The Customs sector is highly determined to complete its revenue collection target for 2024.

(PLVN) - With only a short time left in 2024, the entire Customs sector will make every effort and show high determination to successfully complete all tasks for the year, including the very important task of collecting state budget revenue.

Many noteworthy results

According to assessments, in recent times, the fight against inflation worldwide has remained fraught with uncertainty, particularly due to the impact of monetary policies in major countries. Domestically, unexpected and unpredictable factors still pose risks; epidemics, climate change, and natural disasters are unfolding erratically, affecting production and business activities. Most recently, the severe impact of Typhoon Yagi has had and continues to have repercussions on industrial production, trade, and import-export activities.

Faced with this situation, and adhering closely to the plans and directives of higher authorities, the General Department of Customs has focused on implementing comprehensive, decisive, timely, and effective measures, concretizing them with practical solutions. These include implementing fiscal policies related to tax exemptions, reductions, and refunds, aiming to facilitate trade and alleviate difficulties for businesses.

The Customs agency has implemented transparency and openness, promptly resolving arising issues within its jurisdiction related to customs procedures, tax policies, tax management, accounting regulations, tax refund and exemption schemes, and removing obstacles to create favorable conditions for businesses participating in import and export activities.

The General Department of Customs has issued a list of import and export goods at risk of value-related issues; and is conducting a review on the GTT02 system to promptly direct cases where customs valuation regulations are not being followed correctly.

Implementing fiscal policy and applying value-added tax (VAT) reductions to support people and businesses according to National Assembly Resolutions No. 43/2022/QH15; 101/2023/QH15; 110/2023/QH15; 142/2024/QH15; from February 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022, the Customs agency reduced VAT for businesses by more than VND 19,258 billion; from July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023, the reduction was more than VND 8,844 billion; and from January 1, 2024 to August 31, 2024, the reduction was more than VND 12,466 billion. These figures demonstrate the decisive actions of the Customs agency in implementing fiscal policy to support people and businesses in the face of successive difficulties and natural disasters.

Despite the challenging economic situation, the Customs sector's state budget revenue collection as of October 15, 2024, reached over 325.3 trillion VND, equivalent to 86.7% of the assigned target, an increase of 14.7% compared to the same period in 2023. Estimated state budget revenue for the first 10 months of 2024 is nearly 342 trillion VND, equivalent to 91.19% of the target, an increase of 13.08% compared to the same period.

According to representatives from the Import-Export Tax Department, the total import-export turnover of the whole country in the first 10 months of 2024 reached 610.6 billion USD, an increase of 12.5% ​​(equivalent to an increase of 67.8 billion USD) compared to the same period in 2023. Of which, export turnover reached 315.9 billion USD, an increase of 8.2%, and import turnover reached 294.7 billion USD, an increase of 17.5% compared to the same period in 2023.

Continue to strive with utmost determination.

Despite achieving many positive results, the Customs authorities encountered some difficulties in implementing the policy of reducing VAT for businesses. Specifically, Government Decrees 15/2022/ND-CP, 44/2023/ND-CP, 94/2023/ND-CP, and 72/2024/ND-CP, which stipulate tax exemptions and reductions according to National Assembly Resolutions 43/2022/QH15, 101/2023/QH15, 110/2023/QH15, and 142/2024/QH15 on fiscal and monetary policies supporting the socio-economic recovery and development program, do not provide for VAT reductions for all goods; instead, they apply exclusions to certain types of goods and services as specified in the appendices attached to these Decrees.

Meanwhile, the appendices issued with the Decree are based on the Vietnamese Product Classification System issued with Decision 43/2018/QD-TTg dated November 1, 2018, of the Prime Minister (this list was developed based on the opinions of ministries and agencies). However, the descriptions of goods in the Vietnamese Product Classification System do not correspond to the descriptions of goods in the Vietnamese Import and Export Goods List. This leads to difficulties for customs authorities in determining the HS code for imported goods in the appendices, especially for items with the description "goods... not classified elsewhere"...

Concluding the recent online conference on the results of the third quarter and the implementation of the fourth quarter 2024 work program of the General Department of Customs, Director General Nguyen Van Tho emphasized that the remaining time in 2024 is not long, therefore, the entire industry needs to make great efforts and show high determination to successfully complete all tasks for the year.

Director General Nguyen Van Tho requested that all units in the industry focus on reviewing the targets and progress of each unit; the results of tax debt recovery, striving to reduce tax debt; and paying attention to tax exemptions, reductions, and refunds.

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