Positive signals from budget revenue

Lam Dong's budget collection in the first quarter of 2025 shows many positive signs

• 6% EXCEEDING ESTIMATED PROGRESS

According to the report, in the first 3 months of the year, budget revenue in Lam Dong (belonging to the Tax Department of Region XIII) reached 4,218.4 billion VND, equal to 31% of the estimate, up 6% over the same period in 2024. Of which, revenue from taxes and fees reached 2,382.7 billion VND, equal to 30% of the estimate, up 15% over the same period.

Deputy Head of the Tax Department of Region XIII Nguyen Thi Tuyet Anh said that the budget collection in Lam Dong achieved positive results because in the first 3 months of the year, the unit implemented many synchronous solutions. In the first 3 months of the year, the tax authority collected over 336 billion VND in tax arrears, fines and late payment fees (of which: 50 billion VND in debt collection from 2024; 286 billion VND in debt collection). Therefore, the total tax debt as of March 31, 2025 decreased by 17.1% compared to February 28, 2025. Excluding the amount of tax arrears being processed and the amount of tax arrears being complained about, the total estimated tax debt as of March 31, 2025 decreased by 28% compared to February 28, 2025.

The Tax Department also issued 57 decisions to conduct inspections at taxpayers' offices; issued 53 decisions to handle post-inspection and examination with the amount of arrears, refunds and fines of 7.1 billion VND, of which arrears were 5.6 billion VND, fines were 1.5 billion VND; loss reduction was 9.9 billion VND; deduction reduction was 0.8 billion VND. The amount paid to the state budget was 5.1 billion VND. The rate of budget collection after inspection and examination reached 72%.

The tax authority has issued 54 notices of temporary suspension of exit; issued 151 decisions on tax debt enforcement; and disclosed information on 6,260 taxpayers.

Notably, state budget revenue from households and individual businesses also achieved positive results. Total budget revenue in this sector reached VND160.6 billion, up 36% over the same period.

• PROMOTE INCOME SOURCES

In order to complete the budget revenue estimate for the second quarter and the whole year of 2025 in the province, in the coming time, the Tax Department of Region XIII will direct specialized departments to focus on implementing new tax policies issued since the beginning of the year, in order to promptly support and accompany taxpayers; especially policies to reduce environmental protection tax, value added tax, special consumption tax on domestically assembled cars and policies to extend tax and land rent payment in 2025.

At the same time, strengthen coordination with local authorities and tax advisory councils of communes and wards to review and fully update the quantity, scale and business lines in the area; strictly manage cases of change in business scale, cessation of operations or new business start-ups; promote propaganda and guidance for taxpayers to use electronic invoices from cash registers; check the use of invoices to prevent fraud...

In addition, continue to promote debt collection and tax debt enforcement measures, strive to reduce the debt from the previous year to 2025; monitor outstanding projects in the area that have budget obligations; coordinate with relevant departments, branches and sectors to resolve outstanding issues to promptly mobilize revenue from land use fees and land rents; closely coordinate with relevant agencies to grasp the situation of mineral resource exploitation in the province to request taxpayers to declare and pay taxes in accordance with the exploitation output, especially for expressway projects, inter-regional roads, industrial parks, etc.

To increase state budget revenue in 2025, from the beginning of the year, Lam Dong has implemented important solutions and policies to realize the set goals and raise the economic growth target.

Source: https://baolamdong.vn/kinh-te/202504/tin-hieu-tich-cuc-tu-thu-ngan-sach-4f561bf/