Xuyen Viet Oil owes thousands of billions in taxes: Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department has not yet taken drastic measures to enforce

ANTD.VN - Regarding the large tax debt of Xuyen Viet Oil Trading, Transport and Tourism Company Limited, the General Department of Taxation said that the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department did not fully implement tax enforcement measures against this enterprise.

The General Department of Taxation has just issued a document responding to the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department regarding the issue of tax debt enforcement against Xuyen Viet Oil Trading, Transport and Tourism Company Limited.

Accordingly, the General Department of Taxation said that the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department did not fully implement tax enforcement measures against this enterprise.

Specifically, Clause 1, Article 125 of the Law on Tax Administration No. 38/2019/QH14 stipulates measures to enforce administrative decisions on tax administration, including: Withdrawing money from the account of the subject of enforcement of administrative decisions on tax administration at the State Treasury, commercial banks, and other credit institutions; freezing accounts; Deducting part of salary or income;

Stop customs procedures for export and import goods; Stop using invoices; Seize assets and auction seized assets according to the provisions of law;

Collect money and other assets of the subject of compulsory enforcement of administrative decisions on tax management that are held by other agencies, organizations and individuals; Revoke business registration certificates, cooperative registration certificates, investment registration certificates, establishment and operation licenses, and practice licenses.

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Xuyen Viet Oil owes thousands of billions of dong in taxes

According to the General Department of Taxation, based on the above regulations, the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department only applies coercive measures: Withdrawing money from accounts; Stopping customs procedures; Stopping the use of invoices; Revoking business registration certificates. While not applying coercive measures such as: Seizing assets, auctioning seized assets; Collecting money and other assets of the subject of coercive enforcement of administrative decisions on tax management held by other agencies, organizations and individuals.

At the same time, according to the General Department of Taxation, from 2020 to July 2022, Xuyen Viet Oil Company is still able to pay taxes, but the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department has not yet resolutely requested the Company to fulfill its obligations to the state budget for the amount of environmental protection tax owed by August 2023, which is the tax amount arising on the monthly declaration, from October 2021 to July 2022. Instead, the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department only applies urging and enforcement measures after the Company incurs a large amount of tax debt.

Therefore, the General Department of Taxation requests the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department to fully implement enforcement measures against Xuyen Viet Oil Company according to the provisions of Article 125 of the Tax Administration Law No. 38/2019/QH14.

Currently, the leaders of Xuyen Viet Oil Trading, Transport and Tourism Company Limited are being prosecuted and temporarily detained. Specifically, on September 8, 2023, the Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Security Agency (A09) initiated a case, prosecuted the accused, and issued a temporary detention order against 02 accused in the criminal case: "Violating regulations on management and use of State assets causing loss and waste", occurring at Xuyen Viet Oil Company and a number of related agencies and organizations.

The two defendants arrested include: Mai Thi Hong Hanh, born in 1979, Director of Xuyen Viet Oil Trading, Transport and Tourism Company Limited and Nguyen Thi Nhu Phuong, born in 1992, Deputy Director of the Company.

Previously, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued a decision to revoke the petroleum export and import business license of this enterprise from August 11. This decision was made after the Ministry of Industry and Trade established an inspection team to inspect compliance with legal regulations on petroleum trading in 2023.

In 2022, Xuyen Viet Oil Company was also not cleared by customs to import gasoline and oil as requested by the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department, due to the company's late tax payment, the amount of tax forced was up to over 684 billion VND. As of the end of June 2023, the tax debt of this enterprise was up to 1,531 billion VND - one of the enterprises with the largest tax debt of the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department.

Xuyen Viet Oil is one of nearly 40 major petroleum trading enterprises nationwide, granted a petroleum import-export business license by the Ministry of Industry and Trade on November 19, 2021, valid for 5 years.

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