In the first 5 months of 2025, tax management for e-commerce and digital economy business activities continued to be promoted by the finance sector, recording positive tax collection results, while strengthening measures to control and handle violations to prevent budget losses.
According to information from the Ministry of Finance, the total tax revenue from organizations and individuals with e-commerce and other digital economic sectors in the past 5 months reached VND 74,400 billion, an increase of 55% over the same period in 2024. This is a high growth rate, reflecting the efforts of tax authorities in expanding tax collection coverage as well as improving management efficiency for business activities in the digital environment.
Of which, 158 foreign suppliers have registered, declared and paid taxes through the Electronic Information Portal operated by the General Department of Taxation. The tax that this group of enterprises paid in the first 5 months reached about VND 5,700 billion, an increase of 41% over the same period last year.
For the group of households and individuals doing domestic business, about 100,000 people have registered, declared taxes and paid taxes through the Electronic Information Portal dedicated to this area, with the amount paid reaching nearly 1,100 billion VND. In addition, nearly 93,000 other organizations and individuals with e-commerce business activities have also contributed 67,600 billion VND to the state budget.
Along with expanding tax collection coverage, the tax sector has strengthened inspection and review work to detect and handle violations. In 5 months, the tax authority reviewed 164,661 taxpayers with activities related to e-commerce. Thereby, violations have been collected and handled with an amount of more than 416 billion VND for businesses and more than 331 billion VND for 25,201 individuals and business households.
The above figures show the efforts of management agencies in gradually effectively controlling revenue from the e-commerce sector - one of the fast-growing economic regions but with many potential risks of loss of revenue if there are no timely monitoring measures. The application of technology, the implementation of specialized electronic tax declaration portals and enhancing coordination between functional units are considered the key to improving tax management efficiency in this field.
