Tax sector promotes digitalization and comprehensive reform, supporting taxpayers

(Chinhphu.vn) - The leaders of the Tax Department (Ministry of Finance) have just had a quick report on the results of tax management. Accordingly, as of July 15, the tax sector has achieved many results in implementing electronic invoices, collecting taxes on e-commerce and digital services.

Tax industry promotes digitalization - Photo: Finance Magazine

Electronic invoices and e-commerce increase sharply

In recent times, in order to promptly support taxpayers in fulfilling their obligations to the state budget, while promoting digital transformation according to two-level government, the Tax sector has continued to promote electronic tax services. The results achieved in many areas are quite clear.

Regarding electronic invoices generated from cash registers, as of July 15, 2025, 252,635 businesses have registered to use them, an increase of 2.4 times compared to the end of 2024. In the first 6 months of 2025 alone, 146,032 businesses registered, 5 times higher than the same period in 2024. Of which, 142,340 businesses registered, an increase of 1.83 times, and 110,295 business households registered, 3.85 times higher than the end of 2024.

The Tax Department aims that by the end of 2025, 100% of direct sales enterprises and 100% of business households subject to the application will register and use electronic invoices generated from cash registers when providing goods and services.

Regarding tax collection in the field of e-commerce and digital business, in the first 6 months of 2025, it reached 98,000 billion VND, an increase of 58% over the same period. There were 163 foreign suppliers registered to declare and pay 5,700 billion VND, an increase of 41% compared to 2024. In addition, 143,500 business households and individuals doing e-commerce business declared and paid taxes with the amount of 1,960 billion VND.

In electronic tax services, the online tax declaration rate reached over 99%, with more than 10 million declarations, an increase of 8.3% over the same period. The electronic tax payment rate also reached over 99%, with 2.9 million transactions, totaling VND 591,800 billion, an increase of 7.4% in the number of transactions and 26.3% in tax amount. The Etax Mobile application reached 6.19 million downloads, 2.7 times higher than at the end of 2024. In the first 6 months of the year, there were about 10 million transactions via the application, with tax payment of VND 17,923 billion, 5.6 times higher in the number of transactions and 4.24 times higher in tax amount compared to the same period in 2024.

Comprehensive reform, support for taxpayers

Previously, at the Conference to review the first 6 months of the year and deploy tasks for the last 6 months of the year, Deputy Minister of Finance Cao Anh Tuan emphasized the need for comprehensive tax management reform, considering the amendment of the Law on Tax Administration as the focus. The Tax sector also coordinated in developing the Law on Personal Income Tax, the Decree on Corporate Income Tax, and policies for business households and micro-enterprises in accordance with Resolution 68.

The Deputy Minister called on the entire industry to compete to excellently complete tasks, increase budget revenue and serve people and businesses, maintain discipline, and at the same time strongly innovate.

Director of the Tax Department Mai Xuan Thanh said that the Tax sector has set out 9 key tasks. These are striving to exceed the budget revenue target, implementing the 3-level tax model, developing a new Tax Administration Law and participating in amending related laws, perfecting the information technology system operating from October 2026, and implementing Resolution 68. Tax sector leaders also apply a mechanism to evaluate civil servants through taxpayer feedback, cut 45% of administrative procedures, innovate budget forecasting, and build 4 platforms including leadership and direction, commitment to support taxpayers, inter-sectoral coordination, and internal capacity building.

At the same time, it is emphasized that the tax authority must be a unit serving the people. Civil servants who are under-rated will be retrained to standardize skills and improve capacity. The tax sector also strengthens coordination with the police, immigration, the Ministry of Finance and other departments to implement Project 06, develop AI, chatbots, and virtual assistants to serve taxpayers.

Mr. Minh

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