According to information from the Tax Department, in recent times, the tax authority has implemented solutions to support businesses in using electronic invoices in accordance with the two-level local government model.
Accordingly, the tax authority has deployed propaganda work, supported taxpayers, directed local tax authorities to notify taxpayers about updating addresses according to new administrative areas and information directly managed by tax authorities. The notification is sent through the electronic tax transaction account, email address or eTax Mobile application of the legal representative.
The notices from the tax authority will be the basis for taxpayers to explain to the relevant agency or explain to customers if the address on the invoice has been updated according to the new administrative area but the information on the Business Registration Certificate is still the old address.
The Tax Department has coordinated with Vietnam Television and press agencies to propagate, disseminate policies, and answer difficulties of businesses in dec setting addresses on electronic invoices according to the two-level local government model.
At the same time, coordinate with the business registration agency to have unified instructions, thereby not requiring organizations, enterprises, and business households to update the address on the Business Registration Certificate according to the new administrative boundary. (According to Official Dispatch No. 4370/BTC-DNTN of the Ministry of Finance)
Closely coordinate with solution providers to promptly upgrade electronic invoice software, ensure that the address on the invoice is consistent with the two-level local government model, support taxpayers to issue invoices conveniently, without interruption affecting business operations.
Currently, there is a situation where some subjects impersonating tax authorities require organizations, businesses, and business households to update information according to the two-level local government model. The Tax Department notes a number of important points:
In particular, the tax authority does not require taxpayers to submit their citizen identification cards, business registration licenses, and tax registration certificates to update information. Taxpayers need to be vigilant against acts of impersonating tax authorities by phone, email, and text messages to commit fraud and profiteering.
Based on the updated tax registration data, the tax authority will send a notice to the taxpayer about the new address and information directly managed by the tax authority.
Taxpayers need to be vigilant and not follow instructions from unofficial information sources.
If the address according to the new administrative boundary on the Business Registration Certificate needs to be updated, the taxpayer must contact the business registration agency for instructions according to regulations.
When having problems, taxpayers need to contact the hotline of the tax authority directly managing or contact the tax official to support via phone number, email listed on the Tax Department's Electronic Information Portal for guidance and support.
