Tax authorities receive more than 4,400 requests to provide records to the police

On May 26, information from the General Department of Taxation said that speaking at a recent workshop related to the management of electronic invoices (E-invoices), preventing economic crimes, corruption, and smuggling, Deputy Director General of the General Department of Taxation Mai Son updated new statistics on the management activities of this field of the tax authority, and coordination with the police agency.

According to Mr. Mai Son, the implementation of electronic invoices nationwide has contributed to changing the management method and the way the tax authorities in particular and state management agencies in general serve the people in the direction of automation and timely prevention of invoices of absconding and missing businesses; preventing tax fraud and tax evasion. Thereby creating a healthy and equal business environment.

Statistics show that up to now, the tax authority has received and processed nearly 7.2 billion invoices. The e-Invoice system has been operating stably, smoothly 24/7 and bringing practical benefits to people and businesses.

However, in recent times, there have been some businesses, organizations and individuals who have committed illegal acts, establishing businesses not for production and business but for the purpose of selling fake invoices to gain illegal profits.

Notably, Deputy General Director Mai Son said that currently, the tax authority has developed a set of criteria for assessing risks of electronic invoices, developed information technology applications to process data, and supported the identification of taxpayers with high risks of using electronic invoices to issue warnings and handle them.

Statistics show that in 2023 alone, the tax authority also transferred 88 files to the police agency to request investigation and prosecution and also received 4,416 requests for records from the police agency to provide records and documents to serve the management and suppression of economic crimes of the police agency.

After receiving the request, the tax authority promptly coordinated to provide documents to the police agency in accordance with regulations. Some typical cases in the coordination between the two agencies include: The case of illegal VAT invoice trading led by Nguyen Minh Tu, the case of invoice trading by Truong Xuan Duoc; the case of Hoang Dang Ngoc My Trang and accomplices for the crimes of "Illegal printing, issuance, trading of invoices" and "Tax evasion", etc.

“It can be affirmed that the coordination between the tax sector and the police agency in the fight against tax crimes such as tax evasion, fraudulent appropriation of tax refunds; illegal purchase, sale and use of invoices has been and is being implemented synchronously, closely and responsibly.

At the same time, the application of Big Data in electronic invoice management and tax management processes has been fully digitized. Therefore, although the tricks of lawbreakers in the tax field are increasingly sophisticated, sooner or later they will be discovered and they will have to be held accountable before the law" - Deputy General Director Mai Son emphasized.

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