Customs Decentralizes Settlement of 5 Procedures

To decentralize the settlement of administrative procedures under its jurisdiction, the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDC) assigned the Import-Export Tax Department, the Customs Supervision and Administration Department and the Legal Department to effectively ensure the timely implementation of five customs administrative procedures.

To ensure the scheduled progress of decentralizing customs administrative procedures from GDC to provincial/municipal customs departments, GDC requested the Import-Export Tax Department to decentralize the procedure of certifying the completion of tax payment obligations (code: 1.007781).

At the same time, GDC requested the Import-Export Tax Department to coordinate with the Customs Supervision and Administration Department to amend and supplement Circular 38/2015/TT-BTC and Circular 39/2018/TT-BTC according to decentralization contents and enforcement recommendations stated in Item 1, Point c, Appendix 12 appended to the Prime Minister's Decision 1015/QD-TTg dated August 30, 2022 on the decentralized settlement of administrative procedures under the authority of ministries and equivalent agencies.

GDC requested the Customs Supervision and Administration Department to lead the decentralization of the following procedures: Issuing customs clearance agent staff code (code: 1.007651); extending customs clearance agent staff code (code: 1.007652); re-issuing customs clearance agent staff code (code: 1.007653); and revoking customs clearance agent staff code (code: 1.007654).

GDC assigned the Legal Department and the Customs Supervision and Administration Department to amend and supplement the Customs Law according to decentralization contents and enforcement recommendations mentioned in Section 2, Point c, Appendix 12 appended to Decision 1015/QD-TTg.

The Customs Supervision and Administration Department will work to amend and supplement Circular 12/2015/TT-BTC and Circular 22/2019/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance according to decentralization contents and enforcement recommendations stated in Item 2, Point c, Appendix 12 appended to Decision 1015/QD-TTg.

In addition, GDC requested relevant agencies to study amendments and supplements to the above legal documents in order to reduce and simplify administrative procedures to meet requirements of Resolution 68/NQ-CP dated May 12, 2020 of the Government on the program of reducing and simplifying business-related regulations.

By Le Hien, Vietnam Business Forum