Reinforcing Tax Fraud Prevention Management

The Office of the General Department of Taxation recently issued Official Notice 431/TB-TCT on conclusions of Acting General Director Mai Xuan Thanh on intensifying management against tax fraudulence.

He requested that GDT agencies coordinate with local tax departments to review and assess the current system of tax legal documents (such as circulars and processes) to identify overlapping regulations or incomplete regulations. This includes reviewing the responsibilities of tax authorities in each stage and each process to make an overall report and proposal for amendments and supplements to tax laws in the coming time. They also need to review and evaluate impacts of guiding documents of GDT and tax departments on the prevention of e-invoice fraud.

The Internal Audit Department established a team to inspect the enforcement of directive documents and tasks of tax departments assigned by the Ministry of Finance and the General Department of Taxation (from the stage of assigned planning and implementation to the stage of checking, monitoring implementation, and reporting the outcome of implementation).

To strengthen the discipline and responsibility of agency leaders in performing official duties, they need to review and examine the responsibilities of tax officials to put forth forms of handling and disciplining non-compliant or wrongdoing cases.

By Huong hau, Vietnam Business Forum