To research and propose the development of portal for electronic tax registration and payment for individuals engaged in e-commerce in Vietnam

On May 21, 2024, the General Department of Taxation of Vietnam issued Notification 460/TB-TCT, concluding the Conference on the implementation of modernization and digital transformation of the tax sector in 2024.

To research and propose the development of a portal for electronic tax registration and payment for individuals engaged in e-commerce in Vietnam (Internet image)

To research and propose the development of portal for electronic tax registration and payment for individuals engaged in e-commerce in Vietnam

The General Department of Taxation of Vietnam assigned the IT Department in leading the following:

- Research and report to the General Department on solutions to address proposals from Tax Departments regarding infrastructure, machinery and equipment, and IT human resources (June 2024).

- Coordinate with the Reform Committee to review activities in the Digital Transformation Plan of the industry (May 2024).

- Coordinate with the relevant Departments/units to study proposals from Tax Departments on the construction of an electronic tax registration and payment portal for individuals engaged in e-commerce (October 2024).

- Advise and report to the General Department on the content of implementing the restructuring of business processes from a digital transformation perspective (December 2024).

Therefore, in the coming time, relevant agencies will study and propose the construction of an electronic tax registration and payment portal for individuals engaged in e-commerce.

In addition, the General Department of Taxation has assigned tasks to other agencies such as:

**The Reform Committee is assigned to:

- Review, improve, and submit the Digital Transformation Plan for 2024 to the General Department for approval (May 2024).

- Develop a plan and work directly with each Department/unit and continue to gather opinions from Tax Departments to improve the draft system of evaluation indices for tax management efficiency until 2030 and the draft report on the evaluation results of 63 Tax Departments. Submit the report to the General Department for approval: (i) System of evaluation indices for tax management efficiency and (ii) Report on the evaluation results of 2023 (June 2024).

- Consolidate difficulties and existing issues in tax policies and management mechanisms based on feedback from Tax Departments, ineffective revenue sources, and policies not in line with the reform and digital transformation directions. Report to the General Department (June 2024).

- Review business processes from a digital transformation perspective and report to the General Department (August 2024).

- Coordinate with the IT Department to advise and report to the General Department on the content of implementing the restructuring of business processes from a digital transformation perspective (December 2024).

**The Department of Domestic Non-State-Owned Enterprises is assigned to continue to research and propose business requirements for the construction of an electronic tax registration and payment portal for individuals engaged in e-commerce. (August 2024).

**The Policy Department is assigned to:

- Continue to implement tasks related to amending tax management laws, tax policies according to the assigned plan to create favorable conditions for non-state-owned enterprises to fulfill their tax obligations and ensure the safety of tax officials in performing their duties (according to the schedule).

- Review tax policy regulations and tax management to propose appropriate amendments and supplements in line with digital transformation requirements; establish a legal basis for the application of new technologies in tax management (according to the schedule).

**The General Department of Taxation is assigned to:

- Enhance reform and modernization in the work of tax administration, applying new technologies in implementing related procedures, especially the reporting regime on tax complaint resolution. Research and report to the General Department on the content of developing and supplementing regulations on regular and periodic information provision; regulations on information disclosure, documents, and business process procedures to enhance internal inspection and consolidate, research, analyze, and summarize signs of corruption by officials (December 2024).

- Coordinate with the Reform Committee to propose additional evaluation indices for the effectiveness of tax administration, complaint resolution, and reporting (May 2024).

- Research and report to the General Department to propose regulations protecting rights and exempting responsibilities for tax officials when complying with legal regulations and tax management procedures (June 2024).

- Research and report to the General Department on the content of establishing a decentralized regime for the functions of applications in the tax industry to control information during the process of modernization, digital transformation of the tax industry, and ad hoc internal inspection based on risk indicators (December 2024).

More details can be found in Notification 460/TB-TCT dated May 21, 2024.

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