不公不是因为税收过少,而是内幕交易过多;不是因为对个人所得征税不够,而是中小股东在利益游戏中被边缘化。监管部门正在完善稽查机制,改变证券司法滞后等工作亟需跟上。有如此之多的制订建设,却在一个不合适的时机,在沉重的交易税收上,再在投资者头上悬上一柄资本利得税的达摩克利斯之剑,于资本市场无补,于投资者的心态有损,于税收部门形象有害。

谢国忠呼唤资本利得税将唤来市场之祸

2007-6-4 每日经济新闻

    有越来越多混淆视听的人出面论证政府调控是为了股市的健康,与中小股民的安全。并且说,格林斯潘领导下的美联储也采用反周期调整法,但是,如果格林斯潘也这样半夜突袭,前后错乱,可以确信他的美联储主席的位置绝不会那么稳当,不是被口水与臭鸡蛋淹没,就是给美联储的独立性与权威性带来极大的难以弥补的损失。其中的原因在于,货币政策的调整必须遵守程序正义,否则,所谓政策本身的合规性就应当受到严肃质疑。无视此次印花税政策的真正冲突之处,一些以预言中国资本市场泡沫取胜的人,以宜将剩勇追穷寇的精神,执着地呼唤起资本利得税。其中的代表就是谢国忠,他近日在接受采访时明确表示,以中国资本市场的投机劲头,千分之三的印花税不会起到多大的作用。由于谢的言论具有代表性,并且可以视为市场化过程中的海归派奇谭,不得不大段引用如下。

    最有效的办法就是实施增值税,正如我以前所建议的,对于短期炒作的交易,例如一个月以内,可以实施20%的增值税,而对于长期一年的交易,可以不征税,介于一个月至一年期间的交易,可以按比例征税。

    到此,谢国忠犹嫌不足,进一步指出,政府要挤掉泡沫,至少得做两件事,一是把流动性问题解决掉,这是泡沫形成的主要原因;如果因为汇率考虑而无法完全消除流动性问题,至少也得增加交易成本——这对目前中国的房地产市场和股市都是适用的手段。这次财政部的措施明显是属于增加交易成本的行为。至于增加交易成本这个手段是否有效,关键就看增加多少的交易成本。这里要考虑是否增加的幅度高到大家不愿意去炒了。按目前的情况,即使按印花税千分之三来算,一个月下来,实际的交易成本增加可能也就千分之六左右,而市场预期至少也有10%,这里面还是有差距的。

    很难想像,这样的建议出诸于一个市场人士之口,说实在的,虽然笔者曾为谢氏离开大摩打抱不平,现在真希望谢氏还在大摩任职,这样,起码说话还不至于如此口无遮拦。

    在目前的体制下,税收权被基本让度给财政部的情况下,政府想为某个行业降温是轻而易举之事,只要征税就行了,税收高到交易无利可图,谁还会去交易?更别说投机了!其实,按照谢氏的逻辑,不用征收增值税,其实也就是人们俗称的资本利得税,只要将印花税上调到千分之十,泡沫问题也就一了百了。不过这样一来,市场本身恐怕也就十损其八。

    从谢氏的言论来看,他也知道汇率与利率受到国际市场的牵制,货币流动性问题无法解决,也就是说,货币的流动性问题受到刚性制约。此时,作为一个市场人士知道,理应知道在货币流动性无法解决的情况下,为了保值增值进行投资成为必然之事,政府此时应该大力开拓投资渠道,引导资金向有效率的企业配置,而不是因为货币流动性的刚性而在投资者这里找回补,让后者付出代价。政府与谢氏所服务过的投行一样,对于民众、对于客户的信用是第一位的,这才是市场的基础。但有国际视野的谢氏在扩大投资领域建议不多,对于货币流动性过剩情况下整天战战競競担心财富缩水的普通民众没有积极性建议,对于政府目前做的最正确的打击内幕交易建立市场规范的行为着墨了了,一心捧住泡沫论不放,几近走火入魔的地步。

    楼市有泡沫应该大力打击,但越打越高普通民众只能望楼兴叹,股市有泡沫,要狠狠打击投机行为,请问民众财富的保值增值之路究竟在哪里?是否搬回银行在负低率下忍受缩水的痛苦才是最理性的选择?对于投资者素质有此等猜度,不是投资者非理性,而是猜度者的心态或者头脑有了大问题。

    可见,如谢氏等人在走火入魔的特定阶段,既不能对客户负责,也不能对民众负责,更没有税收法治化这根弦,如果依这些海归派的指导行事,恐怕国有股市值减持、养老基金以优惠政策入市等馊主意会源源出笼。事实上,身有所属利有所系的格老在对中国股市提出警告之后,最近又发表了不能终结亚洲股票热的高论,格老当然有自己的数据与利益、价值准心,追他的话无异于追风,只有精神准则庶几可行,格林斯潘在美联储主席任上,惟一秉持的就是谨慎宗旨,以国内经济平衡为主要考量指标。

    比抑制投机更动听的是证监会官员在纽约所说的拉近贫富差距,不要说此论毫无根据,从数据来看,恐怕贫富差距没有拉近多少,有关部门的财政税收倒是可以滚滚而来。

    印花税的发布与执行过程中违反市场规律的错误,将由更多的特殊政策手段来进行挽救。印花税后第二次改变规则是交易所的停牌制度。上海证券交易所3日宣布,2日刊登股价异常波动公告的264家上市公司4日将不实施停牌处理。

    这就是我国股市政策的蝴蝶效应,有了第一道金牌,必然会有第二道,一次政策突袭将由更多被迫改变的临时规则加以遮掩与挽救。以这样的逻辑应对市场变化,印花税半夜出台毫不足怪。如果没有引发市场的剧烈震荡,那些资本利得税之类的政策也不是不可能夜半而出;如果因此引发市场的剧烈动荡,其他纠偏政策的出台便顺理成章,比如放宽资金限制、改变停牌制度等等,甚至让权威媒体发布新的利好信息。市场对6月4日之后有利好消息出台言之凿凿,政策应当何去何从?也许这就是那些呼吁资本利得税的人希望看到的,市场起伏不定,投资者缺乏明确预期,政府的大蓝筹与力捧的机构成为定海神针。

