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Notable contents on value-added tax

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.

Highlights of the Draft Decree on extension of the time limit for payment of tax, land rents and water surface rents in 2022

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.

Reducing the value-added tax rate to 8% for some classes of goods and services

On January 28, 2022, the Government issued Decree 15/2022/ND-CP prescribing tax exemption and reduction under Resolution 43 on fiscal and monetary policies for supporting Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program (Decree 15). Decree 15 takes effect from February 1, 2022. Some notable contents related to the value-added tax reduction policy are analyzed in the article.

Guidance on tax declaration and payment for individuals having income from digital information content products and services

On June 1, 2021, the Ministry of Finance issued Circular 40/2021/TT-BTC guiding value added tax, personal income tax and tax administration of household businesses and individual businesses (Circular 40). Compared to Circular 92/2015/TT-BTC, Circular 40 has some changes in subject classification, tax calculation methods, determination of relevant organizations’ responsibilities, etc. Especially, Circular 40 has expanded the applicable subjects, typically individuals having income from digital information content products and services.