Taxation in Vietnam

SBLAW would like to provide some legal regulation about tax Losses in Vietnam as follows:

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...

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.

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...

After receiving the Investment Certificate, the FDI company should consider the following liabilities of company to be complied during operation. 1 Taxation: Under the Vietnam Law, following taxes may affect to the Company and foreigner working for the Company in Vietnam: -  Corporate Income Tax which is levied on the taxable...

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

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...

Question: Hi I am importing playing cards for casino. May I know how much is the taxes charges. Custom taxes Sales tax Special sales tax is there vat on the above please let me know Answer: Under Vietnam Law, playing card shall subject to following tax: - Import duty: Depending on origin of goods and HS Code applicable...

: Under the WTO’s Commitment and Vietnam Law on Investment, this kind of investment form is called Cross Border Supply. Accordingly, foreign investor has right to supply a service from the territory of their own country into the territory of another country without setting up any commercial presence in that country.

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...