New information on automatic personal income tax refunds

Perform procedures via eTax Mobile application

On the afternoon of April 3, at the regular press conference of the first quarter of the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Mai Son, Deputy Director of the Tax Department, said that the tax sector has built and completed the process and application of automatic personal income tax refund for taxpayers.

Mr. Son informed that this is the first step of the tax industry's commitment to comprehensive transformation and reform in serving and providing digital services to taxpayers in the direction of maximizing the use of available information of people or previously declared information to simplify administrative procedures.

Mr. Mai Son, Deputy Director of the Tax Department (Ministry of Finance). Photo: Thanh Tuan

According to the automatic personal income tax refund process, taxpayers can complete all personal income tax refund application procedures via mobile devices with the eTax Mobile application installed, said the Deputy Director.

Taxpayers only need to perform very simple operations with the function "Suggested Personal Income Tax Finalization Declaration" which is compiled from the database of income-paying organizations and the annual declaration data of individuals. Taxpayers check the information on the declaration, confirm it and send it to the tax authority.

“ The entire process of resolving personal income tax refunds at the tax authority will be done automatically and information will be transmitted to the State Treasury to make refunds to taxpayers in the fastest time ,” Mr. Son emphasized.

In addition, to ensure the implementation of automatic personal income tax refunds, Mr. Son said, taxpayers need to install and use the eTaxMobile application to promptly update information on their tax obligations (information on sources of income, deducted tax, personal income tax declaration and settlement obligations, tax obligations for non-agricultural land use tax; information on land financial obligations, etc.).

At the same time, fully update personal identification information, including information of dependents.

“ This update helps the tax industry's data system synchronize data with the National Population Database, thereby minimizing errors in data synthesis and optimizing automatic tax refund processing efficiency ,” the Deputy Director explained.

Overview of the regular press conference of the Ministry of Finance. Photo: Thanh Tuan

Taxpayers need to proactively control information

However, Mr. Son said that in case the taxpayer changes the information on the "Suggested Personal Income Tax Finalization Declaration", the system will automatically check and compare the difference between the taxpayer's self-declared data and the data compiled by the tax authority to support the review, inspection and quick processing of the records in this case. Thereby ensuring the time to process personal income tax refund records according to the law.

Based on the available data provided by the tax system, the tax authority also expects taxpayers to proactively control information and request honest tax refunds to ensure their own rights and avoid tax law violations (if any). The tax information technology system will monitor and support tax authorities in conducting post-audits, recovering refunded tax amounts and handling violations according to regulations for taxpayers who commit fraud to refund personal income tax.

According to Mr. Son, in order to best serve and support taxpayers in the 2024 personal income tax settlement period, on the basis of officially upgrading the information technology application to meet the automatic personal income tax refund process, the Tax Department has directed and guided tax authorities at all levels to promote propaganda and guide taxpayers to use electronic tax applications to declare and settle taxes, and will organize training for all tax officials.

“ During the operation process, if any problems arise, taxpayers should immediately contact the tax authority for timely support. Tax authorities at all levels have established and organized hotlines and assigned staff to be ready to receive information and answer taxpayers' questions ,” the Deputy Director noted.

From 2025, the tax authority will automatically refund personal income tax. In just 3 days, taxpayers will know the results of their tax refund request.

Thanh Binh

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