Get rid of the mentality of finding ways to evade taxes

(PLVN) - In the hot summer days of early June 2025, the business atmosphere of some small traders and business households in many localities across the country has also become heated due to the widespread wave of "stopping accepting transfers" and "only accepting cash". In fact, these are tricks to hide the fear of having their revenue "scrutinized" and being taxed according to legal regulations.

The origin of the wave of "stopping accepting transfers" and "only accepting cash" comes from when Decree 70/2025/ND-CP took effect from June 1; amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree 123/2020/ND-CP regulating invoices and documents... Accordingly, Decree 70 requires business households with revenue of 1 billion VND/year or more to use electronic invoices generated from cash registers connected to tax authorities.

This regulation aims to increase transparency, prevent tax losses, and create a fair, modern, and sustainable business environment. Economic experts say that putting business households on the roadmap to use electronic invoices and cash registers is an inevitable trend. Business households cannot be left out of the national digital transformation process. This is also a way for them to improve their management capacity, standardize data, and gradually approach modern governance, and cannot continue to do things the old way.

This is not only a management measure, but also a step forward to help revenue be calculated correctly and sufficiently; prevent and combat counterfeit goods, fake goods, and commercial fraud. However, some small traders, in order to evade taxes, conceal the unclear origin of the products or services they provide; split their accounts, or ask customers to write ambiguous transfer details; or ask customers to pay only in cash. According to the law, these are tax violations, even violations of criminal law. From an ethical and social perspective, this is an attitude of avoiding responsibility to society, causing harm to consumers "benefiting oneself, harming others", and helping counterfeit goods.

Decree 70, effective from June 1, is likened to a “light” shining directly on the gray areas and “underground areas” that still exist; opening the way for transparency; forcing everyone doing business to do business responsibly. It is time for everyone involved in business to change their perspective on social responsibility. The law does not prohibit the use of cash or receiving transfers, but only aims for a level “playing field” between forms of payment and between all business entities. Do not try to evade or avoid tax obligations to the State or obligations to society. Consider this an opportunity to do honest business, confidently transparently disclose revenue, avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, and develop sustainable business.

Decree 70 is one of the legal bases for building a modern, fair, and law-abiding business environment. Instead of avoiding it, equip yourself with the knowledge, software, and appropriate equipment to comply with regulations, so that your business will become stronger, more transparent, and beneficial to all.

Nguyen Duy Khuong

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