When is Civil Judgment Enforcement Fee Not Required?

The person subject to enforcement is not required to pay civil enforcement fees when receiving money or assets in the following cases:

- Alimony; compensation for harm to life, health, honor, and dignity; wages or labor remuneration; severance pay, layoff allowance; social insurance payments; compensation for damage due to dismissal or termination of labor contract.- Funds for implementing state social policy programs to eradicate hunger, reduce poverty, support remote, isolated, and disadvantaged areas, especially difficult areas, and funds directly serving the health care and education of the people not intended for business purposes that the person subject to enforcement receives.- Physical items received that only have spiritual significance, connected with the personal identity of the recipient, and cannot be exchanged.- Money or the value of assets as per the enforcement requirement does not exceed twice the statutory pay rate for officials and public employees and armed forces as stipulated by the state.- Debt recovery for the Social Policy Bank in case the bank provides loans to the poor and other policy beneficiaries.- Court judgments or decisions that are non-monetary and do not incur denomination-based court fees.- Money or assets returned to the parties in the proactive enforcement case as stipulated in point b, clause 2, Article 36 of the Law on Civil Judgment Enforcement.- Money or assets that the parties voluntarily comply with within the voluntary compliance period as stipulated in Article 45 of the Law on Civil Judgment Enforcement.

For more details, see Circular 216/2016/TT-BTC effective from January 01, 2017.

- Thanh Lam -

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