    谢氏真应该回顾一下高盛、美林、花旗这些机构的出生与发展之路,也许才能学会按照市场规矩说话,不至于走得太远。

国家不可能对股民征收资本利得税

复旦大学金融与资本市场研究中心主任、博士生导师 谢百三教授

    今天股市大跌,其中沪市跌280点,跌幅4.8%,下跌843家;深市跌587点,跌幅3.13%,下跌656家。两市合计下跌家数1499家,占比93.34%。大家又度过了痛苦的一天。究其原因,除中石油新股申购外,更主要是市场风传的关于国家税务总局的通知——《关于做好2007年度年所得12万元以上个人自行纳税申报工作的通知》,其中《个人所得税自行申报办法》规定:“一年度内,工资、薪金、股息、红利等所得合计达到12万元以上的纳税人,无论是否已按规定足额缴纳了个税,均需向税务机关自行申报。”

我个人认为这段讲话并不等于国家要对个人征收资本利得税,这段话的本意我理解为要个人申报收入。为什么不可能征收这种税呢,理由如下:

1.目前我国征收的印花税已经是世界上最高的印花税负之一,按成交额计算,买卖双向征收,税率0.3%。我们的上市公司全年所分的红利也就是3000亿左右,按照现在印花税率征收,就会征到1500-2000亿,如果成交量放大,印花税总量还会增加。这样的话股市就没有什么可做的了,相当于投资者在玩一个零和博弈。所以股市税负不可能再增加。

2. 资本利得税在台湾征收时曾引起股市暴跌,出现连续几十个跌停板,股市市值一路跌去70-80%。以上沉痛的一幕,作为新任中共中央委员的尚福林主席必定是清楚的。据我所知,尚主席对海内外股市一直进行深入的研究和跟踪,其本人是一个水平很高、能力极强的领导,他不会容忍一个摧毁股市的政策推出的。

3.资本利得税目前在中国技术上没有可行性。至今,股市中上有60-70%的股票尚未达到“5.30”的高度,甚至跌跌不休,屡创新低。对投资了这些股票的亏损者怎么征税?比如600130波导股份,1元涨到8.6元又跌回4元,怎么征税?

4.目前个人从企业分到的红利已经扣税,进行股票交易时不论盈亏又要交印花税。在这种情况下还怎么可能再征一道税?

5. 目前股市上涨,主要是人民币升值背景下资金推动型上涨。向日本股市当年一样,从10000点涨到38900点,后来又用12年跌回8000点,如果人民币升值停止,股市下跌还要征税吗?

6. 目前中国的股市中大量的国家股、法人股尚未放出,占比还在50%左右,国家绝不会容忍荒唐的税收政策出台,压垮股市,以至于国家只能低价卖出、变现这些法人股。

7.中国股市是世界上唯一一个股权分置的市场,股改实际上还未完全完成,任何照抄照搬海外成熟市场的税负政策都可能导致严重的灾难性的后果,相信管理层是清醒地明白这一点的。

March 30

成思危:资本利得税须坚持两条原则 万点说 不负责任

来源:中国证券网 2008-03-20 16:23
http://www.cnstock.com/jryw/2008-03/20/content_3120045.htm
  "万点可期"说 不负责任
  南方周末:今年"两会"期间,民建中央提交了 "完善资本市场税收政策"的提案,提出征收资本利得税,据说您个人也是主张征收资本利得税的,为什么?
  成思危:我去年12月中旬就已不担任民建中央主席了,不大清楚这一提案的出台过程。民建会员大多数是经济界人士,都比较关注资本市场。在中信集团公司有一个民建支部,他们在一次证券市场的研讨会上,建议应该对证券市场的税费有一个通盘考虑。现在,国家收印花税,证券公司收手续费,证交所收管理费,但是,多数国家收取的资本利得税,我国目前还没有考虑征收。
  我曾经说过,应当征收资本利得税。这是为了整个社会的公平而遏制暴利和过度投机!你想,一年收入两万四的人就要交纳个人所得税,而炒房炒股赚几十万、上百万的人一点税都不交,这合理么?
  我在去年发表的《让股市日趋健康》一文中就已指出,如果要收资本利得税,必须坚持两条原则,第一条原则就是保护中小投资者,也就是起征点要高,比如说月收入五万元以上,另外一个就是要鼓励长期持股,如果你持股一年以上再卖,可以减收,甚至免收。
  南方周末:征收资本利得税的建议,是否与最近几年来股市和房市总体上高歌猛进的局面有关?
  成思危:流动性过剩造成了股市和房市同时飙升。在流动性过剩的前提下,应该采取措施,而且这个措施应该是长期的。我认为征收资本利得税的问题值得研究。
劳动合同法肯定是善法
  南方周末:今年"两会",新劳动合同法成为一大热点,您认为劳动合同法是恶法还是善法?
  成思危:肯定是一部善法。劳动合同法的立法原意是好的,因为它是要保障劳动者的权益,劳动者的权益应该用法律形式固定下来。不然各地就可能会有很多差别。随着我国经济的发展,劳动者的收入应该是逐步提高的,福利也应该是不断改善的,这个是世界各国的共识。
  由于劳动合同法的推出,一些劳动密集型企业的成本增高,生存不下去,有的甚至远走高飞,转移到劳动力更加便宜的国家,这是正常现象。我国经济发展到今天,产业升级是大势所趋。
  但是企业只有不断提高劳动生产率,才能不断增加职工工资,否则拿什么付工资?现在有人说,二次分配要注重公平,一次分配也要注重公平,这个概念我觉得不大对。二次分配要注重公平,一次分配则要注重效率。一次分配是企业内部的分配,政府可以做的,只是规定最低工资水平、规范劳动关系等等事宜,至于企业给工人多少工资,则要根据企业的效益来确定。
  我还主张要三次分配,就是先富起来的人们,自愿拿出一部分财富帮助弱势群体改善它的医疗、生活、教育等条件。
  这样的分配体制才真正符合我国社会主义初级阶段的国情,以前过分强调效率不强调公平的时候,我大声疾呼注意公平,但是现在大家都强调公平的时候,我觉得要注意提高效率。如果我们整个社会劳动生产率不能提高,你拿什么去改善人民的生活?企业要是倒闭了,那公平和效率都没有了。

