Except for some sudden revenue increases, Ha Tinh's domestic budget revenue in the first 7 months of 2023 is still low compared to the same period in 2022.
According to the Ha Tinh Provincial Tax Department, in the first 7 months of 2023, the unit collected more than 5,000 billion VND in budget revenue, reaching 63% of the annual plan assigned by the Provincial People's Council (8,000 billion VND) and 89% compared to the same period in 2022 (5,550 billion VND). Of which, land use fees were 800 billion VND, reaching 44% of the annual plan assigned by the Provincial People's Council. If land use fees are deducted, total tax and fee revenue reached 4,200 billion VND, an increase of 16% compared to the same period in 2022.
However, the total tax and fee revenue in the first 7 months of the year increased compared to the same period last year due to some unexpected revenue items. This unexpected revenue item includes 1,530 billion VND collected from the foreign investment sector (specifically, the collection after inspection, contractor tax, and VAT of Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation).
Ha Tinh has a sudden increase of about 120 billion VND thanks to the construction of the North-South expressway project.
In addition, in the first 7 months of the year, the Ha Tinh Provincial Tax Department also collected a number of items such as: non-state debts from previous years (110 billion VND), granting mineral exploitation rights to mines serving the North-South Expressway project (30 billion VND), reclaiming rice-growing land to compensate for the North-South Expressway (80 billion VND), and collecting support when the State reclaims land to compensate for the North-South Expressway (10 billion VND).
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Du - Head of the Department of Business, Budget and Legal Affairs (Ha Tinh Provincial Tax Department) said: "Excluding the sudden increase in revenue, domestic revenue tends to decrease due to difficulties in business operations in the province. Many projects have been implemented such as: the beer project of Hanoi - Nghe Tinh Beer Joint Stock Company, VinES Battery Factory project of Vingroup, Vung Ang II Thermal Power Plant project of Vung Ang 2 Thermal Power Company Limited... have not yet contributed revenue as expected. In addition, the Government has implemented support packages and tax exemptions to remove difficulties for production and business, promote economic recovery and development, which has also reduced the tax sector's budget revenue in the past 7 months".
VinES Battery Factory of Vingroup Corporation (Ky Anh Town) has not paid taxes as expected.
In the context of the economy still being seriously affected by the post-COVID-19 pandemic, to complete the target of 8,000 billion VND assigned by the Provincial People's Council, the Ha Tinh Provincial Tax Department determined that the budget collection task in the last months of the year will still have many difficulties and challenges. Currently, many taxes still have low results such as: revenue from the state-owned enterprise sector (reaching 45% of the plan assigned by the Provincial People's Council); environmental protection tax collection (reaching 37% of the plan assigned by the Provincial People's Council); registration fee collection (reaching 39% of the plan assigned by the Provincial People's Council); land use fee collection (reaching 44% of the plan assigned by the Provincial People's Council). In particular, some districts such as Nghi Xuan, Duc Tho, Loc Ha, although more than half of 2023 has passed, the budget collection has not yet reached 40% of the estimate assigned by the Provincial People's Council.
According to the leader of the Ha Tinh Provincial Tax Department, in the last 4 months of the year, the unit continued to focus on synchronously and drastically implementing solutions to increase budget revenue. In particular, the sector strengthened debt management, urged the collection of tax debts and taxes that were extended to the State budget; strictly controlled the refund of value-added tax; publicized on mass media cases of tax evasion, tax fraud, and tax debts according to the provisions of the Law on Tax Administration; promptly collected tax amounts, fines and receivables according to the recommendations of auditing, inspection agencies and law enforcement agencies.
Officers of Ha Tinh Provincial Tax Department support businesses in declaring tax administrative procedures.
Along with the efforts and determination of the tax sector, relevant departments, branches and People's Committees of districts, towns and cities need to strengthen coordination to implement the task of collecting domestic budget in 2023 under the direction of the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee. Localities need to promptly propose practical and effective solutions, focus on directing and operating resolutely to manage and exploit revenue sources well according to the provisions of law, striving to exceed the assigned budget estimates and revenue in 2023.
Mr. Truong Quang Long
Director of Ha Tinh Tax Department
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