Electronic Tax Bureau is an online tax service hall established in State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China, which has more powerful tax function and more convenient tax process. The emergence and development of electronic tax bureau has significantly improved the efficiency of tax collection and management, reduced the cost of tax collection and payment, and is conducive to the tax disclosure work of tax authorities, and at the same time, it can better realize tax administration according to law, which is conducive to the scientific and democratic decision-making of tax authorities; It is conducive to the popularization of tax knowledge and the improvement of tax environment.

Taxpayers can apply for invoices, check invoice types, declare taxes, change tax information, pay taxes and fees and pay social insurance premiums through the electronic tax bureau.

In August, 20 18, State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China issued a notice, demanding that a unified and standardized electronic tax bureau be launched nationwide before the end of 20 18 to provide a more powerful and convenient online tax service hall.

The tax bureau is the government agency responsible for tax collection. On March 20 18, the tax collection and management system was reformed according to the plan for deepening the reform of the party and state institutions issued by the central government.

Current situation of tax reform: In order to reduce the cost of tax collection and management, straighten out the responsibility relationship, improve the efficiency of tax collection and management, and provide taxpayers with better, more efficient and more convenient services, the national tax and local tax agencies below the provincial level will be merged to undertake the collection and management of various tax and non-tax revenues within their jurisdiction. In order to improve the efficiency of the collection and management of social insurance funds, various social insurance premiums such as basic old-age insurance premiums, basic medical insurance premiums and unemployment insurance premiums are handed over to the tax authorities for unified collection. After the merger of national tax and local tax agencies, People's Republic of China (PRC) State Taxation Bureau will mainly be the city and province (). State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China should work with provincial Party committees and governments to strengthen the Party's leadership over the tax system, do a good job in Party building, ideological and political construction and cadre team building, optimize the tax organization system and tax collection and management responsibilities at all levels, improve the structural layout and power allocation according to the principle of combining "slimming" with "fitness", and build an optimized, efficient and unified tax collection and management system.

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Notice on the implementation of the national deepening the reform of "decentralization, combination of decentralization and management, improvement of service", transformation of government functions, and optimization of tax business environment.

Accelerate the construction of electronic tax bureau. Efficient and convenient tax collection and management information system is the "main support" for optimizing tax service, controlling tax risks and standardizing tax law enforcement. In order to create a better tax experience for taxpayers, the notice requires that a unified and standardized electronic tax bureau be launched nationwide before the end of 20 18 to provide a more powerful and convenient online tax service hall.