Survey Report: New Taxes on Vehicles and Boats Does Not Prevent Consumers from Buying Cars

The new tax policy for vehicles and ships that began on January 1, 2012 attracted the attention of the majority of car owners. The joint survey launched by the Jinghua Times and Sina Automotive has received strong support from many netizens and friends. As of January 6, 2012, the survey received 1,179 valid questionnaires.

First, the impact of the new policies on car and boat taxes on the purchase of cars shows that more than 70% of netizens believe that the substantial increase in the tax amount of the vehicle and boat is not reasonable. Due to the lack of encouragement and restraint of the new policy, it neither serves the purpose of restricting large-displacement vehicles nor saves money for small-displacement vehicle owners. Therefore, the adjustment of the travel tax cannot be a reference indicator for the displacement of consumers when buying a car.

Second, the displacement of 2.0L and below is still the mainstream of consumption. Although the adjustment of the travel tax does not have a substantial impact on consumers’ purchase of cars, more than 50% of the 1,179 netizens who participated in the survey still chose 2.0. L and the following models, if the policy can have greater support for this displacement model, I believe it can play a better role in adjusting the car consumption structure.

Third, energy saving and emission reduction is not to raise taxes and fees. 96.9% of the participating surveyors believe that the adjustment of the vehicle and boat taxes does not play a role in energy conservation or emission reduction or its role is not obvious. Only 18.7% of netizens said that they would consider replacing the new small-displacement vehicle because of the increase in tax. In addition, the lack of new energy vehicles and the imperfect encouragement policies have not played a proper role in the policy of exempting or exempting new energy vehicles from vehicle and boat taxes. More netizens still believe that the current tax adjustment Only increasing the cost of vehicles will have limited impact on the healthy development of the automotive industry in the future.