Director of Hanoi Taxation Agency Mai Son said the agency pays high attention to new business models, especially e-commerce activities and business on digital platforms so as to make policy proposals to manage taxation and expand tax collection sources.

The agency has identified operation models and cash flow of e-commerce activities so as to classify taxpayers and design specific management measures for each group of taxpayers.

It also has joined forces with banks, payment and transport service providers to collect data for the classification.

It’s estimated that VND14 trillion worth of tax was collected this year, which accounts for 6 percent of total tax collections and 10 percent of collections from production and business.

The agency has data about five groups of institutions and individuals doing business on digital platforms.

First, taxpayers with income from foreign institutions such as Google and Facebook. The agency has data about 465 individuals who have income from foreign contractors. The individuals have paid VND56 billion in tax for their income in 2021.

The taxation agency will continue checking information about 503 taxpayers with revenue of VND500 billion in the time to come, expecting to collect VND30 billion worth tax.

Regarding online sellers, the agency is managing the data of 32,085 online selling addresses. After checking information with transport service providers, the agency found that there are over 3,300 addresses with annual revenue of over VND100 million.

The agency plans to list 1,300 taxpayers of this group and put them under control, while it is checking the other 2,000 addresses.

The third group comprises those who lease houses online via apps. The tax agency now has information about 756 accommodation owners with 2,300 addresses.

The fourth comprises institutions and individuals who make payment for electronic services of foreign contractors. The agency now manages the data of 1,407 institutions and individuals.

As for the group related to e-commerce platforms, payment and transportation apps, the agency has completed the inspection of six businesses, which helped find information about related individuals.

The General Department of Taxation said it has issued a lot of legal documents, instructing taxation agencies to intensify measures to manage tax payment from e-commerce activities and business on digital platforms by foreign suppliers with no business facilities in Vietnam.

As much as VND1.314 trillion has been collected from Vietnamese institutions which sign online ad contacts with foreign institutions with no legal status in Vietnam.

Luong Bang

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