律师同志:前些年我们这里许多农户为了扩大种植面积,增加收入,自行开垦了荒地。现在国家取消了农业税,但村里仍然对这些自行开垦的荒地收税。请问,村里这样做合法吗?律师解答:首先可以肯定的是,2005年12月29日全国人大常委会废止了《农业税条例》,故自2006年1月1日起,农业税在我国全面取消,今后国家不再专门向农业生产经营活动征税。因此,如果村里仍然对自行开垦荒地的农民征收农业税,则明 Lawyer: In recent years, many of our farmers here have reclaimed their own wasteland in order to increase their planting area and increase their incomes. The state has now canceled the agricultural tax, but the village still taxes the reclaimed wasteland. I would like to ask, the law in the village do? Lawyers Answer: First of all, it is certain that the NPC Standing Committee on December 29, 2005 repealed the “Agricultural Tax Ordinance”, so since January 1, 2006, the agricultural tax in China was canceled, In the future, the state will no longer levy taxes on agricultural production and business activities. Therefore, if the village still levies agricultural taxes on peasants who waste their own land, it is clear