Strengthening budget collection solutions

Since the beginning of the year, the domestic economic situation in general and the province in particular have continued to face many difficulties, significantly affecting the production and business activities of enterprises. Therefore, the State budget revenue in the first 6 months of the year was not high. To complete the State budget revenue estimate for 2023, the entire political system needs to participate in removing difficulties for enterprises; drastically and synchronously implementing solutions for tax collection management, debt recovery, and preventing budget losses.

Many revenues have not met the schedule

According to the report of the Provincial Tax Department, in the first 6 months of the year, the province's budget revenue reached 6,008 billion VND, reaching 33.3% of the estimate assigned by the Provincial People's Council, equal to 76.8% compared to the same period in 2022. Specifically: Revenue from taxes, fees, charges and other budget revenues was 5,806 billion VND, reaching 38.6% of the estimate assigned by the Provincial People's Council, equal to 82.2% compared to the same period; land use fee revenue was 202 billion VND, reaching 6.7% of the estimate assigned by the Provincial People's Council, equal to 26.4% compared to the same period. Of which, 7/15 revenue items ensured progress compared to the estimate assigned by the Provincial People's Council (reaching over 50%). Some revenue items achieved quite well compared to the estimate: Revenue from public land fund reached 72%; revenue from local State-owned enterprises reached 62.2%; revenue from lottery activities reached 61.5%. Compared to the same period last year, 6/15 revenue items increased. The remaining 8/15 revenue items did not meet the estimated progress assigned by the Provincial People's Council and 9/15 revenue items decreased compared to the same period.

Comrade Dinh Nam Thang, Director of the Provincial Tax Department, analyzed the causes affecting budget collection activities since the beginning of the year, including the complicated world situation. Besides the advantages such as: stable macro economy , well-controlled inflation, guaranteed major balances, there are still many difficulties and challenges such as: high prices of raw materials, narrowed consumer market, large inventories, reduced number of orders and order size, decreased consumer demand..., most of the key enterprises in the province did not ensure the delivery estimate, budget payment decreased compared to the same period, especially Thanh Cong Automobile Group...

Along with that, the implementation of tax reduction policies and tax payment extension for taxpayers such as: 50% reduction in environmental protection tax on gasoline and oil; 30% reduction in land and water surface rent in 2022 for land renters paying annually affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, the Government issued Decree No. 36/2023/ND-CP dated June 21, 2023 on extending the deadline for paying special consumption tax on domestically manufactured or assembled automobiles; Decree No. 44/2023/ND-CP dated June 30, 2023 stipulating the policy of reducing value added tax according to Resolution No. 101/2023/QH15 dated June 24, 2023 of the National Assembly has greatly impacted the socio-economic development activities and state budget collection of the province.

Faced with difficulties and challenges, the Provincial Tax Department has closely followed the leadership and direction of the Ministry of Finance, the General Department of Taxation, the Provincial Party Committee, and the Provincial People's Committee, strengthened leadership, direction, administration, and closely and effectively coordinated with departments, branches, and People's Committees of districts and cities in implementing tax tasks, especially synchronously implementing solutions for budget collection management; strictly controlling revenue sources, strengthening the fight against revenue loss associated with promoting administrative procedure reform, creating favorable conditions for taxpayers. At the same time, the Tax sector has promptly implemented the Government's mechanisms and policies to support people and businesses in recovering and developing production and business, creating momentum to promote economic growth. From the beginning of the year, the Tax Department has specified 6 key tasks and 13 groups of solutions for implementation.

In the context of declining revenue, in addition to creating favorable conditions for taxpayers to extend tax and land rent payments, thereby nurturing revenue sources, the Tax Department and Tax Branches have drastically implemented debt collection measures, especially debts, fines, and late payment fees that have lasted for many years have been collected and paid into the State budget, contributing to compensating for the decline in revenue. Identifying debt management as one of the key tasks in 2023, the Tax sector has maintained the implementation of public disclosure of information on tax debtors on mass media, promoting the sense of responsibility of leaders..., striving to achieve the goal of reducing tax arrears below the target of the General Department of Taxation.

Along with that, the Tax sector attaches special importance to innovation and modernization of propaganda work, taxpayer support and the development of electronic taxpayer support products to further enhance the efficiency and interaction between tax authorities and taxpayers. Propaganda work continues to be promoted through electronic forms to meet the digital transformation trend and taxpayers' need to access information electronically.

Synchronize solutions

Comrade Dinh Nam Thang, Director of the Provincial Tax Department, said: With the goal of completing the tax work task in general and the State budget collection task in 2023 in particular, from now until the end of the year, the Provincial Tax Department will focus all resources, drastically and synchronously deploy solutions for collection management, tax debt recovery, and prevent budget loss, striving to complete the State budget collection target in 2023 assigned by the General Department of Taxation of 18,054 billion VND, of which domestic revenue (excluding land use fees) is 15,054 billion VND, land use fees is 3,000 billion VND.

In particular, focusing on coordinating with all levels and sectors in the province to implement the main tasks and solutions of the Government's direction and management on implementing the Socio-Economic Development Plan and the State Budget estimate for 2023, strengthening macroeconomic stability, encouraging innovation, start-ups, business development, and promoting economic growth. The whole sector strengthens propaganda and support for taxpayers, ensuring that the Government's resolutions and decrees on removing difficulties for businesses and individuals are actually implemented; continuing to review and reform tax administrative procedures, promoting the application of information technology in tax management, facilitating taxpayers, and supporting start-ups. At the same time, closely monitor the progress of budget collection, regularly analyze, evaluate, and forecast factors affecting revenue, specific budget collection progress for each locality, each region, and each tax; Identify potential revenue sources, propose effective management solutions; recommend to the Provincial People's Committee to direct all levels and sectors to coordinate with tax authorities to strengthen revenue management.

Strengthen the work of preventing budget losses, focusing on inspecting and examining enterprises with high tax risks, enterprises with related-party transactions showing signs of transfer pricing, improving the quality of inspections and examinations and ensuring that 100% of inspections and examinations are carried out in accordance with procedures. At the same time, strengthen inspections at tax authority headquarters according to risk management methods to facilitate taxpayers. Check and review taxpayers' tax declarations closely before conducting inspections and examinations at taxpayers' headquarters, focusing on pre-inspection and examination of enterprises with high tax risks, not allowing enterprises to take advantage of the Government's policy of supporting enterprises to violate the law, and at the same time not causing trouble and harassment to taxpayers.

Article and photos: Nguyen Thom

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