Openly selling value-added bills near Hanoi Railway Station
At Hanoi Station on Le Duan Street (Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi), just by going along the station gate, reporters quickly received an invitation from the owners of shops, sidewalk tea shops, motorbike taxis... for the service of providing red invoices.
"If you buy an invoice to pay for business trips, here we can write you a red invoice about the products that the hotel consumes, a VAT invoice. For example, I want to write an invoice to work in Saigon but I don't want to go there but I still want to write an invoice to pay, so we can provide it" - the owner of a shop selling protective gear on Le Duan Street invited.
When asked about the price, this person said that the price of the bill depends on whether the buyer is buying or not, if it is only a fake purchase, the bill issuance fee will be equal to 15% of the amount the customer wants to issue.
"If you don't buy goods but just buy invoices, the fee is 15%, for example, 1 million VND, I will lose 150,000 VND. Issuing electronic red invoices is clear, I have a company right away. Invit you to go to my Nikaya Company at kiosk No. 42 Le Duan Street so that they can give you more specific instructions" - the man previously instructed.
Coming to a private enterprise named Nikaya Vietnam at 42 Le Duan Street (which is actually just a store selling protective gear) as instructed, we were instructed by a woman who was a member of this enterprise.
"If you want to buy a room bill with a taxi, I will transfer the company name and address to you so that you can check with Saigon. At the store, she will issue me an invoice to buy items. Her family's invoice fee is 20%, meaning 10 million, then lose 2 million, 1 million paid to the state and she still has 1 million in wages. If I want to get back 10 million, I have to declare an invoice of 12 million to get back the full 10 million VND" - a person from Nikaya Vietnam Private Enterprise instructed the reporter.
Red bill business is booming on social networks
Regularly operating on the groups "Buying and selling red invoices", "Buying and selling red invoices of industries" social network account named Le Duyen KT regularly posts advertisements about the service of buying and selling invoices.
"We have a surplus VAT (VAT) bill for all industries. Restaurant, restaurant, petroleum, advertising and communication transportation, printing, vpp (proofing - PV), tourism, iron and steel supplies, labor, construction materials are low, fast, without intermediaries" - account Le Duyen KT advertised.
Contacting this person in the role of a person who wants to buy a red bill, this woman brazenly offered the price "The fee for writing an invoice without VAT is from 5 million VND to 3%, from 3 to 4 million VND is 150,000 VND/paper, under 2 million VND is 80,000 VND/paper" - a person with a social media account named Le Duyen KT informed.
According to current law, the act of illegally buying and selling invoices, using illegal invoices, and illegally using invoices can be subject to administrative sanctions or criminal prosecution depending on the nature and severity of the violation.
