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NEWSLETTER MAY 2017

2017-06-30
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Circular No. 31/2017/TT-BTC dated 18th April 2017 amending some articles of Circular No. 99/2016/TT-BTC guiding on VAT refund management According to this Circular, VAT refund to taxpayers shall be completed within 1 working day after the state treasury of province receiving a tax refund order from the tax office. In the past, maximum processing time for VAT refund to taxpayers was 3 working days. Circular No. 31 comes into force from 2nd June 2017. Official Letter No. 1873/TCT-TNCN (“OL 1873”) on compensation for breach of contract The General Department of Taxation issued OL 1873 on 10th May 2017, answering an...

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NEWSLETTER APRIL 2017

2017-05-31
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Decree No. 20/2017/ND-CP (“Decree 20”) guiding tax management on transfer pricing (TP) As we mentioned in our Newsletter of February 2017, on 24th February 2017, the Government issued Decree 20 providing guidelines on tax management applied to TP, effective from 1st May 2017. In this newsletter, we would like to further clarify the cases in which a taxpayer is exempted from preparation and declaration of TP documentation. A taxpayer will be exempted from preparation of declaration on Section III and IV under Form No. 01 in case: –           The taxpayer has transactions only with related parties subject to Corporate Income...

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NEWSLETTER MARCH 2017

2017-04-28
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Official Letter No. 1091/TCT-TNCN about PIT policy for foreigners On 27th March 2017, the General Department of Taxation issued Official Letter No. 1091/TCT-TNCN regarding personal income tax (PIT) policy applied to foreign expatriates in case a general director of a Vietnamese company is non-resident of Vietnam: – For remuneration paid by the Vietnamese company which he/she receives while working in Vietnam, PIT is calculated at 20% on taxable income. – For salaries paid by a parent company in Japan, salaries received for the portion of work done for the parent company is non-taxable income in Vietnam, while salaries received for...

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NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2017

2017-04-02
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Decree No. 20/2017/ND-CP (“Decree 20”) guiding tax management on transfer pricing (TP) On 24th February 2017, the Government issued Decree No. 20/2017/ND-CP guiding tax management for enterprises which have related party transactions. There are some changes in Decree 20 compared with Circular No. 66/2010/TT-BTC issued by the Ministry of Finance. Principles The tax authority shall manage, check, and inspect prices of related party transactions performed by taxpayers based on arm’s-length transaction and substance-over-form principles. Related parties The threshold of investment capital of the owner increases from 20% to 25%. In the past, two parties are considered to be related parties...

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NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2017

2017-02-28
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Official Letter No.92/TCT-KK about declaration on omitted VAT invoices On 10th January 2017, the General Department of Taxation issued Official Letter No.92/TCT-KK about declaration on omitted VAT invoices. Detail of the letter is as follows: In case taxpayers find that the tax declaration already submitted to the tax authority incorrect after the deadline for submitting the tax declaration, taxpayers may make adjustments to the tax declaration submitted. The adjusted tax declaration may be submitted to the tax authority on any working days, regardless of the deadline for submitting the next tax declaration, but before the tax authority or competent authority announces...

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NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2016

2017-01-25
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Official Letter No. 5568/TCT-CS about Value Added Tax (VAT) On 2nd December 2016, the General Department of Taxation issued Official Letter No. 5568/TCT-CS on issuing invoices for transferred assets. The main point of the letter is as follows: Entity A contributes capital to entity B in forms of assets, tools, goods or cash, entity A must prepare following dossiers (i) Capital contribution agreement (ii) Asset valuation report issued by the Capital Transfer Council or an organization who is licensed for asset valuation (iii) original documents of the assets. In case the asset is land use right, entity A must do procedure...

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NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2016

2016-12-30
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Decree No. 153/2016/ND-CP guiding regional minimum wage applied to employees working under employment contract On 14th November 2016, the Government issued Decree No. 153/2016/ND-CP guiding regional minimum wage applied to employees who are working under employment contract. – The regional minimum wage applied to employees working for an enterprise that operates within: + Region I: VND 3,750,000/month + Region II: VND 3,320,000 /month + Region III: VND 2,900,000/month + Region IV: VND 2,580,000/month – Region I, II, III and IV are defined in the Appendix of the Decree. –  Previously, the regional minimum wages applied to region I, II, III...

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NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2016

2016-11-28
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Decree No. 139/2016/ND-CP on license fee On 4th October 2016, the Government issued Decree No. 139/2016/ND-CP, guiding license fee. The level of license fee is regulated as follows: – For organizations which do manufacturing, trading, or services: + VND 3,000,000/year for an organization that has charter capital or investment capital over VND 10 billion; + VND 2,000,000/year for an organization that has charter capital or investment capital equal to or less than VND 10 billion; + VND 1,000,000/year for a branch, representative offices, location of business, and other economic organizations. – For individuals, group of individuals and households having production and...

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NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2016

2016-10-28
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Decree No. 134/2016/ND-CP detailing some articles on the Law of import and export tax On 1st September 2016, the Government issued Decree No. 134/2016/ND-CP detailing some articles on the Law on import and export tax. According to the Decree, there are some notable points as follows: Subjects for import and export tax Supplement some subjects of import and export tax including: Indirect imported and exported goods in accordance with Clause 3, Article 2 of Law on import and export tax will follow the guidance in Decree No.08/2015/ND-CP dated 21st January 2015 guiding details and enforcement of Law on Imported/exported goods...

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