Key Results in Tax Administration Activities


+ Propagating, disseminating and educating tax laws. Organizing guidance and explaining the State's tax policies; organizing support for taxpayers to fulfill their tax payment obligations in accordance with the law.

+ Guide, direct, inspect, supervise and organize the implementation of professional processes on tax registration, tax code issuance, tax declaration, tax calculation, tax payment, tax refund, tax exemption, tax debt and fine cancellation; professional processes on tax accounting and other related operations.

+ Carry out international cooperation in the field of tax according to the assignment and decentralization of the Minister of Finance and regulations of law.

+ Organize management and apply IT to tax sector operations; modernize technical facilities of the tax sector.

+ Organize management of information about foreign employees; build a database system of information about foreign employees.

+ Inspect, examine, resolve complaints and denunciations; handle according to authority or recommend competent authorities to handle according to law provisions.


- The Tax Department (as of 2010, there were 63 Tax Departments in provinces and centrally-run cities) has a Director and a number of Deputy Directors with the supporting apparatus being units, including: Propaganda - Tax Support Department; Tax Declaration and Accounting Department; Debt Management and Tax Enforcement Department; Tax Inspection Department (number depends on each Tax Department); Tax Inspection Department (number depends on each Tax Department); Personal Income Tax Management Department; General - Professional - Budget Department; Internal Inspection Department; Personnel Organization Department; Administration - Management - Finance - Printing Department; Information Technology Department (for Hanoi Tax Department and Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department only).


Minh has some other departments). The Tax Department has the following basic duties and powers:

+ Organize, direct, guide and uniformly implement legal documents on tax and tax management procedures in the province and city.

+ Organize the implementation of tax management tasks for taxpayers under the management scope of the Tax Department (tax registration, tax code issuance, tax declaration processing, tax calculation, tax payment, tax exemption, tax reduction, tax refund, tax debt cancellation, etc.).

+ Manage information about enterprises, build a centralized database system of information about enterprises.

+ Carry out the task of reforming the tax system with the goal of improving the quality of operations, publicizing procedures, improving tax management processes and providing information to facilitate taxpayers in implementing tax policies and laws.

+ Organize propaganda, guidance, and explanation of the State's tax policies, and support local taxpayers in fulfilling their tax obligations.

+ Organize the implementation of the assigned annual tax collection budget.


+ Guide, direct and inspect Tax Branches.


+ Directly inspect, examine and supervise tax declaration, tax refund, tax exemption, tax reduction, tax payment and tax settlement for taxpayers under the management authority of the Director of the Tax Department.

+ Resolve complaints and denunciations about taxes, complaints and denunciations related to the performance of public duties by tax authorities and tax officials under the management of the Director of the Tax Department.


- The Tax Department (as of 2010, there were 696 Tax Departments in districts, towns and cities) has a Head of Department and a number of Deputy Heads of Department with supporting units, including: Propaganda - Support Team for Taxpayers; Tax Declaration - Accounting and Informatics Team; Tax Inspection Team. The Tax Department has the following basic duties and powers:

+ Organize and uniformly implement legal documents on tax, procedures and measures for tax management in the area.

+ Organize the implementation of the assigned annual tax collection budget.


+ Organize the implementation of propaganda, guidance, and explanation of the State's tax policies, supporting local taxpayers to fulfill their tax obligations in accordance with the provisions of law.

+ Organize the implementation of tax management tasks for taxpayers under the management scope of the Tax Department. Manage information about taxpayers; build a data system of information about taxpayers in the area.

+ Inspect, examine and supervise tax declaration, tax refund, tax exemption, tax reduction, tax payment and tax settlement according to decentralization and management authority.

+ Organize the inspection and settlement of complaints and denunciations about taxes and complaints and denunciations related to the performance of official duties of tax officials and civil servants under management authority.

2.1.2. Main results in tax management activities

2.1.2.1. Scale and structure of tax mobilization to the State Budget

In the financial system of countries, the State Budget (NSNN) is the centralized financial sector, holding the leading position. Article 1 of the State Budget Law 2002 passed by the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on February 16, 2002 clearly states that " NSNN is all


State revenue and expenditure have been decided by competent state agencies and implemented within a year to ensure the performance of the functions and tasks of the State .


