Taxation 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.

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

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 inform you some information about Vietnam PIT as follows:

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.

Land in Vietnam is owned by the State, meaning that users of land are required to acquire or rent land use rights from the government.

Question: How to calculate the Personal Income Tax Rate applicable for resident tax payer in Vietnam?   Answer: SBLAW would like to brief the progressive Personal Income Tax Rate applicable for resident tax payer in Vietnam as follows:   Income (A)                        ...

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...

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...

Regarding to tax, after setting up the company, FDI company shall have to pay following tax: - Business License Tax: It is from 50USD-150USD/one year. Tax Rate shall very much depend on investment capital amount registered by your Company in Vietnam. - Corporate Income Tax: From 20-22% of profit of your...