The General Department of Taxation reported this year''s tax revenue at VNĐ1,396 quadrillion (US$57 trillion), exceeding the target by 1.7 per cent as 29 out of 63 localities across the country have completed their 2023 tax estimates.
Between late 2022 and July 17, 2023, more than 27,400 companies and individuals were registering as ECR issuers, with around 13.9 million e-invoices being issued.
The Ministry of Finance reported that revenue from e-commerce activities through organisations in Viet Nam declared and paid on behalf of contractor tax since 2018 has reached nearly VND5.6 trillion (US$233.3 million).
Digital transformation has facilitated tax payment, giving a boost to tax revenues over the year. However, global economic uncertainties continued to depress Viet Nam''s economy and offset the technological impact.
Amid the central bank’s tight money policy and with the bond market screeching to a halt, many real estate companies thus find themselves cut off from sources of funds.
The number of newly-established enterprises in the first five months of the year was 62,961, up 12.9 per cent over the same period in 2021, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The total State budget revenue managed by the tax authorities reached nearly VNĐ1.3 quadrillion this year, exceeding the estimate by over VNĐ177 trillion (US$7.7 billion).
Tax collection in the first seven months of this year set a record high, driven by robust banking, property, securities and automobile production sectors, but was slowing down as the virus took a toll.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday praised the tax sector for reshuffling working apparatus, and urged it to continue with reforms to better serve taxpayers.
According to Vietnam Customs, total tax collection of the sector has so far reached VND335.6 trillion (US$14.5 billion), an 11.6 per cent year-on-year increase and exceeding the target of the finance ministry.
National Assembly (NA) deputies have expressed worries that the State budget income from tax collection is declining while economic development is too reliant on exploiting natural assets.