黄金十年的说法不大负责任
  南方周末:这两天,A股跌破4000点的说法,搞得股市人心惶惶,您怎么看?
  成思危:我在去年年初就指出,股市泡沫正在形成,投资者要注意风险。我看当时股市涨得很快,认为有必要提醒投资者。我当时还说过,不提高上市公司质量,涨上去也会掉下来。严重的泡沫使股指涨到6000点,现在掉到4000点左右。当时很多人不同意我的看法。现在大家冷静一些了。
  南方周末:有人说中国的股市在未来几年能够涨到8000点,甚至一万点,会这样么?
  成思危:"万点可期"、"黄金十年"等等说法都是不大负责任的。从长远看来,由于股市总是波浪式前进,螺旋式上升的,它将来总有可能涨到一万点,但是两三年之内不可能。因为熊市和牛市总是交替的,根据中国的情况来看,大概也就三四年交替一次。十年黄金牛市的说法,已被事实否定了。
  南方周末:今年2月份的CPI上涨了8.7个百分点。面对这么高的数字,你觉得中央政府应该采取什么样的措施?
  成思危:在温总理的政府工作报告中,对通货膨胀采取的措施都已经讲到了。我个人认为在执行中要注意两点:
  第一,中央政府的措施要得到严格执行,不允许阳奉阴违,不允许打擦边球。
  第二,政府部门在执行过程中,发现有缺陷,要及时改正。现在我们政府很多部门,还不大习惯于承认自己的不足。其实这是不对的,任何政策都不可能十全十美,也不可能一成不变,发现问题就应当及时改正。

投资不赔

佛下山游说佛法,在一家店铺里看到一尊释迦牟尼像,青铜所铸,形体逼真,神态安然,佛大悦。若能带回寺里,开启其佛光,记世供奉,真乃一件幸事,可店铺老板要价5000元,分文不能少,加上见佛如此钟爱它,更加咬定原价不放。 佛回到寺里对众僧谈起此事,众僧很着急,问佛打算以多少钱买下它。佛说:“500元足矣。”众僧唏嘘不止:“那怎么可能?”佛说:“天理犹存,当有办法,万丈红尘,芸芸众生,欲壑难填,得不偿失啊,我佛慈悲,普度众生,当让他仅仅赚到这500元!” “怎样普度他呢?”众僧不解地问。 “让他忏悔。”佛笑答。众僧更不解了。佛说:“只管按我的吩咐去做就行了。” 第一个弟子下山去店铺里和老板侃价,弟子咬定4500元,未果回山。 第二天,第二个弟子下山去和老板侃价,咬定4000元不放,亦未果回山。 就这样,直到最后一个弟子在第九天下山时所给的价已经低到了200元。眼见着一个个买主一天天下去、一个比一个价给得低,老板很是着急,每一天他都后悔不如以前一天的价格卖给前一个人了,他深深地怨责自己太贪。到第十天时,他在心里说,今天若再有人来,无论给多少钱我也要立即出手。 第十天,佛亲自下山,说要出500元买下它,老板高兴得不得了——竟然反弹到了500元!当即出手,高兴之余另赠佛龛台一具。佛得到了那尊铜像,谢绝了龛台,单掌作揖笑曰:“欲望无边,凡事有度,一切适可而止啊!善哉,善哉……” “本文来自: http://hkmsn.kblcw.com

征收资本利得税可能引发灾难

1、征收资本利得税可能引发灾难

  周三管理层针对导致2.27暴跌的罪魁祸首--"征收资本利得税"传闻进行了辟谣,北京邦和财富研究所所长韩志国也针对这一话题接受采访,他认为征收资本利得税不具备可操作性,投资者应该相信管理层的智慧,对本轮前所未有的牛市坚定信心。

  中国股市的印花税税率之高在全世界名列前茅,中国股市不应在如此高印花税的基础上再征收资本利得税。

  台湾股市由于征收资本利得税从一万点跌到三千点,最后不得不取消征收资本利得税。2月27日征收资本利得税传闻导致中国股市出现十年来最大跌幅,并引起美国股市暴跌,说明,如果中国政府强行征收征收资本利得税,非要象调控房市一样调控股市,这不仅可能带来中国股市的灾难,也而且可能带来中国经济甚至整个中国的灾难。政府不能让老百姓既担心熊市又担心牛市。老百姓只应承受市场风险,不应承受政策风险。政府不要干,不可为不能为不必为的事。

  对普通投资者征收资本利得税不具备可操作性。

  首先,征收资本利得税要以全国券商营业部与国税总局联网为前提,这无疑是一项浩大工程。金税工程搞了十年至今未完工。

  其次,征收资本利得税要以多年个人申报为基础。否则,大多数人不会主动申报。如果不申报就不交,资本利得税变成可交可不交的税,无疑是对税法的嘲弄。而强行征收成本巨大。征收资本利得税应象美国那样执行"赢征亏返"原则,否则,有悖市场公平原则,要查出8000万股票账户中每个账户每笔交易的买卖时间数量价格,计算买卖差价,不知要耗费多少人力物力,搞不好资本利得税征收成本比征来的税还高,最后,对获利丰厚的大非小非减持,可以征税,但可列入个人收入所得税,不必再征收资本利得税。
March 29

后股权分置时代中国资本市场的发展

中国证监会研究中心  祁斌  Page 4
我们离成熟的资本市场还有多远

近期政策

中国证监会就《首次公开发行股票并在创业板上市管理办法》向社会公开征求意见
【时间:2008年03月21日】        【来源:http://www.csrc.gov.cn/n575458/n575667/n818795/10106016.html

资本利得税与我国证券市场的发展

阮永平,解宏.税务研究,华东理工大学会计系        2008-03-26 00:00:00

[摘要]本文从资本利得税的概念界定入手,介绍资本利得税实践的国际经验,并结合我国证券市场实践,着重探讨了资本利得税对证券市场发展的影响。  

(中经评论·北京)一、资本利得税概述
(一)资本利得税的概念
  
  
关于资本利得概念的界定,经济学家劳伦斯·塞尔茨(1951)概括为:从法律和一般观点上看,资本利得被认为是拥有者不是为了经营进行库存.或者非规则地销售的各种资产,而是因市场价值上升而实现的获利;资本损失是这些资产因市场价值下跌而实现的损失。我国台湾学者周玉津对资本利得作如下界定:所谓“资本利得”,一般言之,乃为股票、土地、房屋等资本性资产因买卖而发生的增值所得,此种增值所得,就本质而言,为一种不能预期的所得,或意外所得或不劳利得,即指所得之非系任何有用的经济努力(例如资本、人工、技术之耗费)之结果而言。
  结合国内外学者的研究和税务实践,可以对资本利得作如下的界定:资本利得主要是相对于普通所得而言,是有价证券(股票、债券、存托凭证等)、不动产(房屋、土地)等资本性资产的增值或买卖而发生的净收益所得。资本利得和损失是由于资本市场价值变动而实现的收益或损失。
  资本利得应与投资所得相区分开来。投资所得虽然也是源于对一定资本性资产的所有权或债权而获得的增值所得.像银行存款利息收入、上市公司分发的现金股利等。但投资所得并不是因为资本性资产的市场价值变动而产生.而是由投资方利润分配(或资金占用)的结果,而且资本性资产没有被处理掉,因此投资所得具有一定的持续性。而资本利得是因为价格差的原因出现的收益,取得资本利得的同时资本性资产已经被处理掉,因此其资本利得不具有持续性
  资本利得税是针对于因出售资本性资产而实现的投资收益课征的税收。而对于资本性资产账面收益(即“浮盈”)不征税。相对于普通所得而言.该种利得具有很强的市场波动性不可预期性
  
