“买税”,亦称“引税”、“协税”,简单地说就是乡镇政府“打折”向外地老板买税。在中西部许多地区,买税已成为公开的秘密,折扣一般为五折。这种扭曲的经济交易造成基层财政数据严重失真,注水“政绩”盛行;同时也造成国家税收大量流失,为少数人腐败提供了空间。 “Buy tax”, also known as “tax”, “tax”, simply means that the township government “discount” to the foreign owner to buy tax. In many parts of Midwest, buying a tax has become an open secret, with a discount of 50%. Such distorted economic transactions have caused grave distortion of grass-roots fiscal data and the flood of “political achievements”; meanwhile, it has also caused massive loss of state taxes and provided room for the corruption of a few.