Regarding the state budget collection, like many countries in the world, in Vietnam today, tax is the main source of state budget revenue. Tax revenue from the following year is higher than the previous year, contributing to ensuring social justice, creating an environment of equal competition between economic sectors in the market mechanism. Since 1991, total revenue from taxes and fees has always exceeded the annual revenue estimate approved by the National Assembly and has had a high growth rate over the years.


In recent times, total domestic revenue has achieved an average growth rate of 17.8% per year. The structure of state budget revenue has changed in a positive direction, domestic revenue has grown strongly and become the main source of state budget revenue, the proportion of revenue from land resources and crude oil has decreased, the proportion of revenue from internal resources of the economy has increased, specifically:


- Domestic revenue accounts for 78.2% of total state budget revenue, of which domestic revenue excluding crude oil accounts for an increasing proportion: in 2006 it accounted for 52% of total budget revenue, in 2010 it increased to 63.9%.


- In the structure of domestic revenue, revenue from production and business has grown at a high rate and has become an important source of revenue for the state budget.


Table 2.1: Structure of state budget revenue (excluding crude oil) in the period 2006 - 2010 describes the structure according to main taxes and the proportion of each tax compared to total tax revenue from 2006 to 2010.



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Table 2.1: Structure of state budget revenue (excluding crude oil) in the period 2006 - 2010




INDICATORS

2006

2007

Year 2008

Year 2009

2010


Tax amount (billion VND)

Proportion (%)

Tax amount (billion VND)

Proportion (%)

Tax amount (billion VND)

Proportion (%)

Tax amount (billion VND)

Proportion (%)

Tax amount (billion VND)

Proportion (%)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

TOTAL

145,404

100%

182,994

100%

240,076

100%

270,734

100%

363,135

100%

VAT

36,636

25%

47,860

26%

60,523

25%

79,915

30%

97,780

27%

Corporate Income Tax

38,724

27%

41,876

23%

68,424

29%

61,919

23%

95,525

26%

Special Consumption Tax

14,564

10%

17,365

9%

22,123

9%

29,740

11%

34,968

10%

Natural gas recovery

3,589

2%

3,607

2%

3,690

2%

5,103

2%

8,667

2%

Personal Income Tax

5,179

4%

7,415

4%

12,940

5%

14,579

5%

26,321

7%

Revenue from real estate

20,646

14%

36,497

20%

39,169

16%

42,685

16%

54,611

15%

Revenue from fees and charges

12,318

8%

16,577

9%

19,653

8%

26,287

10%

30,529

8%

Other revenues

13,748

9%

11,797

6%

13,554

6%

10,506

4%

14,734

4%

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Source: General Department of Taxation (2010)

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Revenue from production and business accounts for an increasing proportion of total domestic revenue excluding oil (in the period 2001 - 2005 it accounted for 62.4%, then in the period 2006 - 2010 it increased to 67.5%).


- Revenue by type of enterprise has the following results: Revenue from foreign-invested enterprises accounts for 18.8%, with an average annual growth rate of 26.6%; Revenue from private enterprises accounts for 18.8%, with an average annual growth rate of 31.5%; Revenue from state-owned enterprises has a decreasing proportion (from 35.5% in the period 2001 - 2005 to 31.7% in the period 2006 - 2010) due to the State's policy of restructuring and equitization, and not advocating the establishment of new enterprises. In addition, due to the rapid increase in the number of foreign-invested enterprises and private enterprises, the proportion of revenue from this sector in total revenue tends to decrease. Revenue from major taxes has a fairly high growth rate, specifically: VAT in the period 2001 - 2005 increased by 22.9%; Corporate income tax in the period 2001 - 2005

increased by 19.5%; Special consumption tax in the period 2001 - 2005 increased by 20.7%.


