8:47:35 AM | 12/31/2024
To successfully collect State budget revenue, the Bac Giang Tax Department has implemented consistent solutions to strengthen tax management, identify revenue sources, prevent tax losses, and accelerate administrative reform while supporting taxpayers.
 Mr. Nguyen Van Sy, Deputy Director of the Bac Giang Tax Department |
Effective revenue management
Carrying out the decision of the Minister of Finance, in 2019-2020, the Bac Giang Tax Department arranged 10 district-level tax branches into five regional tax branches (including five branches and 12 teams). Up to now, the department has 12 divisions, five regional tax branches and 43 tax teams. The Party committee of the department has 12 affiliated Party cells, five affiliated Party committees and 367 Party members. The department has 489 employees.
With support from the Ministry of Finance, the General Department of Taxation, and local authorities, the branches stabilized after the merger. Tax management became routine, and employees successfully completed their assigned tasks under the guidance of the Department's leaders.
In 2024, total state budget revenue is estimated at VND19,134.5 billion, surpassing both the central government's target by 22.2% and the provincial target by 19.1%, reaching 110.7% of the 2023 performance. Domestic revenue is projected at VND16,939 billion, exceeding the central government's target by 21.3%, marking an 8.5% increase from last year. Import-export tax revenue stands at approximately VND2,195.5 billion, achieving 129.1% of the target, a 29.9% increase compared to the previous year. Notably, 15 out of 16 domestic revenue items met or exceeded their targets.
Local budget revenue also performed well, with 9 out of 10 districts and cities surpassing their annual targets. Hiep Hoa exceeded by 77.9%, Lang Giang by 53.0%, and Yen Dung by 46.8%. Excluding land use fees, all 10 districts, towns, and cities are expected to exceed their targets.
To achieve these targets, Mr. Nguyen Van Sy, Deputy Director of the Bac Giang Tax Department, said: The tax sector has benefited from strong, timely leadership and direction from the Ministry of Finance, the General Department of Taxation, the Provincial Party Committee, and the Provincial People's Committee, along with close coordination from relevant agencies and support from the business community. Additionally, consistent tax management solutions, including enhanced tax inspections, loss prevention and overdue tax collection, have been implemented.
In 2024, the tax sector conducted 601 inspections and audits, including 35 carried over from 2023 and 566 planned for the year. The total results included tax arrears, refunds, administrative fines, and late payment penalties amounting to VND233.59 billion. Specifically, this included VND169.55 billion in tax arrears, VND 6.64 billion in refunds, VND39.24 billion in administrative fines, VND 18.15 billion in late payment penalties, a reduction of deductible taxes by VND30.48 billion, and a loss reduction of VND623.47 billion. The total tax paid to the state budget was VND212.51 billion.
Promoting its achievements, the department will continue to strictly manage revenue sources and increase revenue to offset the reduced tax as a result of tax exemption and reduction policies. It will disseminate legal regulations on debt management and tax debt enforcement to limit the occurrence of additional outstanding debts.
In addition, the department will focus on reviewing and classifying tax debts, closely monitoring them, and strengthening measures to manage and recover outstanding taxes. It will also enforce strict control over the application of measures against tax-delinquent taxpayers, publicize information on related entities, and track cases where debt has been cleared or frozen to prevent revenue loss to the State Budget.
Strengthening taxpayer support, improving competitiveness
In 2023, the Bac Giang Tax Department ranked 12th out of 20 agencies in the District and Department Competitiveness Index (DDCI) with a score of 60.62 points, an increase of 21.69 points from 2022, moving up one position into the group of good performers.
In the past time, the tax sector has constantly accelerated reforms, publicized administrative procedures and tax policies at tax offices, the Bac Giang Public Administration Service Center and on the website of the Bac Giang Tax Department; applied information technology to reduce the time to handle administrative procedures; and reviewed and proposed measures to eradicate unnecessary procedures. It has striven to have 100% of administrative procedures resolved ahead of schedule or on time.
In addition, the sector has strengthened communications on taxpayer support, organized taxpayer dialogues, disseminated instructions on new tax policies, and supported removing difficulties and obstacles for taxpayers. It has carried out the plan on reviewing and standardizing personal tax code data in the second phase according to the direction of the General Department of Taxation on strengthening measures to review and standardize personal tax codes.
The Bac Giang Tax Department has boosted information technology applications to modernize the tax system and maintain electronic tax declaration, payment and refund services, and adopted electronic invoices for businesses and taxpayers according to the roadmap of the General Department of Taxation. It has expanded the eTax mobile app and electronic invoices from cash registers, ensured 24/7 IT system operation to support taxpayers, reduced tax procedure times, and made it easier for taxpayers to meet their obligations.
The department has regularly rectified and thoroughly improved the awareness and responsibility of civil servants.
In particular, to support taxpayers, the department regularly updates tax policies and laws, organizes dialogues, provides guidance on new tax policies, and supports taxpayers in overcoming challenges through direct interactions, phone, written communication, and the e-Tax Mobile app.
By Nguyen Mai, Vietnam Business Forum
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