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Suzhou Local Taxation Bureau was officially founded in 1994. The Bureau, under the vertical leadership of the State Administration of Local Taxation, governs local tax affairs under the direct guide of State Administration of Taxation.     The followings are its Main functions and duties:     To carry out National guidelines, policies, laws, rules and regulations on local taxation, and conduct researches to work out specific local enforcement rules.     To establish the local taxation plan for the city based on the planning index of budgetary revenue defined by the State Administration of Taxation and Municipal Government, and take charge of its enforcement; to check the implementation of the local tax revenue plan.     To organize the collection and administration of taxes (fees) in Suzhou: Business Tax, Enterprise Income Tax, Individual Income Tax, Land Appreciation Tax, Urban and Rural Land Usage Tax, Metropolitan Maintenance and Construction Tax, Property Tax, Urban Real Estate Tax, Vehicle and Vessel Usage Tax, Vehicle Usage License Plate Tax, Slaughter Tax, Resource Tax, Fixed Assets Investment Orientation Regulation Tax, Stamp Tax, Agriculture Tax, Agricultural Specialty Tax, Deed Tax, Arable Land Use Tax, Banquet Tax, Operating Fee of City Collective Service, Cultural Undertaking Construction Fee, Educational Fee Supplement, Incomes from Overdue Fine, Postponed Payment and Land Usage Fee Paid by Enterprises with Foreign Investment. To investigate the important economic policies concerning local taxes in Suzhou.     To supervise and check up the enforcement of the local guidelines, policies, rules and regulations on taxes by tax authorities and their staff in Suzhou. To supervise and check up the tax liabilities of each taxpayer in the administrative districts of Suzhou and punish those actions concerning the breach of tax laws, rules and regulations by executive means.     To organize and guide the popularization of tax laws, and offer consultation on tax policies and provide taxation services.     To manage the local taxation systems in Suzhou in vertical manner. To take charge of structural establishment, personnel management and taxation fee of the local taxation system; and to be responsible for the educational training, ideological and political education and the spiritual civilization construction.     To undertake the tasks assigned by Suzhou Municipal Government.