Hanoi Tax Department warns of impersonation and fraud

08/03/2023 07:33 Nhat Linh Print article

ANTD.VN - Hanoi Tax Department recommends that taxpayers, when receiving messages, tax payment notices, penalty decisions, etc., should carefully check the content and not rush to follow the instructions in the messages or notices.

The Hanoi Tax Department has just issued a warning about impersonating tax authorities for profit and fraud.

Accordingly, the Hanoi Tax Department said that recently, information about some subjects impersonating civil servants and state officials, forging notices and impersonating the Tax Authority has been increasing in level and frequency with the aim of defrauding and appropriating taxpayers' money.

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The situation of impersonating tax authorities is increasing (Illustration photo)

Hanoi Tax Department affirmed that this agency only authorizes the People's Committees of wards, communes and towns to collect non-agricultural land use tax from households and individuals and authorizes Hanoi Post Office to collect tax from business households in the districts of Thanh Tri, Dong Anh, Son Tay, Thanh Oai- Chuong My, Phuc Tho and Phu Xuyen. The authorized collection agency will issue receipts and collection documents according to regulations to taxpayers.

Therefore, the Hanoi Tax Department recommends that taxpayers, when receiving messages, tax payment notices, penalty decisions, etc., should carefully check the content, not rush to reply or follow the instructions in the messages or notices.

To avoid fraud when conducting transactions with tax authorities or performing tax operations, taxpayers can contact the focal point of the Tax Department or Tax Branch in the area for support via the phone number published on the Hanoi Tax Department's website.

In case of receiving messages on social networking platforms and calls with signs of fraud, taxpayers need to save evidence such as messages or call recordings, report to the telecommunications enterprise managing the subscriber to request handling, and at the same time provide available evidence to the competent authorities of the Ministry of Public Security and the nearest tax authority to request handling of the violations of the subjects according to the provisions of law.

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