  (二)开征资本利得税的理论依据
  
  
1.均富说。资本利得税的课税对象是资本利得额,本质上是一种不劳而获的收入,应包括在所得税课征之中。如果对资本收益不征税,拥有大量资本性资产的社会富有阶层,就会将其大部分资金转为能以资本收益形式而不是股息或普通收入形式取得收益的投资,既偷逃了税收,也影响了社会财富的公平分配。
  2.聚财说。资本利得税和其他税种一样,都具有聚财敛财的内在功能。在市场经济体制下,资本性资产交易和资本流动日趋活跃,资本利得税的税源是比较富裕的。虽然受资本利得额只有在资本性资产交换或转让时才产生的影响,资本利得税在税收收入中所占比重不大,收入也不规则、不确定,但毕竟比不开征资本利得税好。
  3.调控说。资本利得税作为对资本性资产转让所得的课税,会对资本形成、资产结构及投资方式产生影响。在市场经济体制下,资本的正常流通体现为资本结构的改进和资源的合理流动。对资本利得课税会对资本流通起到一定约束作用。
  4.能力说。资本利得是财产出售或转让时获取的所得,这种所得的获取意味着纳税人经济力量的增加和纳税能力的存在。只要所得体现为经济力量增加的收入,都应纳入征税范围。从公平税负角度看,资本利得的所有者有必要也有能力缴纳资本利得税。
  
  二、国际资本利得税的经验启示
  
  从美、英、法、日等国所得课税的具体实践来看,资本利得课税是最为复杂的。每个国家资本利得税制建设中既存在共性.又有与各国具体国情、征管环境相适应的特殊性
  
  (一)在纳税义务人的选择上,几乎都会把公司作为资本利得税的纳税义务人
  
  
尽管英国是采取单独课征资本利得税模式,但是公司只是就其获得的资本利得缴纳公司税,而不缴纳资本利得税.这主要是从会计处理和征管便利性的角度来考虑的。
  
  (二)在课税对象的选择上,主要集中于一些比较容易确定价值的资本资产,像股票、债券、房产等
  
  
各国课税对象的选择最能体现与该国具体国情、征管环境相结合的特点,如在美国课税的债券投资、房产投资的资本利得在英国均给予免税待遇。
  
  (三)应税资本利得的计算思路基本相同
  
  
即按实际实现时的资本利得减去为实现这些资本利得而发生的成本、费用。其中,英国较为特殊,在得出上述净资本利得后,仍要减去一个指数化宽免额,最终得出应税资本利得。
  
  (四)在税率设计上,各国也不尽相同
  
  
美、日两国的资本利得税税率与企业所得税、个人所得税的税率是一致的,英国尽管存在单独的资本利得税税种,但其资本利得税最高边际税率水平的高低也和所得税税率的高低有一定的联系。
  
  (五)对于个人买卖股票资本利得税税率的高低或是否开征,与本国监管机构对证券市场的调控效应密切相关。
  
  (六)从各国的税收征管环境来看,资本利得税的顺利课征需要较高的条件
  
  
从各国年度税收收入的税种构成分析上看,资本利得税在总税收收入中的比重很小,不到1%,各国开征资本利得税的主要着眼点是为了调节收入分配差距。结合我国情况看.如果仅以公平原则为目标而放弃财政收入原则来调整目前我国的征收环境也是不现实的。对公司投资的资本利得,国均采取合并征收企业所得税的做法,征管条件上不会有太高的要求;而对于个人投资的资本利得征税,硬件设施的要求则相当高。在西方以个人所得税和社会保险税为主体税种的税制结构下,引入资本利得税并不需要太大的制度变迁成本,引入资本利得税的边际成本接近为零,而我国是一个发展中国家,在以流转税为主体税种的税制结构下引进资本利得税,制度变迁成本相当高。
  
  三、资本利得税对证券市场影响的理论分析
  
  这里只讨论证券交易市场中资本利得税(即二级市场中的股票证券交易形成的资本利得税)对证券市场的影响。
  
  (一)对证券市场价格波动性的影响
  
  
证券资本利得税属于证券交易税中重要的税种,与证券交易印花税等一道构成了重要的证券交易成本,交易成本的提升将对证券市场的价格波动性产生影响。大多数学者认为,股票资本利得税会降低过度的价格波动性。由于资本利得税具有一定的锁定效应,它可以打击短期的投机交易,从而增强市场的稳定性。证券市场中的噪声交易者利用其资金优势,而不是证券的内在价值买卖证券,产生了过度的市场流动性,削弱了市场所能提供的信息质量。资本利得税对盲目交易人的行为、交易水平将起到削弱作用,使价格波动对他们的影响相应减少。资本利得税通过提高证券交易成本,降低噪声交易者的交易活动,从而降低过度的市场波动性。当然,对此也有持反对意见的,他们认为波动是否过度不易判断.同时,资本利得税不加区别地影响所有交易者,在限制盲目交易人的同时.也限制了保证价格稳定的行为、提供信息的交易人和提供证券流动性的交易人,所以它对减少市场波动的作用是不明确的。本文认为,证券交易税能否对市场的波动性进行平抑,在投机市场盛行时可能有一定的作用,但在成熟市场里并不一定能有效发挥效应。资本利得税的“内锁效应”,使得在证券价格上涨时,高累进税率将使欲买者众而欲卖者少.从而使证券的价格水平进一步上扬;而当证券价格下跌时,为弥补税负所引起的资本损失,将使证券欲卖者众而欲买者少,易产生“无量暴跌”的现象发生。
  
