03 things to know when registering and making electronic tax payment in Vietnam

1. Conditions to be registered for electronic tax payment

According to the instructions of the General Department of Taxation of Vietnam published on its official website, taxpayers voluntarily register for electronic tax payment when fully meeting the following conditions:

- Being an organization/enterprise granted a tax identification number/business identification number and is operating;

- Having a valid digital certificate issued by a public digital signature certification service provider;

- Having Internet connection and a stable email address with the Tax Authority;

- Electronic tax declaration is being made on the Tax Authority's web portal;

- Having an account at a commercial bank.

Note: In the present time, taxpayers who want to use the service need to have an account at a bank that has coordinated with the General Department of Taxation of Vietnam to provide the service and is under the management of Tax Departments and Tax Sub-Departments nationwide.

2. Benefits for taxpayers when paying taxes electronically

In the current 4.0 era, most things are encouraged to be done via the Internet because of its convenience, savings and efficiency. Similarly, electronic tax filing also brings a number of benefits to taxpayers, specifically as follows:

- Save travel costs and transaction time;

- Paper procedures when performing tax obligations are streamlined and simplified;

- Pay taxes at any location with an Internet connection;

- Pay taxes 24/7, including weekends and public holidays, with commercial banks confirming the transaction results right after sending the deposit slip;

- The Tax Authority's web portal can be accessed to view, print, and download the paid electronic payment notices and papers;

- Use other value-added services of commercial banks.

3. Steps to register to use the service:

Step 1: Taxpayers register to use the Electronic Tax Payment service on the web portal http://nopthue.gdt.gov.vn according to the steps in the user manual.

Step 2: Taxpayers download the authorization to debit account with the bank on the commercial bank's web portal or follow the following links:

- Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV): Registration form;

- Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MB Bank): Registration form;

- Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank): Registration form;

-  Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank): Registration form;

- Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank): Registration form;

- Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (ACB): Registration form;

- Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HD Bank): Registration form;

- Vietnam International Commercial Joint Stock Bank (VIB): Registration form;

- Saigon Thuong tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (STB): Registration form;

- Saigon – Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB): Registration form;

- Vietnam Maritime Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MSB): Registration form;

- Saigon Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SCB): Registration form;

- An Binh Commercial Joint Stock Bank (ABBank): Registration form;

- Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank): Registration form;

- Southeast Asia Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SeABank): Registration form;

- Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (TPBank): Registration form;

- Lien Viet Post Joint Stock Commercial Bank (LienVietPostBank): Registration form;

- Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank    (Techcombank): Registration form;

- DongA Commercial Joint Stock Bank (DongA Bank): Registration form;

- Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Eximbank): Registration form;

- Nam A Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Nam A Bank): Registration form;

- Viet Capital Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Viet Capital Bank): Registration form;

- Viet A Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Viet A Bank): Registration form;

- Vietnam Thuong Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (VietBank): Registration form;

- Vietnam Public Joint Stock Commercial Bank (PVComBank): Registration form;

- Indovina Bank Limited (IVB): Registration form;

- Ocean Commercial One Member Limited Liability Bank (OCEANBANK): Registration form;

- Kien Long Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Kien Long Bank): Registration form;

- Vietnam - Russia Joint Venture Bank (VRB): Registration form;

- Mizuho Bank: Registration form;

- Shinhan Bank Vietnam Limited (Shinhan Bank Vietnam): Registration form;

- Saigon Bank for Industry and Trade     (SAIGONBANK): Registration form;

- Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OCB): Registration form;

- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC): Registration form;

- HSBC Bank (Vietnam) Limited: Registration form;

- Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited (Bangkok Bank): Registration form;

- Bac A Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Bac A Bank): Registration form;

- CITIBANK N.A. (Citibank): Registration form;

- MUFG Bank, Ltd.: Registration form;

- Global Petro Bank (GBBank): Registration form;

- Bao Viet Joint Stock Commercial Bank: Registration form;

- National Citizen Commercial Joint Stock Bank: Registration form;

- Petrolimex Group Commercial Joint Stock Bank (PG Bank): Registration form;

- Woori Bank Vietnam Limited (Woori Bank): Registration form;

- BNP Paribas (BNP Paribas): Registration form;

- The Siam Commercial bank Public Company Limited (Siam Bank): Registration form;

- Public Bank Vietnam Limited (PBVN): Registration form;

- Deutsche Bank AG – Ho Chi Minh City branch (Deutsche Bank): Registration form;

- Industrial Bank of Korea - Ho Chi Minh City Branch (IBK HCM): Registration form.

Step 3: Taxpayers shall declare the information, then go to the commercial bank branch to carry out the registration procedure for authorization to debit the account for the electronic tax payment service.

Step 4: After the commercial bank branch approves the registration, the taxpayer will receive information about accepting the registration for using the electronic tax payment service via the registered email with the login password for the electronic tax payment service.

Le Vy

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