Compensation for Participants in Smuggling Investigation and Pursuit: 100,000 VND/Day

Scope of Regulations in the Circular:

The scope of regulations in this Circular includes the following contents: preparing estimates, managing, using, and finalizing expenses supported by the state budget; Managing and using voluntary support funds from agencies, organizations, and individuals; Guiding the contents of expenses for management and handling of confiscated assets.

Contents and Spending Levels from the Support Fund as Specified in Article 6 of Decision 20/2016/QD-TTg:

Specific guidance includes: expenses covered under the regular spending estimates of agencies and units approved by competent authorities, but the regular spending estimates have been exhausted; Special expenses...

Special Expenses:

The Circular stipulates the allowance level for individuals directly participating in investigations, ambushes, arrests, inspections, and control of smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods at 100,000 VND/person/day. The determination of eligible recipients of this allowance is decided and held accountable by the head of the anti-smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods unit.

New Content in the Circular:

One of the new contents in the Circular is the stipulation on the expense level for buying information in the field of smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods, implemented according to Decision 20/2016/QD-TTg and guided by this Circular. The specific advance for information buying expenses in each case is decided by the head of the anti-smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods unit based on the forecast of revenue from administrative fines and the amount of money obtained from the sale of confiscated assets, who will be accountable for their decision.

Payment of Information Buying Expenses:

Anti-smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods units that have paid information buying expenses from the funds allocated for managing costs associated with handling confiscated assets as per Article 7 of Decision 20/2016/QD-TTg, will not make these payments from the state budget according to current regulations.

In cases where funds obtained from the sale of assets are insufficient to pay for information buying, the payment is carried out under Clause 1, Article 37 of Decree 29/2014/ND-CP; if the assets are handled by transfer or destruction, the fund source for information buying follows Clause 2, Article 37 of Decree 29/2014/ND-CP.

The payment of expenses for information buying must have complete documentation as required; if confidentiality of the informant’s name is necessary, the payment is based on vouchers with full signatures from the individual directly paying the informant, the treasurer, the accountant, and the head of the agency/unit.

Effective Date:

Circular 16/2017/TT-BTC takes effect from April 17, 2017.

Source: Vietnam Financial Times Online

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