HCM City (VNA) - HCM City authorities discussedthe current shortcomings of tax and customs regulations in Vietnam at a dialoguewith enterprises on December 15.
As many as 400 representatives from 320 enterprisesparticipated in the dialogue organised by the HCM City Investment and TradePromotion Centre (ITPC) and the HCM City Tax Department.
Most enterprises asked questions related to policies on VAT,enterprise income tax, special consumption tax and import-export tax as well astax refunds and tax preferences for enterprises and income tax for expats inVietnam.
Nguyen Nam Binh, deputy chief of the HCM City TaxDepartment, said the comments and recommendations of enterprises would helpimprove the policy-making process, creating a fair and attractive businessenvironment for local and foreign enterprises.
Cao Thi Phi Van, deputy director of ITPC, said ITPC wouldcontinue to perform its role as head of the executive board of the dialoguesystem between the city’s authority and enterprises, which was established in2002 by the city People’s Committee.
Since 2002, ITPC has worked with concerned agencies toorganise 174 dialogues, attracting the participation of 26,819 enterprises andanswering 11,839 questions from company representatives at the meetings.
Prior to the meeting, the organisation board received morethan 90 questions from enterprises related to tax-related issues.
Last year, ITPC held 17 dialogues on taxes, customs, labourissues, social insurance, construction, environment, planning, trade, investmentand traffic, among others.
Together with the direct dialogues, the online dialoguesystem continued to be a channel to help resolve problems, in which thebusiness community places its trust.
The members of the dialogue system includes departments, agenciesand districts of HCM City and central departments and agencies which answeronline questions and deal with obstacles of enterprises in a timely manner.
Last year, all of these authorities answered 540tax-related questions from enterprises. -VNA
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At the dialogue (Source: VNA) 
