The Ministry of Finance of Vietnam to reduce 36 fees and charges until the end of 2023

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The Ministry of Finance of Vietnam to reduce 36 fees and charges until the end of 2023

According to Clause 1, Article 1 of Circular 44/2023/TT-BTC, from July 1, 2023, 36 fees and charges will be reduced from 10% to 60% in order to support people and enterprises as follows:

(1) Fees for utilization and use of environmental data

(2) Fees for licensing the establishment and operation of banks

(3) Fees for issuance of certificates of construction capacity to organizations; Fees for issuance of construction practicing certificates to individuals

(4) Fees for appraisal of construction investment projects

(5) Fees for appraisal of technical designs (fees for appraisal of construction designs to be implemented after base designs); Fees for appraisal of construction estimates 

(6) Fees for appraisal of the issuance of international travel business licenses and domestic travel business licenses; Fees for appraisal of the issuance of tour guide cards

(7) Fees for utilization and use of water resources collected by central agencies

(8) Fees for utilization and use of information and data on hydrometeorology

(9) Fees and charges in the securities sector

(excluding the 2 fees and charges prescribed in Point b and Point c below:

- Fees for issuance, conversion, and re-issuance of securities practicing certificates to individuals engaging in securities practice at securities enterprises, securities investment fund management enterprises, and securities investment enterprises

- Fees for supervision of securities operations

(10) Fees for appraisal of contents of non-business documentation to license the publication; Fees for licensing the import and export of non-business publications; Fees for registration for import and export of publications for business purposes

(11) Fees for appraisal of the trading of goods and services subject to restricted trading; fees for appraisal of the trading of goods and services of conditional business lines in the field of commerce for business entities that are organizations and enterprises; fees for appraisal of the trading of goods and services of conditional business lines in the field of commerce for business entities that are household businesses and individual businesses; Fees for licensing the establishment of Mercantile Exchange Departments

(12) Fees for registration (verification) for the use of foreign barcode codes

(13) Fees for industrial property ownership

(14) Fees for transferring rights to utilize airports and airfields

(15) Fees for exiting and entering airports and airfields for foreign flights to Vietnamese airports; Customs fees for foreign flights to Vietnamese airports

(16) Fees for appraisal and issuance of diplomas, licenses, and certificates in civil aviation activities; issuance of permits to enter and exit restricted areas at airports and airfields (excluding contents prescribed in the following numbers: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5.1, 5, and 6 of Section VI Part A of the Tariff on fees and charges applicable to the corresponding fees prescribed in Section VI Part A of the Schedule of aviation fees and charges enclosed with Circular 193/2016/TT-BTC) 

Fees for registration for secured transactions for aircraft (excluding contents prescribed in No. 4 Section VIII Part A of the schedule of fees and charges applying the corresponding fees prescribed in Section VIII Part A of the Schedule of aviation fees and charges enclosed with Circular 193/2016/TT-BTC)

(17) Fees for registration for secured transactions; Fees for provision of information on transactions secured by movable assets (except aircraft) and maritime vessels

(18) Fees for appraisal of business conditions for technical inspection of occupational safety; safety training and occupational hygiene

(19) Fees for licenses the provision of Vietnamese guest worker services; Fees for verification of documents and papers requested by domestic organizations and individuals

(20) Fees for issuance of protection titles, certificates of industrial property ownership transfer registration; Fees for applications for the protection of intellectual ownership rights; Fees for certificates of industrial property representation practice, announcement and registration for representatives of industrial property

Fees for protection of plant varieties

d.1) Maintenance of the validity of protection titles of plant varieties: from the 1st year to the 3rd year; from the 4th year to the 6th year; from the 7th year to the 9th year

d.2) Maintenance of the validity of protection titles of plant varieties: from the 10th year to the 15th year; from the 16th year to the expiration date of protection titles

(21) Fees for issuance of passports, laissez-passers, exit licenses, and AB stamps

(22) Fees for licensing firecracker management; Fees for licensing the management of weapons, explosive substances, and combat gears

(23) Fees for settlement of independent requests of persons with related rights and obligations; Fees for appraisal of applications for exemption in dispute settlement

(24) Fees for inspection of firefighting and fire prevention equipment

(25) Fees for appraisal and approval of fire safety designs

(26) Fees for citizen ID card issuance

(27) Fees in health care

(28) Fees in food safety

(29) Fees for appraisal of conditional business lines in terms of food and environmental remediation products in aquaculture

(30) Fees for the use of railway infrastructure

(31) Fees for licensing provision of civil cryptographic services and products; issuance of certificates of civil cryptographic product standard conformity; certificates of civil cryptographic product technical-regulation conformity

(32) Fees in animal husbandry

(33) Fees for issuance of certificates of quarantine of terrestrial animals and animal products; aquatic products imported, in transit, temporarily imported for re-export (including bonded warehouses), or transferred from one border checkpoint to another; Fees for issuance of practicing certificates of veterinary services; Fees for animal quarantine (clinical inspection of poultry)

(34) Fees for issuance of certificates of technical safety and environmental protection for motor vehicles and heavy-duty vehicles

(35) Fees for the use of radio frequencies for terrestrial mobile services

- Terrestrial mobile telecommunications networks for private messaging

- Dedicated telecommunications networks using frequencies in the mobile service (including internal radio communication networks), terrestrial trunked telecommunications networks

(36) Fees for inland waterway reports

Some notable points when reducing the rate of 36 fees and charges in Vietnam

- Regarding fees for the use of radio frequencies prescribed in No. 35 of the above Schedule:

If payments of the fees prescribed in Circular 265/2016/TT-BTC and Circular 11/2022/TT-BTC of organizations and individuals incurred over the effective period of Circular 44/2023/TT-BTC, the differences between the fees prescribed in Circular 265/2016/TT-BTC and Circular 11/2022/TT-BTC and Circular 44/2023/TT-BTC will be deducted from their next payment. Collectors shall calculate the deductible fees for the next payment of organizations and individuals.

- The Circulars cited in the above Schedule are original Circulars.

-  From July 1, 2024, the collection of the fees mentioned above shall be in compliance with original Circulars or amendment or replacement Circulars (if any).

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