The Government proposed raising the revenue threshold exempt from tax for business households from VNĐ200 million (over US$7,580) to VNĐ500 million per year.
Under the plan, all business households nationwide will switch to a self-declaration and payment, starting from January 1, 2026, putting an end to lump-sum tax mechanism that has been in place for decades.
A total of 120 foreign suppliers have registered, declared and paid taxes worth more than VNĐ8.68 trillion (US$341 million) through the General Department of Taxation (GDT)’s e-portal this year, up by 26 per cent year-on-year and 74 per cent compared to the annual target.
The HCM City Tax Department said that in the first six months of the year, the department refunded nearly VNĐ4.7 trillion (US$203 million) of value-added tax (VAT) to businesses in the area.
Viet Nam will study the imposition of a tax on houseowners and increase taxes on land in an effort to prevent speculation and increase the land use efficiency.
HCM City Tax Department has fined a number of tax violators and managed to reclaim more than VNĐ1.1 trillion (US$51 million) for the State budget in the first four months of this year.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday praised the tax sector for reshuffling working apparatus, and urged it to continue with reforms to better serve taxpayers.
Uber B.V has completed the payment of its remaining tax debts and evasion penalties worth more than VND53 billion (US$2.3 million), five months after the ride hailing company ceased operations in Viet Nam, according to a tax official.
The HCM City tax department served a tax notice and slapped a fine on an individual together amounting to VND4.1 billion for failure to pay tax on incomes received from foreign companies in the last two years.
HCM City-based electronics retailer Nguyen Kim has been asked to pay nearly VND150 billion (US$6.42 million) in fines and tax arrears after it was found to have been improperly manipulating the amount of personal income tax its employees had to...
The Ministry of Finance has proposed amendments to the Law on Tax Management, aiming to enhance efficiency of tax collection from multinational companies, cross-border transactions and online businesses.