Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just signed Official Dispatch No. 85/CD-TTg dated September 2, 2024 on the management of the state budget estimates, sent to Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies; Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities.
According to the telegram, the production and business activities of a number of enterprises are still difficult, inflationary pressure is still high, and natural disasters and floods are complicated.
Overall, state budget revenue has made good progress and grown compared to the same period, but some revenue items still have low collection progress, especially land use fees.
The progress of disbursement of development investment expenditure in the first 8 months of the year only reached 40.49% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister, lower than the same period; 19 ministries, central agencies and 31 localities have not yet allocated in detail the capital plan assigned in 2024.
In the telegram, the Prime Minister requested ministries, agencies and localities to remove difficulties for businesses and people, control inflation, maintain macroeconomic stability, maintain growth momentum and ensure major balances of the economy; strive for a GDP growth rate of about 7% for the whole year of 2024, exceeding the set target, creating a premise and momentum for 2025 and the 2026-2030 period.
On that basis, strive to collect the state budget in 2024 exceeding 10% of the estimate assigned by the National Assembly, and collect the state budget in 2025 about 5% higher than the estimated implementation in 2024 to ensure resources to meet spending tasks according to the estimate, increase spending to create sources for salary reform and handle unexpected tasks.
Strengthening the prevention and control of trade fraud, transfer pricing, import price fraud and cross-border smuggling, especially business activities on digital platforms and real estate transfers.
Strengthen inspection and supervision of the implementation of regulations on price, tax and fee management, and price stabilization of raw materials and essential goods for production and people's lives.
Implement budget expenditures in accordance with prescribed regulations, within the assigned budget, ensuring strictness, thrift and efficiency; focus resources on implementing salary reform policies, social security policies and regimes, and poverty reduction.
Invest in construction and purchase of public assets in accordance with the correct regime, standards and norms, ensuring savings. Organize the review and rearrangement of public assets, handle assets that are no longer needed in accordance with regulations; resolutely recover assets that are used for the wrong purposes, or that exceed standards and norms; and prevent waste and loss of public assets.
The Ministry of Finance shall preside over and coordinate with ministries, agencies and localities to more drastically implement digital transformation and regulations on electronic invoices, especially promoting the application of digital transformation in budget revenue and expenditure, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of state budget revenue and expenditure management.
Ensure correct, full and timely collection of taxes, expand the collection base and prevent tax losses, especially from e-commerce to compensate for reduced revenue due to the implementation of support policies.
Budget management ensures reserve funds for natural disaster and epidemic prevention and control, salary payment, social security policies and important and urgent political tasks that arise.
Synthesize the reduction and savings of 5% of the regular expenditure estimates of ministries, central and local agencies to report to the Government and competent authorities for consideration and decision according to Resolution No. 119/NQ-CP dated August 7, 2024 of the Government.
