Online business activities in Ha Tinh are increasingly developing, posing an increasing risk of smuggling, counterfeiting, poor quality goods, and tax evasion.
In recent years, e-commerce activities have tended to increase. The development of business in the online environment is consistent with the trend of economic and social development. However, most of these business owners do not have a fixed business location, leading to difficulties in determining warehouses and goods gathering locations for state management agencies. Many organizations and individuals have taken advantage of this to trade in prohibited goods, counterfeit goods, goods that violate intellectual property rights, goods of unknown origin, and poor quality goods.
Online business is increasingly increasing in Ha Tinh.
Mr. Le Hong Liem - Head of Inspection and Control Department 3, Ha Tinh Provincial Tax Department said: “E-commerce activities and business forms in the digital environment are posing great challenges for state management agencies, especially in the fight against tax loss. In 2023, Ha Tinh Provincial Tax Department coordinated with the Department of Information and Communications and the Department of Industry and Trade to implement the management of e-commerce activities. The unit also strengthened tax management for households and individuals doing e-commerce business; strengthened tax management for organizations and individuals who are agents of foreign suppliers...”.
According to the review of the Ha Tinh Provincial Tax Department, currently, the whole province has more than 1,600 organizations and individuals participating in e-commerce activities. In 2023, through the guidance of the tax authority, business households (mainly selling online) declared and paid nearly 480 million VND in taxes. In addition, the Ha Tinh Provincial Tax Department also conducted inspections and examinations of 3 enterprises operating in e-commerce; through inspections, they collected more than 25 million VND in taxes and fines.
The Ha Tinh Market Management Department coordinated with the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention (Provincial Police) to inspect and discover 240 counterfeit Yody brand T-shirts of the TTHN business household (Nguyen Huy Tu Street, Ha Tinh City) in April 2023.
Also tightening the management of e-commerce activities, recently, the Ha Tinh Market Management Department has established an e-commerce team to inspect and detect violations. In 2023, the Ha Tinh Market Management Department inspected and sanctioned 5 violations with a total fine of 102 million VND; confiscated and destroyed 273 Yody clothes, 16 Gucci dresses (counterfeit goods, violating intellectual property rights) with a total value of more than 54 million VND.
In addition to the Ha Tinh Provincial Tax Department and the Ha Tinh Market Management Department, recently, functional forces in the province have also deployed many synchronous solutions to minimize the trade of counterfeit and poor quality goods, affecting consumers through e-commerce activities.
Mr. Bui Thanh San - Director of Ha Tinh Provincial Customs Department, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Steering Committee for Prevention of Smuggling, Trade Fraud and Counterfeit Goods (Steering Committee 389 of Ha Tinh province) said: “To combat smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods in e-commerce activities, on October 10, 2020, the National Steering Committee 389 issued Plan No. 399/KH-BCĐ389. To specify the tasks, on November 26, 2020, the Steering Committee 389 of Ha Tinh province issued Plan No. 113/KH-BCĐ389 on strengthening the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods in e-commerce activities in Ha Tinh province. The plan aims to strengthen coordination between departments, branches, functional forces, and localities in the management, detection, combat, and timely and effective prevention of smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods in e-commerce activities.
The Ha Tinh Market Management Department signed a coordination regulation with the Ha Tinh Post Office to agree on a number of contents on principles, contents and responsibilities for coordination in the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods for goods sent by post in November 2023.
Implementing the plan, member units of the Steering Committee 389 of Ha Tinh province have increased inspection, supervision, classification of subjects and goods, identification of behaviors, methods and tricks to have a plan to fight; have appropriate technological and technical solutions to promptly handle subjects taking advantage of smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods in e-commerce business.
According to statistics, from October 10, 2020 to October 10, 2023, functional forces in Ha Tinh have detected, arrested and handled 144 violations in the field of e-commerce. Thereby, the functional forces have administratively sanctioned 141 cases with a total amount of 1.85 billion VND; collected nearly 1.1 billion VND in taxes; and criminally prosecuted 3 cases with 21 subjects. Of the 144 violations, there are 35 cases of buying, selling, transporting, storing, and trading in prohibited and smuggled goods; 96 cases of commercial fraud and tax fraud; 13 cases of intellectual property rights violations.
The Standing Office of the Steering Committee 389 of Ha Tinh province strengthens inspection and supervision on cyberspace to detect and prevent violations.
E-commerce activities tend to increase in the coming time, especially at the end of the year. Currently, the Steering Committee 389 of Ha Tinh province is focusing on reviewing the addresses of organizations and individuals who regularly conduct transactions to strengthen inspection, detection and prevention of smuggled goods, counterfeit goods, poor quality goods, and tax evasion; ensuring that e-commerce activities in Ha Tinh take place safely to protect the rights and legitimate interests of consumers.
Phan Tram
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