Cases of Exemption and Reduction of Civil Judgment Enforcement Fees

According to Circular 216/2016/TT-BTC, the person executing the judgment is exempt from civil judgment enforcement fees in the following cases:

- Benefiting from preferential policies for people who have contributed to the revolution;- Belonging to the single household category as confirmed by the Commune People's Committee where the person resides; belonging to the category of disabled or long-term illness with a summarized medical record certified by a health facility from the district level or higher;- The person executing the judgment accurately verifies after the civil judgment enforcement agency has issued a decision regarding the lack of conditions for judgment enforcement as stipulated in Clause 1, Article 44a of the Law on Civil Judgment Enforcement, and the civil judgment enforcement agency processes the assets to enforce the judgment.

Additionally, in the following cases, the person executing the judgment is eligible for a reduction in civil judgment enforcement fees:

- Up to an 80% reduction in civil judgment enforcement fees for economically disadvantaged individuals classified under the poverty line;- A 30% reduction in civil judgment enforcement fees corresponding to the actual amount received from the asset disposal of the judgment debtor, which the judgment creditor accurately verifies when requesting judgment enforcement and the civil judgment enforcement agency processes the assets for enforcement without having to apply enforcement measures requiring the mobilization of forces, except in cases where the assets have been determined in the court's judgment or the commercial arbitration's decision;- A 20% reduction in civil judgment enforcement fees in the aforementioned cases if enforcement measures requiring the mobilization of forces must be applied, except in cases where the assets have been determined in the court's judgment or the commercial arbitration's decision.

More details can be found in Circular 216/2016/TT-BTC, effective from January 1, 2017.

- Thanh Lam -

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