KiotViet, a top POS provider, has launched a nationwide drive to help small businesses adopt e-invoices via cash registers, supporting the Government’s digital tax push.
In the first five months of 2025, tax authorities collected VNĐ74.4 trillion (US$2.9 billion) from organisations and individuals engaged in e-commerce and other digital economy activities, up 55 per cent year-on-year.
Starting June 1, business households with large annual revenues have been required to transition from lump-sum tax payments to payments based on actual revenue.
Business households with large annual revenues from June 1 will be required to transition from lump-sum tax payments to tax payment based on actual revenue, as mandated by Decree 70/2025/NĐ-CP.
The VCCI recently commented on the draft decree regulating customs management of exported and imported goods traded via e-commerce to the Ministry of Finance (MoF).
The resolution also emphasises the need to complete the legal framework for individual business operations, accelerate digitalisation and simplify tax, insurance and accounting procedures.
Environmental pollution is on the rise, and without imposing a tax on petrol, it will be difficult to change consumer behavior, the minister stated. A special consumption tax on petrol has been in place since 1998.
A proposal to impose a 20-per-cent tax on profits from real estate transfers could negative impacts on the housing market and overall accessibility for homebuyers.
Though both policymakers and industry insiders agree that increasing SCT is needed, they acknowledge that the issue is not merely a health-related issue, it is a matter of benefit balance among stakeholders – the State, beer makers and the public.
As part of its review for personal income tax reforms, the proposal is outlined in the ministry’s recent report sent to the National Assembly, in which two methods for calculating tax on property transfers are under consideration.