On July 20, according to the General Department of Taxation, recently, facing many difficulties in the world and domestic economies, the Ministry of Finance advised the Government to submit to competent authorities to promulgate exemption and reduction policies. , extending taxes , fees, charges and land rent for businesses and people with a scale of up to nearly 200 trillion VND.
Right from the beginning of the year, the National Assembly and the Government issued a policy to reduce environmental protection tax rates on gasoline (except ethanol), diesel oil, fuel oil, lubricants, grease, kerosene, and jet fuel according to the Resolution. 42/2023/UBTVQH15 dated December 18, 2023; Reduce 2% value added tax (VAT) rate for some groups of goods and services that are subject to a 10% VAT rate from January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024.
Next, in June, the Government issued 3 Decree including: Decree No. 64/2024/ND-CP extending the deadline for paying VAT, corporate income tax, personal income tax and rent. land in 2024; Decree No. 65/2024/ND-CP on extending the deadline for paying special consumption tax for domestically produced or assembled cars and Decree No. 72/2024/ND-CP stipulating VAT reduction policies according to Resolution No. 142/2024/QH15 dated June 29, 2024 of the National Assembly.
The General Department of Taxation then issued telegrams directing Tax Departments across the country to proactively and effectively implement tax reduction policies and extend tax and land rental payment deadlines to help businesses and households. Entrepreneurs and individuals reduce financial difficulties and burdens, and have more capital to put into production and business.
Recognizing implementation work from localities shows that tax authorities at all levels have focused on proactively propagating and disseminating to help taxpayers clearly understand the scope, subjects, deadlines, order and procedures of implementation.
Mr. Dinh Nam Thang - Director of the Tax Department of Ninh Binh province - said: "We have sent emails to all businesses in the area and assigned tax officers to directly contact each business to inform about the policies. Government policy.
The tax authorities' support channels that are still used, such as the Tax Department's Website, Zalo, and Fanpage, also fully post the tax industry's policy content and implementation for the business community to catch up on promptly. In addition, we have coordinated with local media agencies such as newspapers and television stations to post information for the taxpayer community to know."
Having to properly implement support policy packages while also performing well in revenue management and striving to complete the task of state budget collection has put the Tax industry in front of "double difficulties".
However, with the close direction of the Government, the Ministry of Finance, and the unity and consensus of tax authorities at all levels, in the first 6 months of 2024, the Tax sector has implemented drastic, synchronous and effective measures. revenue management solution.
Thanks to that, state budget revenue in the first 6 months of 2024 has reached 58.2% of the estimate with 12/21 tax revenues and 32/63 localities reaching over 55% of the estimate, with 13/21 tax revenues. taxes and 54/63 localities increased revenue over the same period.
In the last months of the year, tax authorities at all levels will focus on drastically and synchronously implementing revenue management solutions and exploiting potential and lost revenue sources.
In addition, tax authorities promote revenue collection for capital transfer activities, real estate, natural resource and mineral exploitation activities, chain business, house rental, and personal income tax of Individuals with multiple sources of income, digital business, e-commerce, affiliate marketing, individuals with online business, live video sales, etc.
