Is fee for certification of a copy of an original different at each commune-level People's Committee in Vietnam?
Is fee for certification of a copy of an original different at each commune-level People's Committee in Vietnam? How much does it cost to certificate an A4 piece of paper from the original in Vietnam? What is implementation of declaration and submission, administration and use of certification fees in Vietnam?
Hello, let me ask if I can certificate the copy at my commune People's Committee. A few days ago, I heard my friend say that if I bring it to another commune's People's Committee, the official fees will be much cheaper. Is that true?
Please advise. Thankyou.
Is fee for certification of a copy of an original different at each commune-level People's Committee in Vietnam?
In Article 1 of Circular 226/2016/TT-BTC, there are regulations on scope and regulated entities of application, collection, payment, management and use of authentication fees as follows:
1. This Circular stipulates the rate, collection, submission, administration and use of the fees for competent authorities’ certification and attestation in Vietnam.
2. This Circular applies to the payers and collectors of certification and attestation fees and to the organizations and individuals concerning the collection, submission, administration and use of certification and attestation fees.
In Article 2 of Circular 226/2016/TT-BTC, there are regulations on fee payers as follows:
Organizations and individuals shall incur certification or attestation fees defined in Article 4 of this Circular upon requesting a People's Committee of a commune, ward or town or a Judicial Office of a People's Committee of a district, town or provincial city to certify copies and signatures or to attest contracts and transactions.
Based on current regulations in Vietnam, the fee for authenticating copies from originals at each Commune-level People's Committee is the same. The current authentication fee at Commune-level People's Committees will be implemented according to Circular 226/2016/TT-BTC.
Is fee for certification of a copy of an original different at each commune-level People's Committee in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)
How much does it cost to certificate an A4 piece of paper from the original in Vietnam?
In Article 4 of Circular 226/2016/TT-BTC, there are regulations on authentication fees as follows:
The certification and attestation fees are specified below:
|
No. |
Description |
Rate |
|
1 |
Fee for certification of a copy of an original |
VND 2,000/ page. VND 1,000/ page beyond two pages; however, the charge per copy shall not exceed VND 200,000. The pages charged shall be those of the original document. |
|
2 |
Fee for certification of signature |
VND 10,000/ request. A request includes one or several signatures on one paper or document. |
|
3 |
Fee for attestation of contract or transaction: |
|
|
a |
Fee for attestation of contract or transaction |
VND 50,000/ contract or transaction |
|
b |
Attestation of amendment, supplement or cancellation of a contract or transaction |
VND 30,000/ contract or transaction |
|
c |
Correction of errors in an attested contract or transaction |
VND 25,000/ contract or transaction |
According to this Aritcle, the fee for certifying the original will be based on the number of authenticated pages. If certifying 1 page of A4 paper, the fee is 2,000 VND. If the document is 02 pages of A4 paper, the fee is 4,000 VND.
What is implementation of declaration and submission, administration and use of certification fees in Vietnam?
In Article 6 of Circular 226/2016/TT-BTC, there are regulations on declaration and submission of fees as follows:
1. On no later than the fifth of each month, the fee collectors shall deposit the fee amount collected in the previous month into the budgetary contribution account at the State Treasury.
2. The collectors shall declare and finalize the fees collected on monthly and annual basis, respectively, according to the guidelines in Section 3, Article 19 and Section 2, Article 26 of the Circular No. 156/2013/TT-BTC dated November 06, 2013 by the Minister of Finance on guidelines for the implementation of certain articles of the Law of tax administration; the Law on amendments to certain articles of the Law of tax administration and the Government’s Decree No. 83/2013/ND-CP dated July 22, 2013.
In Article 7 of Circular 226/2016/TT-BTC, there are regulations on administration and use of fees as follows:
1. The collectors shall submit the entire fee amount collected to the state budget except for the circumstance defined in Section 2 of this Article. The expenditure for service provision and fee collection shall be sourced from the state budget apportioned in the fee collection agencies’ financial estimate pursuant to the regime and norm of state budget spending.
2. If the operating expenditure of a collector is sourced from the fees collected according to Section 1, Article 4 of the Government's Decree No. 120/2016/ND-CP dated August 23, 2016, it shall be allowed to retain 50% of the fee amount collected to cover for the spending defined in Article 5 of the Government's Decree No. 120/2016/ND-CP dated August 23, 2016. The remaining 50% of the fee amount collected shall be submitted into the state budget by chapter and sub-section of the current state budget index.
Thus, the declaration, payment, management and use of authentication fees will be carried out according to the above regulations in Vietnam.
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