Tax declaration refers to the legal act of taxpayers submitting written reports to tax authorities on tax matters in accordance with the time limit and contents stipulated in the tax law. It is the main basis for taxpayers to fulfill their tax obligations and bear legal responsibilities, the main source of tax management information of tax authorities and an important system of tax management.

Taxpayers' and withholding agents' tax returns or tax withholding and remitting reports mainly include tax types, tax items, taxable items or tax withholding and remitting items, applicable tax rate or unit tax amount, tax basis, deduction items and standards, tax payable or tax withholding and remitting, and tax payment period. Tax declaration refers to the legal act of taxpayers and withholding agents to submit relevant tax matters and tax payable to the competent tax authorities in writing within the reporting period in accordance with the provisions of the tax law or the relevant administrative regulations of the tax authorities after the legal tax obligation occurs.

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Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 201 A taxpayer who makes a false tax return or fails to make a tax return by deception or concealment and evades paying a large amount of tax, accounting for more than 10% of the tax payable, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also be fined; If the amount is huge, accounting for more than 30% of the tax payable, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined. If the withholding agent fails to pay or underpays the tax withheld or collected by the means listed in the preceding paragraph, and the amount is relatively large, it shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. If the acts mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs are carried out many times without being dealt with, they shall be calculated according to the accumulated amount. Whoever commits the act mentioned in the first paragraph, after the tax authorities have issued a notice of recovery in accordance with the law, pays back the tax payable and the overdue fine, and is subject to administrative punishment, shall not be investigated for criminal responsibility; Except for those who have received criminal punishment for tax evasion within five years or have been given administrative punishment by tax authorities for more than two times.