Taxation 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...

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.

The Law on Environment Protection Tax took effect from 1 January 2012.

Natural resources tax is payable by industries exploiting Vietnam’s natural resources such as petroleum, minerals, forest products, seafood and natural water.

Foreign-invested business entities are generally required to adopt the Vietnamese Accounting System (’VAS’).

Question: I am currently working for a foreign based company established in Vietnam, a subsidiary of Hongkong company. We already established since early 2012, but in the meantime we still need many things to catch up for our legal and tax as we don't have this department to help...

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...

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...

Under Vietnam Law, only when foreign contactor (FC) selects the option of Paying Value Added Tax according to declared revenue and expense and is classified to one of following cases as stipulated at the Article 8 of The Circular No. 219/2013/TT-BTC dated 31 December 2013 of the Ministry of...

We would like to provide you with some information about VAT in Vietnam as follows: Scope of application Value-added tax (’VAT’) applies to goods and services used for production, trading and consumption in Vietnam (including goods and services purchased from abroad). In each case the business must charge VAT on the...