Imposing additional taxes on e-commerce and setting up buffer zones to restore the real economy
E-commerce has grown fast. Although E-commerce help the economy to grow in the long term. In the short term, the real economy may be suffered severely due to their price difference. The e-commerce squeezed the market share of real economy. The online price of the same product is much lower than the one sold in the shop on the street or shopping mall due to the lower operation cost such as rent, labor cost, and less intermediate wholesalers. And there are many more advantages that e-commerce have compared with traditional real economy. This cause many people lost their jobs. In order to avoid to high unemployment rate and protect real economy in the short term, imposing additional taxes on e-commerce and setting up buffer zones is necessary. Such protection policy will help real economy restore. Many people regain their jobs and have secure income. This will be helpful to maintain the steady economy and society.
Authors
- Minxiang Xu
- Shan Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0276-1271)
- Zhe Jia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3813-2028)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advances in Economics and Management Research
- Published
- 2025-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.56028/aemr.13.1.105.2025
- Primary Topic
- Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00