知识产权更是一种财产

知识产权一词英文为“Intellectual property”，各国有不同译法，我国译为知识产权。世界上大部分国家没有给知识产权下定义，只是明确划定那些属于知识产权的范围。我国的学者比较喜欢下定义，郑成思先生给知识产权下的定义是：“知识产权指的是人们可以就其智力创造的成果依法享有的专利权利”。国内学者一致将知识产权定性为“一种依法享有的民事权利”，民事权利当然归结为法律上的概念，正是这样的概念将人们引入了误区。

英文“Intellectual” 意思是“智力的”，“property”也有财产的意思，这两个单词连起来就是“智力的财产”的意思。这里并不想篡改我国已经在理论以及立法上普遍接受的定义，只是想让民众看到知识产权的另一个属性——财产属性。法学学者们在阐述知识产权时也提到它是一种无形财产权，而不仅仅是简单的民事权利，在许多经济学的著作里以及相关法律规定中直接将知识产权划归为无形资产，非常遗憾的是知识产权的财产属性还是被忽略了。

中国人权利意识并不强，个人权利得不到充分的尊重，也不懂得尊重他人的权利，长期以来知识产权侵权现象十分的严重，尽管在法律上我国对知识产权侵权的打击是世界上最严厉的，但是在现实的情况却是：侵权明目张胆，被侵权者付出高昂的维权成本，还是没有任何的效果，这样直接打击了民众开发和维护知识产权的积极性。如果还是从法律上去简单定义知识产权，从民事权利的角度去看待知识产权将不利于知识产权在我国的发展。人都是经济的动物，人的行为很大程度上受经济利益的支配。市场经济下大家充分遵守地法律规则可以赚取经济上的一切利益，人们的动机需要经济刺激。所以我们应当还知识产权财产属性的本来面目将更有利于促进我国知识产权的发展。

理论上的推导普通公众是不能理解的，那么对于普通民众我们可以从字面上引导去重新去理解知识产权。只要将知识产权四个字的重音放到“产”上，而不是“权”字，“产”就是财产，这样公众就很容易去认识知识产权的财产属性。

作者：王律师，中国知识产权研究会高级会员
电话：010-51662214，电邮：51662214@sohu.com, 网站：www.51662214.com

财政部 国家税务总局


关于个人所得税若干政策问题的通知(附英文)
财政部、国家税务总局



各省、自治区、直辖市财政厅（局）、税务局，各计划单列市财政局、税务局，海洋石油税务管理局各分局：
根据《中华人民共和国个人所得税法》及其《实施条例》的有关规定精神，现将个人所得税的若干政策问题通知如下：
一、关于对个体工商户的征税问题
（一）个体工商户业主的费用扣除标准和从业人员的工资扣除标准，由各省、自治区、直辖市税务局确定。个体工商户在生产、经营期间借款的利息支出，凡有合法证明的，不高于按金融机构同类、同期贷款利率计算的数额的部分，准予扣除。
（二）个体工商户或个人专营种植业、养殖业、饲养业、捕捞业，其经营项目属于农业税（包括农业特产税，下同）、牧业税征税范围并已征收了农业税、牧业税的，不再征收个人所得税；不属于农业税、牧业税征税范围的，应对其所得征收个人所得税。兼营上述四业并四业的所得单
独核算的，比照上述原则办理，对于属于征收个人所得税的，应与其他行业的生产、经营所得合并计征个人所得税；对于四业的所得不能单独核算的，应就其全部所得计征个人所得税。
（三）个体工商户与企业联营而分得的利润，按利息、股息、红利所得项目征收个人所得税。
（四）个体工商户和从事生产、经营的个人，取得与生产、经营活动无关的各项应税所得，应按规定分别计算征收个人所得税。
二、下列所得，暂免征收个人所得税：
（一）外籍个人以非现金形式或实报实销形式取得的住房补贴、伙食补贴、搬迁费、洗衣费。
（二）外籍个人按合理标准取得的境内、外出差补贴。
（三）外籍个人取得的探亲费、语言训练费、子女教育费等，经当地税务机关审核批准为合理的部分。
（四）个人举报、协查各种违法、犯罪行为而获得的奖金。
（五）个人办理代扣代缴税款手续，按规定取得的扣缴手续费。
（六）个人转让自用达五年以上、并且是唯一的家庭生活用房取得的所得。
（七）对按国发（1983）141号《国务院关于高级专家离休退休若干问题的暂行规定》和国办发（1991）40号《国务院办公厅关于杰出高级专家暂缓离退休审批问题的通知》精神，达到离休、退休年龄，但确因工作需要，适当延长离休退休年龄的高级专家（指享受国家发
放的政府特殊津贴的专家、学者），其在延长离休退休期间的工资、薪金所得，视同退休工资、离休工资免征个人所得税。
（八）外籍个人从外商投资企业取得的股息、红利所得。
（九）凡符合下列条件之一的外籍专家取得的工资、薪金所得可免征个人所得税：
1．根据世界银行专项贷款协议由世界银行直接派往我国工作的外国专家；
2．联合国组织直接派往我国工作的专家；
3．为联合国援助项目来华工作的专家；
4．援助国派往我国专为该国无偿援助项目工作的专家；
5．根据两国政府签订文化交流项目来华工作两年以内的文教专家，其工资、薪金所得由该国负担的；
6．根据我国大专院校国际交流项目来华工作两年以内的文教专家，其工资、薪金所得由该国负担的；
7．通过民间科研协定来华工作的专家，其工资、薪金所得由该国政府机构负担的。
三、关于中介费扣除问题
对个人从事技术转让、提供劳务等过程中所支付的中介费，如能提供有效、合法凭证的，允许从其所得中扣除。
四、对个人从基层供销社、农村信用社取得的利息或股息、红利收入是否征收个人所得税，由各省、自治区、直辖市税务局报请政府确定，报财政部、国家税务总局备案。

CIRCULAR ON SOME POLICY QUESTIONS CONCERNING INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX

(Ministry of Finance and State Administration of Taxation May 131994 [94] Coded Cai Shui Zi No. 020)

Whole Doc.

