Vietnam: What documents are to terminate the validity of the taxpayer identification number of individuals and business households?
- What documents do business households and individuals need to prepare if they want to terminate the taxpayer identification number in Vietnam?
- What are the regulations on the written form of application for invalidation of the taxpayer identification number in Vietnam?
- What is the order for business households and individuals to carry out procedures for invalidation of the taxpayer identification number in Vietnam?
What documents do business households and individuals need to prepare if they want to terminate the taxpayer identification number in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Subsection 44 Section 2 Part II of the Administrative Procedures promulgated together with Decision 2589/QD-BTC in 2021, business households and individuals who want to invalidate the taxpayer identification number need to prepare 1 set of documents including the following documents:
- A written request for invalidation of the taxpayer identification number form No. 24/DK-TCT issued together with Circular 105/2020/TT-BTC
- A copy of the decision to revoke the Certificate of business household registration (if any).
Vietnam: What documents are to terminate the validity of the taxpayer identification number of individuals and business households?
What are the regulations on the written form of application for invalidation of the taxpayer identification number in Vietnam?
Currently, the form of a written request for invalidation of the taxpayer identification number is specified in Form No. 24/DK-TCT issued together with Circular 105/2020/TT-BTC, specifically as follows:
Download the taxpayer identification number Invalidation Application Form: here.
What is the order for business households and individuals to carry out procedures for invalidation of the taxpayer identification number in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Subsection 44 Section 2 Part II of the Administrative Procedures promulgated together with Decision 2589/QD-BTC in 2021, the order for business households and individuals to carry out procedures for invalidation of the taxpayer identification number is prescribed as follows:
Step 1: Business households and individuals submit dossiers of invalidation of the taxpayer identification number to the tax authority directly managing it within 10 working days from the date of written termination of operation or termination of business activities.
- In the case of electronic tax registration dossiers: Taxpayers (taxpayers) access the portal selected by taxpayers to declare declarations and enclose prescribed documents in electronic form (if any), electronically sign and send to tax authorities via the portal of taxpayers' choice.
Taxpayers submit dossiers (tax registration dossiers simultaneously with business registration dossiers under the 1-door mechanism) to competent state management agencies as prescribed. Competent state management agencies send information of received dossiers of taxpayers to tax authorities via the portal of the General Department of Taxation in Vietnam.
Step 2: Tax authorities receive:
- For paper tax registration documents:
+ In case the application is submitted directly at the tax office:
The tax official shall receive and affix the receipt seal to the tax registration dossier, clearly stating the date of receipt of the dossier and the number of documents according to the list of dossiers in case the tax registration dossier is submitted directly to the tax office. Tax officials write appointment slips, date of return of results, deadline for processing received dossiers.
+ In case a tax registration dossier is sent by post: The tax official stamps the receipt, writes the date of receipt of the dossier in the dossier and writes the clerical number of the tax authority.
Tax officials check tax registration documents. In case the dossier is incomplete and requires explanation and supplementation of information and documents, the tax authority shall notify the taxpayer according to the form No. 01/TB-BSTT-NNT in Appendix II promulgated together with Decree 126/2020/ND-CP within 02 (two) working days from the date of receipt of the dossier.
- In the case of electronic tax registration dossiers:
Tax authorities shall receive dossiers through the portal of the General Department of Taxation in Vietnam, check and settle dossiers through the electronic data processing system of tax authorities.
+ Electronic transactions in direct registration with tax authorities:
++ Receiving dossiers: The portal of the General Department of Taxation in Vietnam shall send a notice of receipt of taxpayers who have submitted dossiers to taxpayers via the portal that taxpayers choose to make and send dossiers (Portal of the General Department of Taxation in Vietnam / Portal of competent state agencies or T-VAN service providers) at the latest 15 minutes from the receipt of the taxpayer's electronic tax registration dossier.
++ Inspection and settlement of dossiers: Tax authorities inspect and settle taxpayers' dossiers in accordance with the law on tax registration and return settlement results via the Portal that taxpayers choose to make and send dossiers.
+++ In case the dossier is complete, in accordance with the prescribed procedures and must return the results: The tax authority shall send the results of the dossier settlement to the portal that taxpayers choose to prepare and send the dossier according to the time limit specified in Circular 105/2020 / TT-BTC
+++ In case the dossier is incomplete or not in accordance with the prescribed procedures, the tax authority shall send a notice of non-acceptance of the dossier, send it to the Portal that the taxpayer chooses to make and send the dossier within 02 (two) working days from the date stated on the Notice of receipt of the dossier.
+ In case of concurrent registration with business registration under the interconnected one-stop mechanism:
++ Receiving dossiers: The portal of the General Department of Taxation in Vietnam receives dossiers from business registration agencies, cooperative registration agencies.
++ Inspection and settlement of dossiers: Tax authorities shall inspect and settle taxpayers' dossiers in accordance with the law on business registration, cooperative registration and return settlement results through the National Information System on Business Registration and Cooperative Registration.
Tax authorities send dossier settlement results through the National Information System on Business Registration and Cooperative Registration; or to the taxpayer's email address in case the taxpayer has an electronic transaction account on the portal of the General Department of Taxation in Vietnam within the time limit prescribed by the law on business registration or cooperative registration.
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