On August 12, 2016, the Ministry of Finance promulgated the Circular No. 130/2016/TT-BTC guiding the Government Decree No. 100/2016/ND-CP on the implementation of the Law on amendments to certain articles of the Law on value added tax, the Law on special excise tax and the Law on tax administration and to certain articles of tax-related circulars.
Under this Circular, late payment interest for tax debts that ensue on and after July 01, 2016 shall add up at the daily rate of 0.03% of the deferred amount of tax. If a taxpayer declares tax inadequately for a tax period before July 01, 2016 though such incident is exposed by a competent government authority through inspection or is voluntarily detected and announced by the taxpayer after July 01, 2016, late payment interest shall be imposed at the rate of 0.05% per day (or another rate defined in legislative documents from time to time) from the payment deadline as defined in the laws to the 30th of June 2016 inclusive. However, the daily rate of late payment interest, from July 01, 2016 to the date that the taxpayer pays the tax to the state budget, is 0.03% of the insufficient amount of tax.
For value added tax, a business that has an amount of remaining deductible input VAT of at least VND 300 million on its exported goods and services in a month (if declaring the tax every month) or in a quarter (if declaring the tax every quarter) shall be given a refund of monthly or quarterly VAT; however, the remaining deductible input VAT of less than VND 300 million in a month or quarter shall be carried forward to the subsequent month or quarter. Especially, the tax rate of 0% is not applicable to overseas reinsurance; technology transfer, overseas transfer of intellectual property; capital transfer, granting of credit, outward securities investment; financial derivatives services; outbound postal and telecommunications services; Petroleum supplied domestically to motor vehicles of the businesses that operate in free trade zones; Online payment services…
This Circular takes effect on July 01, 2016.
