Guidelines on the procedures and application for household businesses registration in Vietnam

According to Article 87 of the Decree No. 01/2021/NĐ-CP of the Government of Vietnam, the procedures and application for household businesses registration are specified as follows:

- The household business registration shall be carried out at the business registration authority of the district where the household business is headquartered.

- An application for household business registration includes:

+ The application form for household business registration;

+ Legal documents of the owner of the household business or family household members applying for household business registration;

+ The copy of the minutes of meeting of family household members on establishment of household business in case the household business is established by family household members;

+ The copy of the letter of authorization made by the family household members to authorize a person to act as the owner of the household business in case the household business is established by family household members.

- When receiving the application, the district-level business registration authority shall give a confirmation slip and issue the certificate of household business registration to the household business within 03 working days from the receipt of the valid application.

- If the application is not satisfactory, within 03 working days from the receipt of the application, the district-level business registration authority shall give a written notification to the applicant or the household business founder. Such notification must specify necessary revisions (if any).

- After 03 working days from the date of submission of the application for household business registration, if neither the certificate of household business registration is issued nor the notification of necessary revisions is given, the household business or its founder is entitled to lodge a complaint or denunciation in accordance with regulations of the Law on complaints and denunciation.

- In the first week of every month, the district-level business registration authority shall send a list of household businesses registered in the previous month to the tax authority of the same district, the Business Registration Office, and regulatory agencies of the province.

More details at the Decree No. 01/2021/NĐ-CP of the Government of Vietnam, effective from January 04, 2021.

Le Thanh

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