Tax collection in the first 6 months of the year increased sharply

Hanoi Tax Department has just announced the report on tax work results in the first 6 months of the year, directions and tasks for the last 6 months of 2023.

In the first 6 months of 2023, the Hanoi Tax Department will carry out the task of collecting the State budget in the context of the economy having opportunities, advantages and difficulties, challenges intertwined but with more difficulties and challenges; inflationary pressure, exchange rates, and interest rates are increasing; prices of many input factors, production and business costs continue to increase; large, traditional import and export markets are narrowing.

In that context, the Hanoi Tax Department has proactively followed the close direction of the Hanoi Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, the Ministry of Finance , and the General Department of Taxation to develop programs and plans to implement tax tasks in 2023 right from the beginning of the year.

Therefore, the tax work in the first 6 months of 2023 of the Hanoi Tax Department has achieved positive results.

Specifically, the total budget revenue in the city managed by the Tax Department in the first 6 months of 2023 is estimated at VND 201,975 billion, reaching 62% of the ordinance estimate, up 21.6% over the same period in 2022.

In the first 6 months of 2023, Hanoi Tax Department estimated to collect and handle tax arrears adjustment of 5,320 billion VND; estimated to complete 7,251 inspections and examinations with the total amount handled through inspections and examinations estimated to be 6,092 billion VND.

However, the Hanoi Tax Department has promptly grasped the difficulties and problems of taxpayers through many forms, especially through the 479 information channel system to support taxpayers through the electronic tax system (eTax) to resolve immediately or report and recommend to competent authorities for consideration and resolution.

In addition, the Hanoi Tax Department has implemented policies to reduce and extend tax and land rent payment deadlines for eligible subjects according to regulations with an estimated total amount of about VND 16,000 billion.

Policies to reduce and extend tax and land rent payment deadlines have helped businesses take advantage of financial resources from extended tax and land rent payments to rotate capital, promote and expand production and business activities.

Finance - Banking - Hanoi: Tax collection in the first 6 months of the year increased sharply — Hanoi Tax Department will promote effective implementation of debt management and tax debt enforcement in the last 6 months of the year.

With the goal of striving to comprehensively complete the assigned targets and plans for 2023, the Hanoi Tax Department will deploy tax tasks for the last 6 months of 2023 with a focus on ensuring comprehensive revenue sources, collecting correctly - fully - promptly collecting revenues to the State budget, focusing on solutions to nurture revenue sources and expand the base.

Accordingly, the Hanoi Tax Department continues to promote the modernization of tax management towards taxpayers with 3 basic pillars of the Tax System Reform Strategy for the period 2021-2030.

At the same time, promote propaganda and support for taxpayers, create an environment for businesses and taxpayers to quickly restore production and business; especially focus on applying digital platforms in propaganda work to listen to difficulties, support businesses and taxpayers to promptly grasp tax policies and tax administrative procedures.

In particular, promptly implement the directions of the Ministry of Finance and the General Department of Taxation in implementing the Prime Minister's Official Dispatch No. 470 on continuing to resolutely and effectively implement tasks and solutions to remove difficulties for production and business of people and enterprises.

Regularly grasp and closely monitor developments in the health situation, production and business activities of taxpayers; closely monitor, evaluate and analyze factors affecting revenue and budget collection progress, thereby promptly proposing effective management solutions; recommend to People's Committees at all levels to direct local departments and branches to coordinate with tax authorities to strengthen revenue management and promote measures to prevent budget losses.

Strengthen inspections at tax offices; review businesses with high risk signs and potential for large revenue increases by topic such as: E-commerce, related transactions, real estate transfers.

Strongly deploy information technology applications in detecting, preventing and handling cases of illegal use of electronic invoices. Do not organize periodic inspections of enterprises that do not show signs of violations, creating conditions for enterprises to focus on solving difficulties and maintaining production and business activities.

Finally, effectively implement debt management and tax debt enforcement; continue to standardize and classify debts, and implement measures to handle and collect tax debts according to regulations.

Focus on recovering land-related debts of projects managed by local authorities. Effectively carry out debt settlement work according to the National Assembly's Resolution. Combine urging debt collection with removing difficulties and obstacles for businesses and taxpayers .

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