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Value Added Tax for foreign contactor (VAT)

Value Added Tax for foreign contactor (VAT)

 Foreign contractor (FC) is entitled to choose one of two incorporate tax regimes available under Vietnam Law., i.e. (i) Paying Value Added Tax according to declared revenue and expense which is similar to tax regime applicable to domestic enterprises and (ii) Paying Value Added Tax according to fixed rates...

Withholding Tax in Vietnam

Foreign Contractor Withholding Tax ('FCWT') applies to payments of interest, royalties, licence fees, foreign contractors’ fees, cross-border leases, insurance/reinsurance, airline and express delivery charges to a foreign entity.
Tax Payer having permanent establishment in Vietnam

Tax Payer having permanent establishment in Vietnam

According to the Agreement between the government of the Government of Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the foreign countries (for example Government of Republic of France), a Tax Payer shall be considered as having permanent establishment in a Country if it has one of followings: - A registered head office; -...
Withholding tax in Vietnam

Q&A: Withholding tax in Vietnam

Q: What does the term "Withholding tax" mean in practice?  I.e. which are the consequences of this? A: Withholding tax in practice shall mean Corporate Income Tax and Value Added Tax applicable to foreign company not having representation in Vietnam. For real estate management service, the VAT applicable to foreign company not having...

Special Sales Tax (’SST’) in Vietnam

We would like to provide some information about Special Sale Tax and other taxes in Vietnam for you as follows:
Law on Credit institutions of Vietnam 2010

Tax Incentives in Vietnam

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Custom Duty for foreign contractor in Vietnam

Custom Duty for foreign contractor in Vietnam

Import duty exemptions are provided for projects which are classified as encouraged sectors and goods imported in certain circumstances. In line with the Law on investment (Article 33.3), machinery and equipment, specialized means of transportation and construction materials (which cannot be produced in Vietnam) for use as the fixed assets...

Amount of domestic adoption registration fee is vnd 400,000/case

On July 08, 2017, the Government issued the Decree No. 114/2016/ND-CP on  adoption  registration  fees,  fees  for issuance of operation licenses of inter-country adoption agencies. In  accordance  with  the  Decree,  amount  of  domestic adoption registration fee:  VND  400,000/case; amount of adoption registration fee collected from Vietnamese people residing in foreign...

Tax holiday in Vietnam

Under Vietnam Law, tax incentives are granted based on regulated encouraged sectors and difficult socio-economic locations.

Tax of the foreign enterprise in Vietnam

Question: How's the government tax of the foreign enterprise in Vietnam? I mean the profit income tax.   If I run the business and setting up pirvate company(farm) in Vietnam, In additon of the company profit tax, should I need to pay the personal income tax? It means I need to...