煙草在線據(jù)Scoop.co.nz報(bào)道編譯　　新西蘭第一國(guó)會(huì)要求政府解釋為什么允許在2012年底的時(shí)候大量卷煙被進(jìn)口并被囤積起來，這樣，這些卷煙就可以被重新出口海外，增加煙草業(yè)要求獲得的退稅額。

　　稅務(wù)署發(fā)言人安德魯·威廉姆森說，在煙稅上提10%于1月1日生效后，煙草業(yè)的計(jì)劃將會(huì)使它獲得巨額退稅。

　　威廉姆森先生說：“它們甚至以巨額費(fèi)用租用飛機(jī)，將卷煙運(yùn)入新西蘭，然后囤積在倉(cāng)庫(kù)里，以滿足12月31日的最后期限。這就是這個(gè)計(jì)劃如何賺錢的方式。”

　　威廉姆森先生說：“政府還沒有注意到這個(gè)將會(huì)使煙草公司不費(fèi)吹灰之力就可以穩(wěn)賺千萬新西蘭元的漏洞。它們甚至都不需要在新西蘭出售卷煙?！?/p>

　　“很快這些卷煙就會(huì)裝上返回亞洲的船只，而新西蘭的納稅人卻要給這些操作這個(gè)計(jì)劃的人支付巨額的退稅?！?/p>

　　“稅務(wù)部和海關(guān)部的部長(zhǎng)必須迅速介入，查獲等待調(diào)查的商品，結(jié)束在他們的鼻子底下開展的偷稅漏稅行為?！?/p>

評(píng)論：

　　“道也者不可須臾離也，可離非道也。是故君子戒慎乎其所不睹，恐懼乎其所不聞。莫見乎隱，莫顯乎微，故君子慎其獨(dú)也?！薄吨杏埂?。其實(shí)，不僅僅是個(gè)人要遵守這樣的道德規(guī)范，作為企業(yè)也應(yīng)該遵守這樣的規(guī)范。商業(yè)以追逐最大利益為己任，這無可厚非。不過“君子愛財(cái)，取之有道”，公司行為在確保財(cái)務(wù)利益的同時(shí)，還應(yīng)該確保商業(yè)倫理的需求，才是一個(gè)受人尊敬，有社會(huì)責(zé)任感的企業(yè)。一家企業(yè)如果鉆制度的空子，而損害納稅人的利益，就不能稱之為合乎商業(yè)倫理，難免會(huì)受到輿論的指責(zé)和消費(fèi)者的背離，甚至?xí)幌嚓P(guān)部門追查相應(yīng)的責(zé)任，落得“偷雞不成蝕把米”的下場(chǎng)！如果每家企業(yè)都能按照商業(yè)倫理要求自己，那么世界會(huì)因此而更加美好！

New Zealand: Tobacco Industry Set to Fleece NZ Taxpayers

　　New Zealand First is calling on the Government to explain why it allowed vast quantities of cigarettes to be imported and stockpiled at the end of 2012 so they could be re-exported overseas and increased taxes claimed back by the tobacco industry.

　　Revenue spokesperson Andrew Williams says the tobacco industry plan will see it make big tax gains following the 10 per cent increase on tobacco tax which came into effect on January 1.

　　"'They were even chartering planes at huge expense to fly cigarettes into the country and stockpiled in warehouses to meet the 31 December deadline. That's how lucrative this scheme is," Mr Williams says.

　　"The Government has not picked up on the loophole which will see companies stand to make tens of millions of dollars for doing nothing. They won't even have to sell the cigarettes in New Zealand.

　　"Soon they will be on ships back to Asia while New Zealand taxpayers will be paying out large tax rebates to these operators.

　　"The Ministers of Revenue and Customs need to quickly step in and seize the merchandise pending investigations, and close the tax rort that is being peddled under their noses," says Mr Williams. Enditem