财政部《关于减轻农村税收负担问题的报告》经国务院批转下达以后,受到广大农民和干部的热烈拥护.最近财政部召开了全国农业税工作会议,研究了执行过程中需要明确的若干具体问题.本刊记者走访了主管单位的负责同志,对有关的一些问题作了如下的解答: 问:我国农业税多年来执行稳定负担、增产不增税的政策,负担一般并不算重,今年国家又提高了粮食和其它农副产品的收购价格,农民获益不少.为什么还要进一步减轻农业税收负担呢? 答:这是从加快发展农业生产,逐步实现农业现代化的需要,并照顾我国农业发展不平衡的情况出发的.由于自然条件和其它原因,目前还有一批社队,长期低产缺粮,集体家当很少,尽管在税收上给予不少照顾,但扩大再 The MOF’s “Report on Mitigating Rural Tax Burden” was warmly endorsed by farmers and cadres after it was circulated by the State Council.Ministry of Finance recently held a national agricultural tax conference to study some specific issues that need to be clarified in the implementation process. Our correspondent visited the responsible comrades of the competent units and answered the following questions on some of the relevant issues: Q: The agricultural tax of our country has been steadily burdened for a long time and the policy of boosting production without tax increases is generally not too heavy. This year, the state increased again Why do we need to further reduce the tax burden on agriculture? A: This is the need to speed up the development of agricultural production and realize the modernization of agriculture and take into account the uneven development of agriculture in China Due to natural conditions and other reasons, there are currently a number of communes and brigades, long-term low-yielding and food-deficit, few collectives, and despite paying a lot of attention in taxation, expansion