At Binh Tay market (District 6, Ho Chi Minh City), many traders are still confused by the new regulation on having to use electronic invoices generated from computers that connect directly to tax authorities.
Ms. Ung Thi Lien - a candy and jam trader - shared: "Most of us are elderly people, not familiar with technology, it is unclear how tax will be calculated after issuing electronic invoices".
More proactively, Mr. Truong Phat - another trader, invested in a set of equipment including computers, invoice printers, stamp printers, line scanning machines, etc. However, he still had difficulty in using them: "I need more time and support to get used to it".
In that situation, the Binh Tay Market Management Board coordinated with the Regional Tax Department to propagate and guide traders. To date, more than 1,000 businesses at the market subject to the new regulations have issued electronic invoices from pre-cious computers connected to tax authorities.
At An Dong market (District 5), the Tax Team and Market Management Team of District 5 also organized a question-and-answer session on the regulation of electronic invoices in Decree 70 for traders. Many traders have also begun to implement regulations on electronic invoices generated from cash registers linked to tax authorities.
According to Mr. Nguyen Hoa Bac - Head of the Department of Business Household, Individual and Other Revenue Management (Tax Department, Region II), after equipping cash registers, business households need to integrate additional invoice issuance functions. After being created, the invoice will be transferred to the receiving unit and the tax authority. This will be more convenient for businesses that have used cash registers or sales software before, because they only need to add the invoice issuance function from the solution provider. Meanwhile, for businesses that have never used a monetary computer system, they will need more time to evaluate and choose products suitable for their industry.
The Department of Industry and Trade believes that digital transformation is an inevitable trend. However, for small and retail businesses to keep up, there needs to be specific and timely support from authorities.
Therefore, the department has recommended that the Tax Department of Region II, People's Committees of localities and the Market Management Department of Ho Chi Minh City closely coordinate in propaganda work. It is necessary to help households and individuals do business to clearly understand the new regulations and policies, and at the same time issue detailed and unified instructions on implementation.
