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Import of playing cards – taxes”

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...
Value Added Tax Refund for foreign contractor.

Value Added Tax Refund for foreign contractor.

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...

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...
Corporate Income Tax for Foreign contractor in Vietnam

Corporate Income Tax for Foreign contractor in Vietnam

Foreign constructor is entitled to choose one of two incorporate tax regimes available under Vietnam Law., i.e. (i) Paying Corporate Income Tax according to declared revenue and expense which is similar to tax regime applicable to domestic enterprises and (ii) Paying Corporate Income Tax according to fixed rates which...
Law on commercial arbitration

Tax Losses in Vietnam

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

Personal Income Tax (’PIT’) in Vietnam

We would like to inform you some information about Vietnam PIT as follows:
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...
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

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.

Double Tax in Vietnam

The withholding taxes in the table be affected by relevant DTAs. For example, the deemed CIT on foreign contractors may be eliminated or reduced through a relevant DTA.