To the financial departments (bureaus) and tax bureaus of various
provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the
central government, to the financial bureaus and tax bureaus of various
cities with independent planning and to various sub-bureaus of Offshore
Oil Tax Administrative Bureau:
In accordance with the spirit of the related stipulations of the
Individual Income Tax Law of the People's Republic of China and the
regulations for its implementation, the Circular On Some Policy Questions
Concerning Individual Income Tax is hereby given as follows:

I. Questions concerning the levying of tax on individual industrial
and commercial units
(1) The expense deducting standard for the proprietors of individual
industrial and commercial units and the wage deducting standard for the
employees shall be determined by the tax bureaus of various provinces,
autonomous regions and municipalities. For the expenditure of interest on
the loans borrowed by the individual industrial and commercial units
during the period of production and operation, that part with legal
certificate and not higher than the amount calculated in accordance with
the interest rate for loans of the same category and in the same period
which are extended by financial institutions shall be allowed to be
deducted.
(2) For the plantation, agriculture, animal husbandry and fishing
industry operated exclusively by individual industrial and commercial
units or individuals, when the items they operate come within the dutiable
scope of agricultural tax (including special agricultural product tax, the
same below) and animal husbandry tax and on which agricultural tax and
animal husbandry tax have already been levied, no more individual income
tax shall be levied; when their operational items do not come under the
dutiable scope of agricultural tax and animal husbandry tax, individual
income tax shall be levied on their earnings. For those who concurrently
operate the above-mentioned four industries and the income from which are
calculated separately, the matter shall be handled in light of the
above-mentioned principle. For those from whom individual income shall be
levied, individual income tax shall be calculated and levied on the
combined income earned from the production and operation of other trades;
when the income from the four industries cannot keep separate accounts,
individual income tax shall be levied on the whole lot of income.
(3) For the profits earned from the joint management of individual
industrial and commercial units and enterprises, individual income tax
shall be levied on the items of incomes such as interest, dividends and
bonuses.
(4) When individual industrial and commercial units and individuals
engaging in production and operation have various items of taxable incomes
earned from unrelated production and management activities, individual
income tax shall be calculated and levied separately according to
regulations.

II. The incomes listed below are exempt from individual income tax
for the time being:
(1) Housing subsidies, food allowances, moving fees and laundry fees
gained by individual foreigners in the non-cash form or in the form of
being reimbursed for what they spend.
(2) Travelling allowances at home and abroad gained by individual
foreigners in accordance with rational standards.
(3) The visiting relatives expense, language training expense and
children education expense gained by individual foreigners, that part
considered to be reasonable through examination and approval by local tax
authorities.
(4) Money awards gained by individual's crime-reporting, assisting in
investigating various law-breaking and criminal acts.
(5) The withholding service charge gained according to regulations by
individual who performs the withholding procedures.
(6) The income gained by individual from the transfer of house which
has been used by oneself for over five years and which is one's only
residential house.
(7) In accordance with the spirit of the Provisional Regulations of
the State Council On Some Questions Concerning the Retirement of Senior
Experts, a document Coded Guo Fa (1993) No. 141 and the Circular of the
General Office of the State Council On the Question Concerning the
Examination and Approval of the Temporary Postponement of Retirement of
Outstanding Senior Experts, senior experts (referring to experts and
scholars enjoying special government allowances issued by the state) who
have reached the age of retirement are allowed to appropriately extend
their age of retirement due really to the need of work, their wage and
salary incomes received during the period of retirement are regarded as
retirement wages and are exempt from individual income tax.
(8) The incomes gained by individual foreigners from dividends and
bonuses of enterprise with foreign investment.
(9) The wage and salary incomes gained by foreign experts who conform
with one of the following conditions may be exempt from individual income
tax:
1. Foreign experts directly sent by the World Bank to work in China
in accordance with a special loan agreement;
2. Experts directly sent by the United Nations' Organizations to work
in China;
3. Experts coming to work in China for the UN aid projects;
4. Experts sent by an aid-granting country to China to work specially
for the project granted gratis by the country;
5. Cultural and educational experts coming to China to work for two
years on the cultural exchange project under an agreement signed between
two governments, with their wages and salaries being borne by the country;
6. Cultural and educational exerts coming to China to work for two
years on the international exchange projects of China's universities and
colleges, with their wages and salaries being borne by the country
concerned;
7. Experts coming to work in China through a non-government
scientific research agreement, with their wages and salaries being borne
by the government organization of the country concerned.

III. Questions concerning the deduction of intermediate expenses The
intermediate expenses, paid by an individual in the process of engaging in
technological transfer and providing labor services, may be deducted from
his income if he can provide effective and legal certificates

IV. With regard to whether or not individual income tax should be
levied on the interest, dividends and bonuses gained by an individual from
grass-roots supply and marketing cooperatives and rural credit
cooperatives, the matter shall be reported by the tax bureaus in various
provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities to the governments for
determination and then reported to the Ministry of Finance and the State
Administration of Taxation for the record.



1994年5月13日