Discovering a business registered under its name owing taxes
Having lost personal papers, after a while, Mr. N.T. C (Tay Ho, Hanoi) suddenly discovered that his personal information had been used to establish a business.
This enterprise is Y.V. N Co., Ltd., established in March 2015. In the registration dossier, Mr. C is the legal representative of the company. The enterprise registered its address in Dong Ngac ward, now belonging to Co Nhue 2 ward, Hanoi, has now ceased operations but has not completed procedures to terminate the validity of the tax code.
Mr. C affirmed that he did not directly establish, operate, or manage the enterprise; did not sign the enterprise registration dossier; did not carry out business activities, did not generate related transactions, and did not participate in any activities of this enterprise.
“Previously, I lost my personal papers. After a while, I discovered that my personal information was used to establish a business in my name. After discovering the incident, I contacted functional agencies to request handling of the situation of businesses existing under the name of individuals being impersonated,” Mr. C shared.
Mr. C said that he had reported the incident at the old Co Nhue Ward Police, then contacted the old Nam Tu Liem regional tax authority and the business registration agency, but the case has not been resolved.
Recently, information about the tax debt of 3.7 million VND of the enterprise under Mr. C's name was sent to his eTax Mobile account. Before the information that the legal representative of the enterprise owing taxes may be temporarily suspended from leaving the country, he became even more worried about the obligations and legal responsibilities that may be related to him.
This makes me very worried. Recently, I sent a complaint on the eTax Mobile application, and also sent a petition to the tax authority, business registration agency and police agency. I propose that functional agencies coordinate to verify that my personal information was impersonated to establish a business; support the termination of the validity of the tax identification number, close the business according to regulations and handle arising tax obligations, to avoid me having to bear related legal responsibilities," Mr. C said.
Four things to do when detecting being impersonated
Mr. C's case is one of many reflections received by the tax authorities during the implementation of the tax code cleaning campaign.
Recently, Hanoi Tax Department said that in the process of implementing the tax code cleaning campaign, the tax authority has received many cases of people reflecting that they have never established a business but are in the name of a company.
According to Hanoi City Tax Department, information on citizen identification cards may be exploited to register for business establishment, business households or to be named as legal representatives without the information owner knowing.
If not detected and reflected promptly, people may encounter many troubles when personal information is related to a legal entity with tax obligations or signs of legal violations. When detecting unusual signs, Hanoi City Tax Department guides people to immediately implement four things.
First, proactively look up and check if your personal information is being used to register for business or household business.
Second, take screenshots, save business information, tax codes and related documents.
Third, report to the business registration agency, police agency and tax authority for verification and handling according to regulations.
Fourth, contact the hotline of the tax authority that has been made public. When calling, people need to prepare their full name, citizen identification number, business name, tax identification number and related documents to be received and guided.
Hanoi City Tax Department reminds people to only work through official focal points of tax authorities that have been publicized; do not provide personal information, passwords, authentication codes, bank accounts and other security information to organizations and individuals of unknown identity.
The tax authority also recommends that people absolutely do not lend, lease, or buy and sell citizen identification cards; do not arbitrarily send photos of personal papers to avoid the risk of information being exploited.
People need to proactively check their information and reflect immediately when detecting abnormal signs to be verified and handled by competent authorities according to regulations.
