Implement solutions to increase state budget collection, ensuring sustainable revenue sources in Quang Tri province.

Mr. NGUYEN NGOC TU, Director of Quang Tri Provincial Tax Department, answered the interview

Sir! Could you please tell us the objective and subjective reasons that have greatly impacted and affected the implementation of state budget revenue targets in Quang Tri province in recent times?

- In 2024, the Ministry of Finance assigned the domestic revenue estimate to Quang Tri province of VND 2,946 billion and the Provincial People's Council assigned VND 2,951 billion. This is a relatively heavy task for the Quang Tri Tax sector, especially 2024 is an important year in successfully implementing the goals of the 5-year Plan 2021 - 2025, celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Traditional Day of the Vietnam Tax sector, towards the 6th Patriotic Emulation Congress of the Tax sector - 2025.

In recent times, tax management in the province has faced many difficulties and challenges due to the complicated developments of the world economy, pressure from recession, inflation, disruptions in the global supply chain, and intense competition between major countries and major economic blocs, bringing many unexpected and unpredictable factors.

Implement solutions to increase state budget collection, ensuring sustainable revenue sources in Quang Tri province.

Director of the Provincial Tax Department Nguyen Ngoc Tu (3rd from left) presents certificates of merit to taxpayers with outstanding tax payment achievements in 2023 in Huong Hoa district - Photo: D.T

Quang Tri has harsh natural climate conditions, droughts, storms, and floods occur every year, causing a lot of damage. On the other hand, most of the businesses in the area are small and micro-sized, so the revenue to the budget is insignificant, unstable, and lacking sustainability.

Entering 2024, industrial production has shown many signs of recovery and growth compared to the same period last year. However, some businesses are facing difficulties due to high prices of raw materials, fuels, and input materials, the impact of war in many regions, and economic and political instability in the world, leading to businesses lacking orders and decreasing revenue, thereby affecting the results of state budget collection in the area.

The real estate market is showing signs of “thaw” but the recent land use rights auctions in the area have not been very successful, mainly in Dong Ha City. Other areas are still in a “frozen” state, which has negatively affected revenue from land use fees, personal income tax, registration fees and related fees, etc.

In addition, the simultaneous implementation of the Government's policies on tax, fee and charge exemption, reduction and extension to promptly support businesses and people to restore production and business also affects the work of estimating and managing state budget revenue in the province.

Specifically, policies in 2023 include: Resolution No. 30/2022/UBTVQH15 dated December 30, 2022 of the National Assembly Standing Committee; Decision No. 01/2023/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister; Decree 44/2023/ND-CP dated June 30, 2023 of the Government stipulating the policy of reducing value added tax according to Resolution No. 101/2023/QH15 dated June 24, 2023 of the National Assembly; Decree No. 41/2023/ND-CP dated June 28, 2023 of the Government; Circular No. 44/2023/TT-BTC dated June 29, 2023 of the Ministry of Finance.

In 2024, continue to implement value added tax reduction according to Decree No. 94/2023/ND-CP stipulating the policy of value added tax reduction according to Resolution No. 101/2023/QH15 of the National Assembly; reduce environmental protection tax on gasoline according to Resolution No. 42/2023/UBTVQH15...

- Overcoming many difficulties and challenges, could you please tell us in the coming time, how will the Provincial Tax Department implement solutions to increase budget collection, effectively implement the budget collection estimate for 2024 and the following years, and ensure sustainable revenue sources in Quang Tri province?

- Currently, the budget revenue in the first 4 months of the year managed by the Tax Department has reached over 35% of the ordinance estimate, this is a good signal for the completion of the state budget collection task of 2024.

To successfully implement the task of collecting the state budget in 2024 and the following years as well as ensure sustainable revenue sources, Quang Tri Tax Department will focus on synchronously implementing the following solutions:

Firstly, continue to accompany taxpayers in the province, including promptly and effectively implementing support packages on tax exemption, reduction, and extension of land rent of the National Assembly and the Government according to production and business recovery programs to support people and businesses to quickly restore production and business activities, focusing on speeding up the settlement of value-added tax refunds for businesses, ensuring timeliness, accuracy, correct subjects and compliance with legal regulations.

Second, effectively implement tax policy propaganda, promptly support taxpayers in resolving difficulties and problems; strengthen digital transformation; apply information technology to effectively serve tax management, contribute to transforming tax management methods towards automation to reform administrative procedures, create an equal, transparent and favorable business environment for people and businesses.

Third, promote the application of information technology in modernizing tax management for revenues at all stages to support taxpayers. Complete the connection and sharing of information and electronic invoice (E-invoice) data in providing online public services. Synchronize and connect databases with state management agencies to manage revenue sources from land, resources, minerals, etc. Promote digital transformation in the entire tax sector, creating a favorable and transparent environment for taxpayers to fulfill their obligations to the state budget.

Fourth, continue to maintain and improve the quality of electronic tax declaration, payment and refund services and expand electronic tax services, ensure information technology infrastructure for electronic invoices, effectively deploy electronic invoices generated from cash registers, electronic invoices of petroleum business activities; promote solutions for electronic invoice management, anti-fraud in the management and use of electronic invoices; build and put into operation the application of digital maps of business households, mineral resource mines, land prices, and real estate transfer prices.

Fifth, focus on inspecting, examining, and preventing budget losses in sectors, fields, and enterprises with high tax risks or large revenue potential such as enterprises with related transactions, e-commerce enterprises, enterprises operating on digital platforms, and real estate enterprises, enterprises using natural resources and minerals, and inspecting transfer pricing with foreign investment sectors...

Strengthen the review and inspection of electronic invoices; analyze risk criteria of tax declaration dossiers at tax authority headquarters; closely check and review taxpayers' tax declaration dossiers before conducting inspections and examinations at taxpayers' headquarters.

Sixth, on debt management: continue to review and classify tax debts, analyze the causes of each debtor to have appropriate debt collection solutions. Closely coordinate with local authorities and Party committees in collecting tax debts.

At the same time, accelerate the digitization of stages and steps in managing, urging, and enforcing tax debt collection, assigning tax debt management targets for 2024 to each tax branch, department, tax team, and each tax official. Strive for the total tax debt by December 31, 2024 to reduce to below 5% of total state budget revenue.

Seventh, regularly direct the tax branches under their management to focus resources in coordination with relevant sectors, Party committees and People's Committees at all levels in completing the digital map of business household management; the consolidated declaration of non-agricultural land use tax; effectively manage the revenue from resource tax and environmental protection fees for enterprises with mineral exploitation activities to serve construction projects in the area in accordance with regulations; effectively organize the implementation of tax collection management measures for business households paying taxes according to the declaration method and prevent revenue loss in real estate business activities, etc.

Eighth, strengthen internal inspection work, focus on checking and reviewing the processing of records according to tax management procedures, value-added tax refunds, policies on tax, fee and charge reduction, simplification and extension; promptly resolve complaints and denunciations; inspect the performance of public duties by tax officials; strictly handle officials who harass or cause difficulties for taxpayers, violate the discipline and order of the tax sector or violate the law; properly declare and make transparent assets and income according to Government regulations.

Arrange and organize the tax civil servant team in accordance with the functions and tasks to meet the work requirements in the new situation; enhance the responsibility of the leader; regularly cultivate and train to improve the quality, ethics and capacity of the tax civil servant team; build a friendly image of the Quang Tri Tax civil servant team in the taxpayer community and authorities at all levels.

Thank you!

Dao Tam Thanh (performed)

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