Tax authorities will guide individuals and businesses in flood and storm areas, creating the most favorable conditions in making tax extension, exemption and reduction applications.
In today’s urgent dispatch, the Tax Department requested the Tax Chiefs of provinces and cities damaged by storms and floods to urgently deploy support solutions. Specifically, agencies will guide organizations and individuals on tax extension, exemption and reduction applications according to regulations and create the most favorable conditions for them.
For groups that have submitted and have complete documents, local tax authorities will base on the regulations and the actual situation to promptly guide and resolve. Groups that do not have or have incomplete documents will be clearly instructed on policies and procedures. At the same time, local tax also coordinates with relevant agencies to resolve administrative procedure issues; Provide records and documents to determine the value of damage upon request and request of organizations and individuals.
The leaders of the Department of Taxation requested tax authorities of provinces and cities to inspect, supervise, and strictly handle cases of harassment of taxpayers or policy profiteering. At the same time, assign officers to be the focal point to coordinate, guide and support documents and vouchers to determine the value of damage so that taxpayers can quickly complete their applications for tax extension, exemption or reduction.
“Tax heads of provinces and cities focus on directing the implementation of support content and are responsible to the leaders of the Tax Department for the quality of implementation,” this agency stated the direction.
Previously in the meeting on November 25, Director Mai Xuan Thanh also requested that Provincial and City Taxation not only ensure support to implement appropriate tax management solutions, but also base on the actual situation, localize affected areas and subjects, assess damage, and estimate recovery time.
In addition, the Tax Department also stated a plan to prevent revenue loss in the coming time, including inspection of gold trading enterprises, inspection of enterprises that have suffered losses for many years and inspection of tax refunds.
In addition, the Director also requested tax authorities at all levels to focus on preventing value-added tax refund fraud, especially in the fields of gold, silver, and gemstone business. Recent review work has shown many signs of risk in buying and selling gold through individuals without issuing invoices, authorization not in accordance with regulations, and revenue declaration not consistent with reality.
Not only in this field, the inspection process at localities also showed many acts of lack of compliance with regulations in other industries such as renting “virtual” headquarters, without actual production and business activities; non-bank payment; Invoicing at the wrong time; Exported goods show signs of abnormalities in origin or condition of use.
In addition to checking violations, tax authorities also focus resources to complete value-added tax refund checks in the last 2 months of the year and strengthen the fight against fraudulent purchase and sale of invoices. “The implementation of the above topics not only contributes to preventing loss of State budget revenue but also creates a transparent and fair business environment, strengthening the trust of people and businesses,” Mr. Thanh said.