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Hanoi (VNA)ꩵ- The online tax refund pilot project would be implemented in 13 municipaltaxation departments this year and expanded in 2017.
The project is aimed atreducing negative phenomena in the refund of value added tax (VAT).
Nguyen Dai Tri, deputyhead of the General Department of Taxation under the Finance Ministry, releasedthe information at a press briefing to introduce some e-tax services in Hanoirecently.
Tri added that the 13departments are Hanoi, HCM City, Hai Phong, and Dong Nai, in addition to BinhDuong, Da Nang, Can Tho, and Quang Ninh. The other departments are Kon Tum, KhanhHoa, Vinh Phuc, and Binh Thuan, in addition to Thai Nguyen.
“The localities have alarge number of tax refund businesses in the country as well as numerousexporters that would be suitable for the pilot implementation of online taxrefunds,” he said.
He affirmed that therefund should be strictly and carefully reviewed as it uses the State budget.
Le Thi Duyen Hai, deputydirector of the Department for Tax Declaration and Accounting, said taxpayerswould fill the available forms on the sector’s portal instead of directlysubmitting their documents. The tax departments would receive and handledocuments then promulgating tax refund decisions. The decisions would betransferred into e-paper to send to taxpayers through the portal.
“The process would bepublished for everyone’s convenience. Tax payers could access the portal at anytime to see their application status to supplement necessary documents,” Haisaid, adding that the service would surely reduce time and money for bothtaxpayers and tax departments.
The upcoming online taxrefund would not be complicated for people as they have been using online taxsystem for declarations and payments, she added.
The General Departmentof Taxation submitted the application roadmap of online tax refunds to theFinance Ministry for approval. The pilot implementation would be launched inthe beginning of next month if the proposal is approved.
The current regulationsstipulate that the deadline for issuing a tax refund decision is less than sixworking days for applications which are given refund before checks and 40 daysfor those given refund after checks from the time documents are received fromtax payers.
In recent years, theGeneral Department of Taxation has focused on simplifying administrativeprocedures and reducing documents by applying e-paper.
It has also appliedInformation Technology to improve transparency in tax management.
In addition, theimplementation of an e-invoice is continuing under Decision No 1134/QĐ-BTCpromulgated by the Finance Ministry.
There are 225 businessesin Hanoi and HCM City registered with the tax department to issue certifiede-invoices since the pilot implementation on September 11 2015. – VNA
Nguyen Dai Tri, deputyhead of the General Department of Taxation under the Finance Ministry, releasedthe information at a press briefing to introduce some e-tax services in Hanoirecently.
Tri added that the 13departments are Hanoi, HCM City, Hai Phong, and Dong Nai, in addition to BinhDuong, Da Nang, Can Tho, and Quang Ninh. The other departments are Kon Tum, KhanhHoa, Vinh Phuc, and Binh Thuan, in addition to Thai Nguyen.
“The localities have alarge number of tax refund businesses in the country as well as numerousexporters that would be suitable for the pilot implementation of online taxrefunds,” he said.
He affirmed that therefund should be strictly and carefully reviewed as it uses the State budget.
Le Thi Duyen Hai, deputydirector of the Department for Tax Declaration and Accounting, said taxpayerswould fill the available forms on the sector’s portal instead of directlysubmitting their documents. The tax departments would receive and handledocuments then promulgating tax refund decisions. The decisions would betransferred into e-paper to send to taxpayers through the portal.
“The process would bepublished for everyone’s convenience. Tax payers could access the portal at anytime to see their application status to supplement necessary documents,” Haisaid, adding that the service would surely reduce time and money for bothtaxpayers and tax departments.
The upcoming online taxrefund would not be complicated for people as they have been using online taxsystem for declarations and payments, she added.
The General Departmentof Taxation submitted the application roadmap of online tax refunds to theFinance Ministry for approval. The pilot implementation would be launched inthe beginning of next month if the proposal is approved.
The current regulationsstipulate that the deadline for issuing a tax refund decision is less than sixworking days for applications which are given refund before checks and 40 daysfor those given refund after checks from the time documents are received fromtax payers.
In recent years, theGeneral Department of Taxation has focused on simplifying administrativeprocedures and reducing documents by applying e-paper.
It has also appliedInformation Technology to improve transparency in tax management.
In addition, theimplementation of an e-invoice is continuing under Decision No 1134/QĐ-BTCpromulgated by the Finance Ministry.
There are 225 businessesin Hanoi and HCM City registered with the tax department to issue certifiede-invoices since the pilot implementation on September 11 2015. – VNA
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