  (二)对证券市场价格水平的影响
  
  
资本利得税将使整个证券市场价格水平下降。由于资本利得税增加了证券投资者的投资成本,使得许多投资者的投资回报率降低,部分资金将从证券市场转移.导致证券产品的需求量降低,导致证券市场价格水平整体下降。也有极少数人认为资本利得税的提高,将使得证券价格水平上升,理由是投资者的交易成本需要更高的回报率来弥补。但事实上,证券的名义回报率(不考虑交易成本)仅与股票内在价值有关。各国实践证明.资本利得税的开征将导致短期内证券价格水平的下降。
  
  (三)对证券流动性和成交量的影响
  
  
几乎所有研究者都认为,资本利得税会降低证券市场流动性,这是基于对资产课税的紧锁效应。如果资本利得税根据国际惯例对短期持有与长期持有证券划分不同的税率,投资者为了避税.将不愿出售或延迟出售所持证券资产,以获得较高回报率会对资产的流动性产生一定的锁定效应,即资本利得课税的内锁效应。资本利得税对证券市场成交量也会带来影响,一般都会使得成交量缩减,同时还会造成证券市场资金的国际迁移.证券交易者和发行者转移到低税负国家。
  
  (四)对证券市场的调节功能
  
  
资本利得税对证券市场的调节功能主要表现在以下方面:第一,如果在较为成熟的证券市场中开征累进的资本利得税,则它具有自动调节证券市场规模和市场涨跌的“自动稳定器”功能。具体表现为:当证券市场价格上涨.投资者收益也随之上升.资本利得税使得投资者税负加重,从而导致证券市场规模缩小,抑制了证券价格的进一步上涨;当证券市场价格下跌.投资者收益会产生三种情况.即收益下降,导致投资者税负下降;无收益.则投资者不用缴税:亏损,使得投资者盈亏结转。这三种情况都最终导致了证券市场规模的扩大,从而抑制了证券价格的进一步下跌。第二,如果在不成熟的证券市场中开征资本利得税,由于它直接明显地减少投资者的证券交易收益,因而具有强烈压抑股市上涨或促使股市下挫的紧缩效应。
  
  (五)对证券市场效率的影响
  
  
证券市场效率反映市场价格对市场信息的反应程度,市场价格对市场信息反应越充分,市场效率越高。资本利得税直接提高交易成本,降低了市场的流动性和交易量,使得投资者对市场信息的敏感度减弱,证券价格不能充分反映市场信息:此外,资本利得税使得用于消除市场错误定价的套利成本提高,市场错误定价将更加严重,这都使得市场效率降低也有研究者认为,对于欠发达的股票市场来说.适当的资本利得税虽然不加区别地限制了所有交易者,但主要是打击了噪声交易者和无信息交易者,降低了他们的交易水平,减少其交易对股价的影响.从而对股票市场失真的信息产生修复作用,使市场效率相对提高。
  
  四、关于我国资本利得税与证券市场发展关系的思考
  
  (一)我国资本利得课税概况
  
  
我国现有税制体系中,已经部分地涵盖并实施了对资本利得征税.如对股权转让所得征税、对资本性房产转让所得征税等。本文主要讨论二级市场中的有价证券交易的资本利得征税问题。
  1企业法人资本利得税方面。我国现阶段不单独设立资本利得税,而是将其并入企业所得税中。企业的应纳税所得额中包括了财产转让收入,即纳税人购买各种财产取得的收入,具体包括转让固定资产、有价证券、股权及其他财产而取得的收入。按此规定,企业法人进行二级市场投资有价证券所获得的投资收益需征收企业所得税,适用税率按投资方企业适用的税率处理,这一点与企业股权投资转让所得征税相一致。对有价证券投资亏损(不是浮亏,而是实现亏损)的弥补,与其他所得合并,如果合并后的应纳税所得仍为亏损,则按照企业所得税相关规定予以弥补:如果合并后的应纳税所得为盈利,则有价证券的亏损在当期实行税前弥补。
  2个人资本利得税方面。我国目前对于个人资本利得的税收规定比较宽松,仅限于一些比较容易量化、控制的股权投资、房产投资方面,按照个人财产转让所得征收个人所得税。但在个人二级市场有价证券(主要是股票)的交易方面.对股票转让所得暂不征收个人所得税。
  
  (二)短期内开征个人股票资本利得税是否有利于证券市场发展
  
  
根据前面的理论分析和国际实践比较可知,股票资本利得税可在一定程度上对证券市场实施“调控”功能,也可以增加财政收入,部分地实现社会公平。但从各国情况来看,其资本利得税所占整个财政收入的比例极低,有些不足1%。我们认为,开征个人股票资本利得税的重要功能是调控证券市场。但鉴于我国目前证券市场正处于由初级阶段向成熟阶段过渡的特殊时期,不太适宜运用资本利得税杠杆对证券市场实施调控。
  首先,我国证券市场正经历一场意义重大的股权分置改革的制度深化.需要证券市场的理性繁荣。证券市场的持续繁荣也是制度深化带来其能量爆发的自然结果,同样,证券市场的繁荣也为股权分置改革的顺利推进提供了重要基础。众所周知,由于有1994年底关于开征股票转让所得税的传言,股指大幅震荡.而同期我国台湾证券市场也因拟开征资本利得税而造成股指大幅下跌,致使台湾证券管理当局不得不宣布无限期搁置资本利得税的课征。短期内若开征股票资本利得税.其结果将可能会对来之不易的股权分置改革成果造成重大损失。
  其次,我国证券市场的投资理念逐步由短期投机向价值投资转变,证券监管逐步完善。我国证券市场的投资主体过去主要以“庄家”、“散户”为主导,但现在则主要由证券投资基金、OFLL司、证券公司等专业性投资机构为主导,且这种趋势将越来越明显,这些机构基本奉行价值投资理念,通过发掘股票内在价值进行投资。此外,大盘蓝筹股在上市公司中的地位和影响力显著提升,通过所谓的资金优势对大盘蓝筹股进行操纵不具可能性。证券监管方面.监管制度日趋成熟,违规行为将受到严厉打击。因此,我国证券交易市场更多地需要发挥市场机制作用,实现风险与收益相对称,人为地提高交易成本.只会降低市场效率。
  第三,我国目前证券市场缺乏做空机制,难以有效发挥资本利得税的市场调控效应。与国外成熟市场不同,我国目前情况是只有在证券市场行情上涨的情况下,资本利得才能实现,在下跌时,则不能实现资本利得。在缺乏做空机制的市场环境下.资本利得税在证券市场行情下跌时无法发挥其调控作用,也难以增加财政收入。即使我国股指期货推出后具备了做空机制,但股指期货本身也需要较长时间的实践。
  第四,仍有许多有关开证股票资本利得税的复杂技术问题尚需解决,这主要包括:是否应该对短期持有证券与长期持有证券区别对待?如何实施股票资本利得税的亏损弥补?税率是否应该类似个人所得税实行累进税率?是否应该设置起征点?对于不同成本购买的同类股票的部分出售,如何确定其实现的资本利得?机构的资本利得税是否需要相应变化,以免套利行为发生?
  因此,我国何时开征资本利得税,必须根据我国证券市场发展水平和复杂技术问题的解决程度来决定,不能盲目开征,否则,必然会引起证券市场的动荡,难以发挥资本利得税的应有作用。
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Comments:我认为市场波动性和流动性是两个不同的概念,另外对于近期市场流动性的分析仍需权威机构数据考证,例如沪交所的关于流动性的研究报告http://www.sse.com.cn/sseportal/webapp/datapresent/SSEDisquisitionAndPublicationAct?REPORTTYPE=研究报告
March 28

