Revenue collection still faces many difficulties.

Báo Thái Bình•28/06/2023

In 2023, Thai Binh province was assigned a revenue target of 10,184 billion VND by the Ministry of Finance , including 7,684 billion VND in revenue excluding land use fees. However, by the end of May 2023, total domestic revenue only reached over 2,870 billion VND, achieving 28% of the target; of which, total revenue excluding land use fees reached over 2,083 billion VND, achieving 27.1% of the target.

Produced by Lien Hanh Co., Ltd. Photo: Khac Duan

Difficulties piled upon difficulties.

From the beginning of the year, all levels, sectors, units, and localities, especially the tax sector, have proactively implemented solutions to collect budget revenue such as: organizing meetings of the Provincial Steering Committee for State Budget Revenue Collection, based on which solutions for revenue collection have been proposed for each sector, region, enterprise, locality, and production and business household; effectively implementing the one-stop mechanism in conjunction with the Provincial Public Administration Service Center and other departments and sectors to create the most favorable conditions for taxpayers; actively promoting and supporting taxpayers; promoting the application of information technology in carrying out tax administrative procedures; focusing on tax inspection and auditing; strengthening the management of temporary construction tax collection, e-commerce tax collection, and promoting the use of electronic invoices generated from cash registers... However, budget revenue collection results in the first months of the year were low. Of the 16 revenue targets managed by the tax sector, most fell short of the projected figures, such as: environmental protection tax collected at 147 billion VND, reaching only 4.45% of the projected target; revenue from granting mineral exploitation rights at just over 5 billion VND, reaching 13.16% of the projected target; land use fee revenue at nearly 787 billion VND, reaching 31.48% of the projected target; revenue from the non-state economic sector at 803 billion VND, reaching 38.2% of the projected target; and registration fee revenue at over 154 billion VND, reaching 39.9% of the projected target.

Mr. Do Hong Nam, Director of the Provincial Tax Department, stated: The reason for the low budget revenue in the first months of the year is due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which caused fuel prices to rise, affecting the production and business activities of enterprises and reducing tax revenue by approximately 200 billion VND; the real estate market is sluggish, and restrictions on lending for real estate investment have resulted in some projects failing to be successfully auctioned, and some projects that were successfully auctioned have investors lacking the funds to pay the budget. In addition, the government 's policy of reducing and extending tax payments to support people and businesses in economic recovery and growth has significantly impacted local revenue. Specifically, the policy of reducing land rent by 30% in 2022, amounting to over 51 billion VND for 967 applications, is expected to continue reducing land rent by 30% in 2023, also amounting to over 51 billion VND. Resolution No. 30/2022/UBTVQH15, which reduced the environmental protection tax by 50%, resulted in a decrease of VND 781 billion in tax revenue for the first four months of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. Additionally, some revenue streams remain low due to delays in payment, including mineral exploitation rights fees, sea area fees, and recovery of after-tax profits.

Officials from the Thai Thuy District Tax Department are inspecting the use of electronic invoices by business households in Diem Dien town.

Decisive solutions

In 2023, Thai Binh province was assigned a domestic revenue target of 10,184 billion VND by the Ministry of Finance, including 7,684 billion VND in revenue excluding land use fees. To achieve this target amidst continued difficulties in the final months of the year, all levels, sectors, localities, and units, especially the tax sector, need to be even more decisive in implementing solutions to ensure the accurate, complete, and timely collection of revenue into the state budget.

Mr. Nguyen Van Duan, Head of the Tax Department of Thai Binh City - Vu Thu District, said: By the end of May 2023, the total revenue collected by the Department had only reached 25% of the projected target, with revenue from taxes, fees, and other sources after deducting land use fees reaching 37%. Therefore, in the remaining months of the year, the Department will aggressively implement solutions, focusing on exploiting remaining revenue sources; concentrating on tax collection from private basic construction activities, chain businesses, pharmaceuticals, and petroleum; promoting tax collection from electronic invoices generated from cash registers; strengthening tax debt collection, implementing debt collection measures according to the correct management and enforcement procedures...

Together with the district and regional tax offices, the entire tax sector focuses on closely monitoring developments and forecasting factors affecting each revenue target. Based on this, they develop appropriate revenue collection solutions to ensure the highest possible budget revenue.

During a recent working session with the Provincial Tax Department, Mr. Nguyen Khac Than, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, requested that in the coming period, leadership and guidance should be further strengthened, and the role of the Provincial State Budget Revenue Collection Steering Committee should be promoted; assignments and implementation must be clear; during the implementation process, solidarity and unity must be fostered, with focused and democratic discussion; each tax official must be proactive, determined, and make efforts, with many innovations and creativity in performing their duties in the current challenging context.

The Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also requested the tax sector to focus on leadership and direction to create a transformation in the collection of state budget revenue; to decisively implement solutions to collect all revenues correctly, fully, and promptly according to regulations into the state budget; to focus on reviewing, inspecting, monitoring, and cross-checking tax declarations of taxpayers; to proactively exploit remaining revenue sources that have not been fully collected, paying attention to collecting environmental protection tax and taxes and fees from gas bottling and distribution facilities; to strengthen inspection and auditing; and to promote administrative reform to create the most favorable conditions for taxpayers...

Businesses are actively expanding and maintaining production to ensure timely payment of taxes to the state budget. In the photo: Production activities at An Nam Textile and Garment Trading Company Limited.

Minh Huong

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