Taxation in Vietnam

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

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.

 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...

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...

The rental of land use rights by foreign contactor (FC) is in effect a form of property tax rather than land tax. It is usually known as land rental and the range of rates is wide depending upon the location, infrastructure and the industrial sector in which the business is...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.