The Ministry of Finance and the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday held a dialogue on tax and customs policies with more than 500 companies, aiming to remove difficulties and favourable conditions for business operations.
The General Department of Customs will promote further administrative reforms relating to tax and customs to help import/export businesses during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ministry of Finance was urged to make greater efforts in tax and customs reforms which would help enhance competitiveness for enterprises in the context of rapid integration, attendees heard at a workshop on Tuesday.
Simplified tax and customs procedures would attract more foreign investors to Viet Nam, said South Korean Ambassador Kim Do-huyn at a conference in Ha Noi on September 17.
The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) reported that it had passed 1,152 petitions from the business community to relevant State agencies as of November 2017-end.
Businesses should be fully prepared with tax- and customs-related
documents since they could receive a notice from relevant authorities at
any time that their books would be audited, a taxation expert warned at
a seminar held in HCM City last Friday.
A dialogue on tax and customs aimed at promoting export-import
activities was held in HCM City on Wednesday, drawing the participation
of 100 local businesses.
The General Department of Customs collected nearly VND160 trillion
(US$7.27 billion) in taxes and duties in the first nine months of this
year, up 13.8 per cent year-on-year.
FPT IS is offering free electronic tax and customs declaration services
for the first 500 enterprises that register to use the FPT.CA digital
signature service from August 12 to 25.