The Tax Department has just issued an urgent document, requesting the Tax Departments of provinces and cities to focus maximum resources, closely coordinate with local authorities and relevant agencies to synchronously implement the Campaign "Cleaning up tax codes - Removing bottlenecks in business".
According to the Tax Department, the campaign aims to review and handle businesses that cease operations and businesses that do not operate at registered addresses, thereby improving tax management efficiency, making the business environment transparent and implementing Vietnam's international commitments on information exchange for tax purposes.
To ensure the completion of the campaign's objectives, the Director of the Tax Department requested the Heads of Tax Departments of provinces and cities to focus on drastically implementing many key tasks.
In which, units continue to fully implement tax management solutions for taxpayers who stop operating but have not completed procedures to terminate the validity of the tax identification number and taxpayers who do not operate at the registered address.
At the same time, urgently advise the People's Committees of provinces and cities to direct the Departments of Finance, business registration agencies, police agencies, and local authorities to coordinate with tax authorities to implement tasks according to Official Dispatch No. 9409/BTC-CT of the Ministry of Finance. This content must be completed no later than July 14, 2026 and reported immediately after the Provincial People's Committee issues a directing document.
For 291,962 businesses that have ceased operations but have not completed dissolution procedures, the Tax Department requests local tax authorities to notify taxpayers to complete tax declaration and payment obligations and carry out business dissolution procedures before July 15, 2026.
After the taxpayer completes their tax obligations, the tax authority shall carry out confirmation and respond to the business registration agency according to regulations for the enterprise to complete the procedures for dissolution and termination of operations.
For 325,500 enterprises not operating at registered addresses with tax debts, the Tax Department requires classification for handling according to each case.
For enterprises that have not been operating for one year or more without notifying the business registration agency and the tax authority, the tax authority must issue a document requesting the business registration agency to handle violations and revoke the Business Registration Certificate according to the provisions of Clause 3, Article 69 of Decree No. 168/2025/ND-CP, to be completed before July 15, 2026.
For cases that meet the conditions for applying coercive measures according to Article 73 of Decree No. 252/2026/ND-CP, the tax authority requests the business registration agency to revoke the Business Registration Certificate as directed by the Ministry of Finance, to be completed before July 17, 2026.
After having the results of revoking the Business Registration Certificate, the tax authority continues to implement tax management measures to require taxpayers to fulfill tax obligations and carry out procedures to terminate the validity of the tax identification number according to regulations.
The Tax Department also requests localities to publicly announce the list of businesses that have ceased operations but have not completed procedures to terminate the validity of the tax identification number and businesses that do not operate at the registered address according to Article 4 of Decree No. 252/2026/ND-CP. Public disclosure is carried out on the electronic information page of tax authorities at all levels, listed at headquarters and other forms as prescribed, completed before July 17, 2026.
