In an effort to streamline tax data for the national database on population, the General Department of Taxation (GDT) is aiming to complete the synchronisation process and unify the use of citizen identification numbers as personal tax codes this year.
People present tax declarations in Hanoi. (Photo: tapchitaichinh.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - In an effort to streamline tax data for the nationaldatabase on population, the General Department of Taxation (GDT) is aiming tocomplete the synchronisation process and unify the use of citizenidentification numbers as personal tax codes this year.
According to GDT Deputy Director General Dang Ngoc Minh, there are currently 78million identifiers that need to be standardised.
The General Department of Taxation on March 1 convened an online meeting withtax departments from several provinces and municipalities to discuss plans forreviewing and standardising personal tax identification numbers.
If the national population database has detailed information on taxpayers, thetax office must ensure that at least three fields of information are completeand accurate.
This information must include full name; date, month, year of birth; citizenidentification number or taxpayer's identifier to query the Ministry of PublicSecurity database.
Minh shared that the General Department of Taxation has used two services toconnect and share with the national population database of the Ministry ofPublic Security and actively analyse individual tax registration data in thepast time.
Through assessing the current situation of personal tax identification numberdata, the General Department of Taxation realised that it was necessary toreview and standardise the personal tax identification number data to ensuresufficient information to determine the identification numbers of thetaxpayers.
The deputy director general said that the tax authority was determined tostandardise personal tax identification data and use citizen identificationnumbers as tax identification numbers under the direction of the Ministry ofFinance.
He also suggested that professional solutions and IT applications be created inreviewing and standardising data.
In addition, provincial and municipal tax departments should continue todisseminate information on the policy of changing the tax code with the citizenidentification numbers and closely support and guide taxpayers in changing taxregistration information./.
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People present tax declarations in Hanoi. (Photo: tapchitaichinh.vn) 