US Taxes on Capitals Gains

Reference from:Margo Thorning .U.S. Capital Formation:How the U.S. Tax Code Discourages Investment.Policy Report170,Feb.2002:Page6-8

U.S. capital gains tax rates, which affect the cost of capital and therefore investment and economic growth, are still high compared to those of other countries. In fact, most industrial and developing countries tax individual and corporate capital gains more lightly than does the United States, according to a 1998 survey of 24 industrialized and developing countries that the ACCF Center for Policy Research commissioned from Arthur Andersen LLP.美国资本利得税率相比较其它国家而言是较高的,此税对资本成本,投资和经济增长均有一定影响。事实上,大多数工业和发展中国家的资本利得税都采取轻税政策,根据98年对24发展中国家的调查。。。。。。。。。

Both short- and long-term individual capital gains on equities are taxed at higher rates in the United States than in most of the other 23 countries surveyed. Short-term gains are taxed at 38.6 percent in the United States compared to an average of 17.2 percent for the sample as a whole. Long-term gains face a tax rate of 20 percent in the United States versus an average of 14.5 percent for all the countries in the
survey (see Table 5). Thus, U.S. individual taxpayers face tax rates on long-term gains that are 38 percent higher than those paid by the average investor in other countries. In addition, the United States is one of only five countries surveyed with a holding period requirement in order for the investment to qualify as a capital asset.无论持有期限是短期还是长期,个人资本利得税在美国的课征均高于大多数被调查的其它23国。其中短期税率38.6%Vs平均17.2%;长期20%Vs平均14.5%。另外,包括美在内的5国对资产还有持有期限的要求。

Similarly, short- and long-term corporate capital gains tax rates are higher in the United States than in most other industrial and developing countries surveyed. Both short- and long-term gains are taxed at a maximum rate of 35 percent in the United States, compared to an average of 22.5 percent for short-term gains and 19.3 percent for long-term gains in the sample as a whole (see Table 6). In other words, U.S. corporations face long-term capital gains tax rates 80 percent higher than those of all but one of the other countries surveyed. (Germany’s rate [45 percent] is scheduled to drop to zero in 2002.) Only four of the 24 countries surveyed impose a holding period in order to be eligible for preferential corporate capital gains tax rates.同样,短期与长期企业资本利得税率也是远远高于受调查的其它各国。短期上限税率35%Vs平均22.5%;长期上限税率35%Vs平均19.3S%。换言之,美国企业面临长期资本利得比其它受访国家高出80%的税率。其中德国由45%到2002年的0%。

Capital gains tax reductions would have a positive impact on capital costs. For example, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 reduced the individual capital gains tax from a top rate of 28 percent to 20 percent.The capital gains tax cut reduced the net cost of capital for new investment by about 3 percent, according to a macroeconomic analysis prepared by Dr. David Wyss, chief economist of Standard & Poor’s DRI and a top public finance expert.资本利得减税有利于减低投资成本。比如,1997年税减方案将个人资本利得税从28%降至20%,由此新生资本净成本降低了3%。(根据标准普尔首席经济学家Dr.David Wyss和DRI公共财政专家和宏观分析比较)

Dr. Wyss’s study shows that reducing capital costs will, other things being equal, raise business investment by 1.5 percent per year (see Table 7). Over a 10-year period, the capital stock will rise by 1.2 percent, and productivity and real GDP will increase by 0.4 percent relative to the baseline forecast. This productivity increase allows living standards to rise; for example, U.S. household income will be $309 higher each year and the average worker’s real wages will be $250 higher in 2007 and in each succeeding year (see Figure 4).DW的研究表明减少投资成本将会是商业投资以每年1.5%增长。自10年的周期内,证券投资上升了1.2%,生产力和实际GDP增长0.4%。生产力增加提升生活水平。比如,美国户收入年均增加309美元,平均工人实际工资增长250.
 
In addition, a significant share of the increase in stock prices since 1997 (about 25 percent) is due to lower taxes on individual capital gains (see Figure 5). Lowering capital gains taxes increases the after-tax rate of return on equities. Their stock prices must rise to re-equilibrate the risk adjusted after-tax return with the rate available on other assets such as bonds.市场重新稳定后,股价必然随着税后利得上升而上升。
 
Many policy experts in the U.S. Congress, academic institutions, and think tanks conclude that further reductions in federal taxes on individual as well as corporate capital gains will enhance U.S. saving, investment,and GDP growth as well as provide a much needed boost to equity value. For example, an analysis of the capital gains tax reductions included in the Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act of 1999 (H.R. 2488) by Dr. Allen Sinai, chief global economist, Primark Decision Economics, shows that an immediate reduction in the individual long-term rates from 20/10 percent to 18/8 percent would have a significant, positive impact. (H.R. 2488 was vetoed by President Clinton in September 1999.)议会许多政策专家,学术机构,都认为对个人和企业的资本利得税实行减免将有利于国家储备,投资和GDP增长,并对证券市场产生一个及时的推动。比如,1999年的Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act (H.R. 2488)税减后专家分析表明个人长期资本利得的实现课税率降低有一个积极的,正面的作用。
Dr. Sinai’s analysis indicates that if the rate reductions in H.R. 2488 had been enacted, real GDP would be $64.6 billion higher, and employment, investment, new business formation, and national saving would be greater over the 2000–2004 period compared to the baseline forecast (see Table 8). In addition,U.S. capital costs would be slightly lower. He concludes that the capital gains tax cut would have produced a “significant bang for the buck.”DSinai的分析表明如果税减方案HR2488得以实行,实际GDP将会增加64.4Billion,同时,就业率,投资,新的上市模式,国家储备都会比2000-2004阶段要高。且,投资成本会大大降低。他总结:资本利得税率减少会产生巨大的经济效应。

