Non-compliance may lead to coordinated technical measures, such as app blocking and domain name restrictions, in collaboration with relevant authorities
As many as 412 e-commerce platforms have registered their tax information with Việt Nam’s tax authorities, according to information on a portal under the General Department of Taxation (GDT).
The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s recent document about strengthening management on e-commerce says consumers should not have transactions with platforms which have not been verified by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The Việt Nam e-Commerce Association (VECOM) has said that a proposal that e-commerce platforms declare and pay taxes on behalf of sellers is unreasonable and should be removed from the draft amended Law on Tax Management.
Requiring e-commerce platforms to declare and pay taxes on behalf of sellers is feasible because the platforms own information about sellers'' successful transactions, revenues and fees, tax authorities say.
The vast majority of those are being imported through e-commerce platforms, including some of the largest in the country such as Shopee, Lazada and TikTok, with combined value reaching billions of dollars monthly.
The 2023 Việt Nam e-commerce report published by the Việt Nam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency shows that Việt Nam''s e-commerce has recorded strong growth in recent years.
The Centre for Information and Digital technology has been connecting local departments, agencies and branches with e-commerce platforms and e-commerce service providers to deploy the Flagship Store model of local stalls on e-commerce platforms.
Sixteen platforms disclosed insufficient information about their vendors in Q1, whereas 162 said they had no information about their number of transactions.
A representative of the Vietnam E-Commerce Association revealed three obstacles in the way of e-commerce platforms that make it impossible to pay tax in sellers'' stead.
Quang Ninh has undertaken numerous initiatives to assist people in developing agricultural products and OCOP, such as advertising in newspapers, radio, websites, and social networks such as Facebook, Zalo, and YouTube.
Decree 91/2022/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles Decree 126 detailing the Law on Tax Administration has just been promulgated by the Government, effective from October 30.