Online business without tax declaration will be strictly handled

On May 12, the Tax Department sent an open letter to taxpayers regarding tax obligations for e-commerce and digital platform business activities.

Business households operating on online platforms must comply with regulations on declaring and paying personal income tax and value-added tax. Illustration photo: Pham Hau/VNA

According to the Tax Department, doing business through e-commerce and digital platforms has become a popular choice for many businesses, business households, and individual businesses with more advantages than traditional business due to easy access to customers, diverse forms of transportation and payment. This innovation contributes significantly to business development, improving business efficiency of households and individuals, and contributing to increasing revenue for the state budget.

To create the most favorable conditions for taxpayers to fulfill their tax obligations, the tax authority has applied and deployed information technology solutions in tax registration, declaration and payment such as eTax Mobile application, Electronic Information Portal for households and individuals doing business, guiding domestic and foreign e-commerce platforms and digital platforms to declare and pay tax obligations on behalf of taxpayers doing business on e-commerce platforms and digital platforms, and automatic personal income tax refunds.

Tax authorities also regularly disseminate tax laws, support and guide taxpayers in declaring and paying taxes on mass media and at tax authority headquarters.

At the same time, tax authorities at all levels have been reviewing and collecting information and data on taxpayers doing e-commerce and digital platform business to serve tax management. Along with that, coordinating with ministries, departments, branches and functional agencies to handle many cases of tax evasion and trading in counterfeit and poor quality goods related to e-commerce and digital platform business.

However, besides enterprises, business households, and business individuals who strictly comply with tax laws, there are still a number of enterprises, business households, and business individuals who have not registered for business or tax, have not declared revenue, and have not fully fulfilled tax obligations from business activities on e-commerce and digital platforms, causing loss of state budget revenue, violating the law, and unfair competition.

In the spirit of respecting the law and the principle of "Taxpayers self-declaring, self-paying, and self-responsible", the tax authority conducts propaganda, support, supervision, inspection, and handling of tax violations. The tax authority recommends that business owners, legal representatives of enterprises; representatives of business households, individuals doing e-commerce business, and business on digital platforms proactively approach and learn about tax laws and comply with tax registration, tax declaration, and tax payment according to regulations.

In addition, individuals who have been doing e-commerce business or doing business on digital platforms but have not yet registered for tax need to urgently register, declare and pay taxes fully, on time and promptly to the tax authorities.

In case of not receiving cooperation from taxpayers, the tax authority said it will inspect and strictly handle businesses that do not perform or do not fully perform tax obligations as prescribed. For cases of intentional non-compliance, the tax authority will consolidate the records and transfer them to competent authorities to investigate and handle tax evasion in accordance with the law.

During the implementation process, if there are any problems or suggestions, taxpayers are requested to directly contact the nearest tax authority or the directly managing tax authority for timely guidance and resolution of problems.

Source: https://baohungyen.vn/kinh-doanh-online-khong-ke-khai-thue-se-bi-xu-ly-nghiem-3181134.html