Capital Gains Tax - Shares and Securities (英国)

Capital Gains Tax (CGT) only effects a relatively small number of people each year. It's reckoned that around 170,000 people paid CGT last year, with the average bill coming to around £13,000 each. The tax itself has grown progressively more complex over the years - a victim of politicians' inability to leave things be. As a result, the number of manifestations of this tax over time has led us to the point where the calculation of a taxable gain in some cases is barely comprehensible.CGT每年只对一小部分人有影响。据估计去去年大约170,000人缴纳CGT,平均每人计13,000英镑。资本利得税制本身也在近年里日渐复杂——政治家没法袖手旁观却心有余力不足的牺牲品。因此,

It might be helpful to start with exemptions. That is, situations and types of security that are not liable to CGT. Here is a list of some common areas:从可以免征的优惠对象着手,下例公共

  • Government securities; 政府债券
  • Qualifying corporate bonds - broadly, interest-based corporate loan stocks, excluding convertibles; 合格企业债券,广义的除可转换债券外的带息企业债券。
  • Venture capital trusts - subject to conditions; 适用于一定前提的风险信用投资
  • Enterprise investment schemes - subject to conditions; 适用于一定前提的融资模式
  • Gifts to charity; 捐赠
  • ISAs and PEPs, whatever securities are held within them; and 可享受一定免税优惠的个人储蓄和投资计划如ISAs和PEPs。
  • Transfers between spouses. This is not restricted to shares and applies to any asset so transferred.夫妻间的财产转移。

Apart from these, the disposal of shares and other securities will in general give rise to a potential capital gains tax liability, or an allowable loss. Note that disposal does not necessarily mean a market sale. Gifting the shares in general to any person other than a spouse is deemed to be a disposal at market value, whatever the amount of money changing hands. 除此之外,任何证券资产的处置收益都计为潜在的资本利得,或者限额内的资本损失。注意所谓处置并不特制市场交易。对除配偶外的任何个人实施的捐赠也被计入在内,无论价值几何。

Every person, including minors, is exempt from CGT on the first slice of their net gains in any tax year - up to a figure called the 'personal exemption'. For the 2005/6 tax year, the personal exemption is £8,500. That is not only on shares but gains on all chargeable assets. 净收益Net gains means profits minus losses, after deducting all other reliefs that may be available, including losses brought forward from previous years. Following on from that, net losses in a year can be carried forward indefinitely and will be set against gains as they arise in future. The personal exemption is given for each tax year alone, and cannot be carried forward.

Note that disposals of shares where new securities are received in exchange for the shares are not treated as disposals for CGT purposes. This happens often in takeovers and company reorganisations. 常见与并购或重组In such a case you are deemed to hold the new paper at the original cost of the old paper. No CGT disposal occurs until you sell the new shares for cash. If all cash is received in the deal, though, this is like any other sale for CGT purposes. If, as sometimes happens, it is a mixed cash and paper deal then there may be a partial CGT disposal or, if the cash element is small, then it is not treated as a sale but as a reduction of cost.

Rates of CGT

Any net taxable gain in the year (that is, after deducting all reliefs and the exemption of £8,500) is added to total income from other sources in the year to determine the tax band applicable. The tax bands concerned are 10%, 20% and 40%:

  • 10% on gains up to £2,090;
  • 20% on gains between £2,091 and £32,400; and
  • 40% on gains over £32,401.

Thus the gain is treated as though it were marginal income, the slight difference being that the middle band is 20% and not the 22% applicable to earned income. As a consequence, anybody who is a higher-rate income tax payer, and has a taxable gain, will pay 40% tax on it. That is the worst case. However, the taxable gain may often be much less than the actual gain because of various reliefs.

Reliefs

Indexation
A key date for CGT purposes is 6 April 1998. Until then, and from March 1982, an indexation allowance was given on an asset bought before this date. Broadly, this allowed the cost of the shares to be increased by the change in the retail price index, thus reducing the gain. It was effectively an allowance for inflation. It could not though be used to create or add to a loss. Also shares were "pooled", i.e. averaged. This meant that where there were several purchases and sales of the same share, the cost per share became the average purchase price of all of them, plus indexation. So for shares acquired before that date, indexation can be applied. The pool is then frozen at that date as the law changed.

Taper relief
Indexation doesn't apply to gains after from 6 April 1998 onwards, and neither does the concept of pooling the same shares to arrive at an average cost per share. In place of indexation, taper relief was introduced. This is a system of a deduction from the gain based on the number of years held. And instead of pooling we have the Last In First Out (LIFO) method of identifying which shares are being sold. This is a far more complex approach where there are multiple trades in a particular share.

Taper relief is then split into two types - business assets and non-business assets. The former is far more generous and grants a reduction in the gain of from 50% after one year and 75% after two or more. The latter grants a reduction of from 5% after three years up to a maximum of 40% of the gain, but only after ten years.

The effect is that for a 40% taxpayer, the minimum CGT on a business asset share is 10% and 24% on a non-business asset share.

Unquoted shares, including most AIM-listed companies, are treated as business assets (however AIM companies whose main business is not trading, e.g. investment or property, are classed as non-business assets). Also, 员工持股employee scheme shares are generally treated as business assets in any company. Other than these, straight investments in fully listed companies, where there is no employee involvement by the shareholder, are treated as non-business assets.

March 27

Do Capital Gains Tax Cuts Increase Revenues?

