Taxation in Vietnam

SBLAW would like to provide you some regulation of Transfer Pricing in Vietnam as follows:

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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; -...

SBLaw would like to provide some information about Tax Incentives in Vietnam as follows:

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...