The General Department of Taxation under the Ministry of Finance is studying a proposal on increasing the threshold of taxable revenue for landlords renting out houses.
Viet Nam faces increasing tax evasion and avoidance as policies have not kept up with reality, according to a report by Viet Nam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) and Oxfam.
E-commerce in Viet Nam is growing, however many individuals and businesses are taking advantage of online platforms to sell poor quality and fake goods, harming customers and causing lost tax revenues.
An article published in the Australian Financial Review said the Southeast Asian country, best known to Australians as a laid-back holiday destination, is now on the radar for big businesses, attracted by these advantages.
The number of Vietnamese firms using e-invoices has increased from roughly 800 in 2016 to over 9,000, according to the General Department of Taxation (GDT).
With strengthened access to credit and improvement in tax reforms, Viet Nam moved up 14 places to rank 68 among 190 countries in the 15th edition of the World Bank’s Doing Business 2018 report, themed “Reforming to Create Jobs.”
Viet Nam’s trade deficit was estimated at US$2.13 billion in the first eight months of the year, $950 million lower than the figure of $3.08 billion in the first seven months, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Fertiliser producers are petitioning the Government and the National Assembly to add a tax exemption for fertiliser products to the Law on value added tax.
The Government will submit a tax reduction plan to the National Assembly
(NA) this month, which aims to meet targets of increasing the number of
efficient enterprises in the country to one million by 2020.
The minerals and petroleum sectors have come out on top amongst
corporate taxpayers on a list of 1,000 leading corporations, accounting
for 30 per cent of total tax payments this year.
The Ministry of Finance has issued a document on tax
payment rules for Dutch-based Uber International Holding BV for its car
hailing service in Viet Nam.
The tax watchdog is striving to increase the percentage of tax
reimbursements processed through the "refund first, check later" regime,
aiming to speed up refunds that would be beneficial for businesses,
according to Le Thi Duyen Hai, director of the Tax Declaration and
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The tax sector will focus on creating a decree to prevent tax losses and
transfer pricing in the second half of the year, said Do Hoang Anh
Tuan, deputy finance minister.
The tax authorities conducted investigations and
checks at more than 70,000 businesses, reducing losses of around VND20
trillion ($889 million) in 2015.