Jan.28, 2008, 5:15      Posted by Justin Fox

One of the most cherished beliefs of supply-side zealots is that cuts in capital gains tax rates always increase revenue. To be sure, there are often dramatic upward revenue swings right after the cap gains rate is cut. But that is in part because people can choose when to enter into the transactions that result in capital gains--and they'd be idiots not to hold off a few months if they know the tax rate is about to drop. 供方总是狂热地坚信一旦资本利得税率下调,收益必然跟着上升。事实上当上限资本利得税率下调时确实导致戏剧性地收益增加的结果。但部分是因为投资者可以选择进入交易的时间来实现资本利得--如果他们得知税率减免怎么会不忙着实现利得呢

A better test is whether receipts are higher over the course of an entire business cycle. Last week, as part of its latest 10-year budget projections (pdf!), the Congressional Budget Office published its estimate of capital gains receipts in fiscal 2007. I'm willing to bet that, recession or no, FY 2007 will prove to be a peak in capital gains receipts that won't be matched for several years. Which means we can compare it with the peak of the last cycle, in 2000. Here's the chart, with the numbers adjusted for inflation:一个更好的测试方法是看整个商业周期内收据是否增多。上周,近10年预算投入pdf,议会财政预算办公室公布了它对2007财政年度资本利得票据的估计。我敢打赌,衰退与否,2007财政年将证明是资本利得票据量的高峰年,这与其它几年状况无法匹配的。 意味着我们可以将之与次周期的同一高峰年(2000年)作对比。图标如下,数据经过通涨调整。

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So no, the reduction in the capital gains tax rate from 20% to 15% in 2003 did not result in an increase in revenue over the course of the business cycle. In 2000 receipts totaled $119 billion, which equals $143 million in 2007 dollars. In 2007, they totaled $122 billion. That's a 15% decline.因此,2003年降低资本利得税税率(20%到15%)并没有导致经济周期内的收益增加。2000年票据总量$119亿美元等同于2007年$143百万美元,合计$122亿美元,下降约15%。

Now I guess you could argue that 2000 was the peak of a once-in-a-lifetime stock market boom, making it an unfair comparison. But that would amount to admitting that forces other than the capital gains tax rate determine the course of the stock market. Perish the thought!你也许会说那是因为2000年是百年难得一遇的牛市年,使得这样横向对比位置不平等。但是这只会增加“资本利得税是影响股市的一个重要因素”的说服力。


Comments:

unfortunately, such charts never tell us anything, because capital gains tax cuts don't occur in a vaccuum, but are generally accompanied by "closing loophole" provisions. (闭环逻辑的矛盾)

Nevertheless, there is probably a short term impact in terms of revenue gains -- for the first couple of years, people sell off stocks they'd been holding onto to avoid the capital gains tax. Once that wears off, receipts go down.

I'd like to suggest that one way to increase revenue is a capital gains tax increase -- for instance, we should see a significant increase in capital gains tax revenues in 2008, because at the end of 2008, the capital gains tax cut expires -- and everyone will be selling off stocks to take advantage of the last year of lower tax rates. (We should also expect to see a sharp decline in the stock market, unrelated to economic conditions, because of this sell-off.)

The brief, harsh history of the capital gains tax(TaiWan)

FINANCIAL LESSONS: The painful experiences of those who have backed a stock capital gains tax serves as a cautionary tale for latter-day politicians 台湾的沉痛历史教训警戒后人:慎定资本利得税这一财政政策
By Stanley Chou        STAFF REPORTER      Thursday, Jan 27, 2000, Page 17

For the last three decades, the stock capital gains tax has led to many a painful experience for Taiwan's finance ministers.

Chen Shui-bien , the DPP presidential candidate, proposed a capital gains tax on stocks (證券交易所得稅) in his financial white paper earlier this week. But in less than 24 hours he quickly withdrew the proposal after strong rejection from voters. He is not the first Taiwanese politician to be rebuffed(be criticized) on this idea. Over the last three decades, two finance ministers have tried and failed to impose a capital gains tax. 陈水扁曾一度指定证券交易所得税计划,又在24小时内放弃了。

The first one was Lee Guo-ding (李國鼎), former finance minister in early 1970s. In 1974, he instituted the first, though short-lived, capital gains tax in Taiwan. Any individual who held a registered stock for less than a year had to pay a capital gains tax. Meanwhile, there was also a securities transaction tax (證券交易稅) with a 0.15 percent tax rate for anyone who sold a stock. 随后的税收优惠政策出台Then later, Lee waived the tax for anyone whose annual sales in stocks was less than NT$300,000 (US$7,500) or whose annual capital gains were less than NT$30,000 (US$750).

The first capital gains tax was intended to curb short-term trading and prevent excessive speculation.旨在 抑制短期交易和过渡投机行为。But the compromise that exempted small investors led to the creation of numerous dummy accounts (人頭戶) that large investors used for tax-evasion. Hundreds of thousands of dummy accounts remain one of the major obstacles preventing a capital gains tax today.

By 1976 Lee Guo-ding had suspended the tax. And it remained suspended for the next nine years until 1985, when Finance Minister Lu Ruen-kang (陸潤康) announced that any unlisted stocks would be subject to a capital gains tax, while listed stocks would remain exempt.

The next finance minister to impose a capital gains tax was Guo Woan-rong (郭婉容). She announced the tax in 1988, when the TAIEX broke 8,000 points for the first time. The tax was aimed at curbing the stock market from rising too fast and creating a speculative bubble.

Right after the announcement, the TAIEX fell continuously for 19 days -- from 8,000 to 4,763, or by more than 40 percent -- and daily trading volume was less than 5 percent of a normal trading the day before the announcement.

Finally, the minister softened her stand by announcing that anyone with a trading volume of less than NT$10 million (US$250,000) was exempted from the tax. And a family of four could enjoy tax-free trading volume of NT$40 million, the minister suggested. This almost exempted everyone, as dummy accounts were semi-officially recognized as legal.

By the end of 1989, the finance ministry announced that since dummy accounts prevail, the capital gains tax would once again be suspended.

From the painful experiences of his predecessors, Paul Chiu (邱正雄), the present finance minister, has learned a lesson. He opposes levying a capital gains tax and has provided several reasons.

The most important reason is that dummy accounts(人头户避税), still popular at present, would make imposing one futile(completely ineffective).

Secondly, the revenue from the securities transaction tax has been quite reliable, normally over NT$100 billion (US$3.3 billion) a year. The cost of the levy is relatively low, and it helps the stock market remain active. 现存证券交易税收可观,征收成本也低,同时还可保持市场的活跃度。

Chiu also has said that tax reform requires not only good theory, but pragmatism as well. Idealism alone will not work. 税改需要的是实践而非理论。

"Before we can levy a capital gains tax, a complete legal framework for the securities market is required," 前提一:完善的金融法制said Norman Yin (殷乃平), professor of Cheng-chi University. "To remove dummy accounts限制人头户行为, for example, we need strict laws and regulations to punish the behavior, as in South Korea. Any person involved in such behavior will also ruin his record for the rest of his life. Without an improvement of discipline in the securities market, we will not be able to collect a capital gains tax in Taiwan."