On July 29, 2022, the Government issued Decree 49/2022/ND-CP amending Decree 209/2013/ND-CP guiding the Law on Value-Added Tax, which was amended and supplemented by Decree 12/2015/ND-CP, Decree 100/2016/ND-CP and Decree 146/2017/ND-CP. The document will take effect from September 12, 2022.

On June 16, 2022, the Ministry of Finance issued Circular 04/2022/TT-NHNN stipulating the application of interest rates for premature withdrawal of deposits at credit institutions, foreign bank branches (Circular 04/2022) to replace Circular 04/2011/TT-NHNN (Circular 04/2011). Compared to the former one, Circular 04/2022 provides a clearer legal framework for premature withdrawal of deposits.

To remove some obstacles and difficulties for enterprises in using the Science and Technology Development Fund, the Ministry of Science and Technology has issued Circular 05/2022/TT-BKHCN guiding the use of the Science and Technology Development Fund of enterprises (Circular 05). Circular 05 takes effect from June 1, 2022, replacing and abrogating several regulations set forth in Joint Circular 12/2016/TTLT-BKHCN-BTC guiding the allocation and management of S&T Development Fund of enterprises and shall apply to the use of Science and Technology Development Fund from the corporate income tax period of 2022.

On July 12, 2022, the General Department of Taxation issued Official Dispatch 2455/TCT-DNNCN on the application and operation of electronic invoices and documents. Accordingly, this Dispatch provides guidelines on some notable new contents related to the application of e-records during the transitional period of technical infrastructure in accordance with Decree 123/2020/ND-CP on invoices and documents.

On January 11, 2022, the National Assembly issued Resolution 43/2022/QH15 on fiscal and monetary policies to support the 2022-2023 socio economic recovery program, which includes the policy of interest rate support (2%/year) up to VND 40 trillion through commercial banking systems for several industries and fields or for certain borrowing purposes. Noticeable provisions of the Draft Decree on interest rate support from the state budget for loans of enterprises, cooperatives, and business households are addressed in this article.

In the context of on-going complicated and unpredicable development of the Covid-19 pandemic, which adversely impacts several businesses, the Government is developing a Draft Decree on extension of the time limit to pay value added tax, corporate income tax, personal income tax, land rents and water surface rents in 2022, which will be issued under simplified procedure. Some outstanding provisions of the Draft Decree (2nd Draft) are addressed in this article.