At least how many days in a year must tax agent employees attend a knowledge enhancement course in Vietnam?

At least how many days in a year must tax agent employees attend a knowledge enhancement course in Vietnam? 

Pursuant Article 20 of Circular 10/2021/TT-BTC stipulates time and method of knowledge enhancement course as follows:

1. Required time of knowledge enhancement course for tax agent employees and registrants for tax procedure practices are as follows:

a) The required time of knowledge enhancement course is at least 24 hours (equivalent to 3 days) in a year. The hours of knowledge enhancement course is accumulated from January 1 to December every year in providing evidence to support the application for practices or determination of eligibility for practices in the following year.

b) The hours of knowledge enhancement course shall be determined as 01 hour of study is equal to 01 hour of knowledge enhancement course. The time limit for calculating hours of knowledge enhancement course is up to 4 hours/session and up to 8 hours/day.

c) The proof of hours of knowledge enhancement course is a certificate of attendance in knowledge enhancement course issued by the course provider.

2. Method of holding a knowledge enhancement course

a) The registrant may attend a knowledge enhancement course in form of face-to-face learning or online held by the course provider as prescribed in clause 2 Article 21 hereof.

b) If a person attends a knowledge enhancement course held by Department of Taxation for taxpayers as well, he/she (in seeking a certificate) may notify the course provider prior to the first course session for Department of Taxation to monitor and issue such certificate of attendance in knowledge enhancement course.

Thus, tax agent employees must update their knowledge at least 24 hours (equivalent to 3 days) in a year. Hours of updating knowledge are calculated at the ratio of 01 hour of study equal to 01 hour of updating knowledge in Vietnam.

At least how many days in a year must tax agent employees attend a knowledge enhancement course in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

Where can I attend a knowledge enhancement course of tax procedure service practice in Vietnam?

According to Article 21 of Circular 10/2021/TT-BTC regulates holding knowledge enhancement courses as follows:

1. General Department of Taxation shall promulgate a regulation on holding knowledge enhancement courses for tax procedure practices. General Department of Taxation shall provide guidelines, inspection and evaluation of the holding of knowledge enhancement courses.

2. Course providers include:

a) Departments of Taxation of provinces or central-affiliated cities, tax practice schools;

b) Schools for financial staff training;

c) Training institutions having disciplines of at least bachelor’s degree programs about the knowledge enhancement contents as prescribed in clause 1 Article 19 hereof;

d) Socio-professional organizations in respect of tax agents.

3. The training institutions and socio-professional organizations in respect of tax agents shall apply for holding knowledge enhancement courses and shall be certified by General Department of Taxation if they meet the following requirements:

a) Their curricula, materials of knowledge enhancement courses comply with Article 19 hereof;

c) Their lecturers have at least 5 years’ experience in working, researching, teaching related to the knowledge enhancement contents as specified in clause 1 Article 19 hereof.

4. Responsibilities of a course provider

a) Make a detailed plan for knowledge enhancement courses on the basis of the curriculum issued by General Department of Taxation and send it to General Department of Taxation in the first quarter every year.

b) Keep track and check attendance of attendees; issue certificates of attendance in knowledge enhancement course using Form No. 2.4 in the Appendix hereto.

c) Send a report on performance of knowledge enhancement course using Form No. 2.5 in the Appendix hereto within 5 working days after the completion date of the course to General Department of Taxation via its website.

d) Keep the records of knowledge enhancement courses; provide sufficient and accurate information and documents on knowledge enhancement courses in a time manner at the request of the competent authorities.

dd) Maintain meeting the requirements for knowledge enhancement courses as prescribed in clause 3 hereof.

5. Departments of Taxation of provinces or central-affiliated cities may hold knowledge enhancement courses for tax procedure services together with general training courses for taxpayers.

According to this Article, tax agents and people registered to practice tax procedure services can attend and update their knowledge of tax procedure service practice at one of the above-mentioned organizational units in Vietnam.

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