(HBO) – By July 31, 2017, total tax arrears in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh had stood at nearly 304.2 billion VND, of which more than 61.7 billion VND was overdue, down 5.7 billion VND as compared with the figure at the end of 2016. Of the total, bad debts accounted for over 111.3 billion VND, down 2 percent from the figure at the end of 2016) and recoverable debts were 193.9 billion VND, accounting for 7.4 percent of the estimates.
Hoa Binh city’s Taxation Sub-department well
reviews and manages income sources, creating favourable conditions for taxpayers
to fulfill their obligations to contribute to the State budget.
The provincial Department of Taxation has publicised a list of 38 businesses
which had owed more than 142.3 billion VND of tax by July 31, 2017.
In implementing the guidelines of the General Department of Taxation regarding
measures to collect tax debts in 2017, the provincial Department of Taxation
has instructed its city and district chapters and the debt management office to
base on the devised plan in order to instruct tax debt collection.
Drastic
measures will be taken to collect recoverable debts, striving to reduce both number
of debtors and debt amount by December 31, 2017, the department said, noting
that the debts should not exceed 5 percent of the State budget collection in
2017.
In July 2017, the provincial Department of Taxation made 1,106 phone calls and
sent 7,739 messages to businesses to inform them the amount of tax debts and
fines they have to pay.
The
department also held working sessions with nine businesses which failed to pay
tax but have financial difficulties. They were asked to commit to paying the
debts.
At
the same time, the department sent 242 documents to relevant credit
institutions and businesses in order to verify information and employ coercive
measures.
It issued 59 decisions asking for debt payments by taking money, blocking their
bank accounts, informing valueless invoices, coercing the third party and requesting
business licence withdrawal.
The names of businesses which still owed tax have also been publicised on the
sector’s websites and mass media.
To businesses which owed tax debts as they have yet to receive capital from the
State budget, the department will continue to review, instruct and issue nine
notices on allowing "no calculation of late payment” (in line with Clause 10, Article
2, Circular No. 26/2015/TT-BTC dated February 27, 2015, and Circular No.
06/2017/TT-BTC dated January 20, 2017 issued by the Ministry of Finance).
Along with measures to improve responsibility and capacity of tax officers, the
department is reviewing, classifying debts, synthesizing tax debts and
analysing reasons of each debtor./.
Currently, Luong Son district counts 905 business establishments operating in industry and handicraft, helping generate jobs and stable incomes for local labourers.
Hoa Binh scored the highest points in two out of the eight indicators of the Public Administrative Reform (PAR) Index ranking in 2023 that the Ministry of Home Affairs announced on April 17.
A working delegation from Hoa Binh province led by Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh is attending a programme to popularise Vietnamese products in the US and Canada on April 20-28.
Anyone found to be encroaching upon the forest, even if it is just one bamboo shoot, will face penalties. This commitment has been unanimously added into the covenant of Bua Cau hamlet, Hung Son commune in Kim Boi district, to protect the forest.
The Hoa Binh Power Corporation (PC Hoa Binh) has applied synchronous measures to gear up for the coming summer season when power consumption demand surge may cause a risk of power supply disruption.
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