Revenue from housing and land increased 3 times compared to the period 2001 - 2005. Revenue from fees and charges increased 2.4 times compared to the period 2001 - 2005. During this period, in addition to reviewing to eliminate inappropriate fees and charges, minimizing the tax burden for taxpayers, the State also issued, amended and supplemented many policies such as environmental protection fees for mineral exploitation, amendments and supplements to registration fees 9 .



9 Internal reports of the General Department of Taxation at the Conference to introduce the draft tax sector development strategy for the period 2011 - 2020



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Table 2.2: State budget revenue in the period 2001 - 2010


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Unit: Billion VND

STT

INDICATORS

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010


Gross Domestic Product

78,928

87,894

115,458

153,138

181,359

228,750

261,628

318,586

297,650

358,400


Revenue from crude oil

26,281

26,510

36,773

48,562

61,533

83,346

78,634

88,800

58,000

63,700


Domestic revenue minus crude oil

52,647

61,384

78,685

104,577

119,826

145,404

182,994

229,786

239,650

294,700


Except crude oil, land use

50,777

58,140

70,536

90,375

105,650

129,988

154,317

199,007

216,650

271,700


In there:











1

State-owned enterprise sector

23,158

25,068

28,589

32,177

39,079

46,344

50,180

68,490

81,430

99,432


2

Foreign invested enterprise sector


5,702


7,276


9,941


15,109


19,081


25,838


32,274


43,848


45,779


57,738


3

Industrial and commercial area

and non-state services


6,723


7,764


10,361


13,261


16,938


22,091


31,192


43,524


45,721

62,977

4

Agricultural land use tax

814

772

151

130

132

111

113

98

47

32

5

Real estate tax

330

336

359

438

515

594

711

902

1,090

1,137

6

Personal income tax

2,058

2,338

2,951

3,521

4,234

5.179

7,415

12,940

13,059

18,460

7

Fuel fee

2,537

2,995

3.204

3,583

3,943

3,969

4,458

4,517

8,935

9,867

8

Registration fee

1,191

1,332

1,817

2,607

2,797

3.363

5,636

7.404

7,565

9,209

9

Fees and charges

2,583

3.021

3,272

4,182

4,192

4,986

6,483

6.653

6,733

6,920

10

Revenue from lottery

2,448

3,027

3,656

4,570

5.304

6.142





11

Land use transfer tax

298

327

409

640

984

1,251

2,328

3,017

253


12

Land use fee

1,870

3.244

8,149

14,202

14,176

15,416

28,677

30,779

23,000

23,000


13

Money from selling and renting state-owned houses


959


1,120


1,116


1,338


1,283


1,993


2,488


1,285


839


616

14

Land rent

422

459

513

846

799

1,281

2,180

2,219

2,164

2.225

15

Fixed collection at commune level




968

996

952

815

977

682

705

16

Other budget revenues

1,554

2,305

4,197

7.005

5,372

5,893

8,043

3.133

2,354

2,383

Source: General Department of Taxation (2010)


In Vietnam, in total tax revenue, the revenue structure changes every year but is mainly divided into VAT, CIT, PIT, SCT, import-export, natural resources, and other taxes. The following figure is an example illustrating the percentage of total revenue from different types of taxes, showing the proportion of VAT - the main indirect tax and has always tended to increase in recent times.

2007 2008

Property taxOther tax

original 7% Special Consumption Tax

7%

4%

VAT

26%

Import tax 14%


Personal income tax 3%

Corporate Income Tax

39%

Tax

original 7%

Other taxes

3%

Special Consumption Tax

6%

VAT

29%

Import tax 17%


Personal income tax 3%

Corporate Income Tax

35%


Figure 2.2: Structure of tax revenue

Percentage of total tax revenue

Source: General Department of Taxation - data from the summary report of work in 2007, 2008


Figure 2.3: Total tax and fee revenue in the period 2001 - 2010 illustrates the growth rate of tax and fee revenue over the years.

Revenue

(Billion VND)


Year


Figure 2.3: Total tax and fee revenue in the period 2001 - 2010

Source: General Department of Taxation (2010)

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