On March 18, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued urgent documents to the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities, the Departments of Industry and Trade of provinces and cities; key petroleum traders; and petroleum distributors regarding the implementation of regulations on electronic invoices and the provision of electronic invoice data as prescribed.
Accordingly, in Official Dispatch No. 1654/BTC-TTTN of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, it is stated that, implementing the direction of the Prime Minister in Resolution No. 28/NQ-CP dated March 5, 2024 of the regular Government meeting in February 2024 and the Conference on implementing the tasks of monetary policy management in 2024 on focusing on removing difficulties for production and business, promoting growth and stabilizing the macro economy on March 14, 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade requests the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to direct Departments and branches to focus on prioritizing resources to support petroleum traders to implement regulations on the establishment and issuance of electronic invoices for petroleum retail business activities, especially in the establishment of electronic invoices at petroleum retail stores for customers for each sale and providing electronic invoice data according to regulations.
At the same time, strengthen the urging, supervision, inspection and resolutely implement the management and use of electronic invoices for petroleum retail business activities according to the direction of the Prime Minister in Official Dispatches No. 1123/CD-TTg dated November 18, 2023 and Official Dispatch No. 1284/CD-TTg dated December 1, 2023. Coordinate with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to direct functional forces to review and handle petroleum businesses that do not comply with regulations on electronic invoices by March 31, 2024.
In Official Dispatch No. 1655/BCT-TTTN, the Ministry of Industry and Trade requested the Departments of Industry and Trade of provinces and centrally-run cities to urge and supervise petroleum traders in the area to: (1) comply with the provisions of the law on petroleum trading; (2) issue electronic invoices at petroleum retail stores for customers for each sale at petroleum retail stores and provide electronic invoice data as prescribed. In addition, closely monitor the balance of supply and demand for petroleum products to prevent the situation where petroleum stores stop selling, causing a local shortage of supply in the area.
In addition, the Ministry of Industry and Trade also sent Official Dispatch No. 1656/BCT-TTTN to key petroleum traders and petroleum distributors. The dispatch clearly stated that, based on the provisions of Clause 9, Article 1 of Decree No. 80/2023/ND-CP dated November 17, 2023 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 95/2021/ND-CP dated November 1, 2021 and Decree No. 83/2014/ND-CP dated September 3, 2014 of the Government on petroleum trading; Implementing Official Dispatch No. 1123/CD-TTg dated November 18, 2023 on strengthening the management and use of electronic invoices, contributing to promoting digital transformation and Official Dispatch No. 1284/CD-TTg dated December 1, 2023 on strengthening the management and use of electronic invoices for petroleum business and retail activities; Implementing the direction of the Prime Minister in Resolution No. 28/NQ-CP dated March 5, 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade requests that petroleum traders seriously implement the following contents: First, strictly comply with the provisions of law on petroleum business; Second, issue electronic invoices for petroleum business and retail activities, especially in issuing electronic invoices at petroleum retail stores for customers for each sale at petroleum retail stores and providing electronic invoice data according to regulations.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade noted that during the implementation process, if there are any difficulties or problems, traders are requested to report and seek opinions from relevant agencies and units.
According to the General Department of Taxation, the total number of petrol stations that have issued electronic invoices for each sale as of March 15, 2024 is 10,649 (an increase of 7,949 compared to December 1, 2023), reaching about 67.6% of the number of petrol retail stations nationwide.
Latest statistics show that the country currently has about 15,756 retail gasoline stores.
The General Department of Taxation has also issued many documents directing the Tax Departments of provinces and centrally run cities to urgently strengthen management, inspection, supervision, and promote the issuance of electronic invoices after each sale for retail gasoline business activities.
At the same time, local Tax Departments are required to immediately advise the People's Committee to direct local agencies, departments and branches to proactively coordinate with tax authorities to urgently deploy synchronous and effective solutions, and resolutely require retail gasoline businesses to issue electronic invoices after each sale in accordance with the provisions of law and the direction of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Finance.
In addition to objective reasons, many enterprises and retail stores selling gasoline have not fully recognized the mandatory legal obligations when issuing electronic invoices for each sale at retail stores selling gasoline according to the provisions of the Law on Tax Administration, Decree No. 123/2020/ND-CP and Decree 80/2023/ND-CP.
At a recent meeting on strengthening coordination with People's Committees and departments in provinces and cities, the leaders of the General Department of Taxation requested tax agencies to specify the plan to deploy electronic invoices for each sale at retail gasoline stores, assigning specific tasks to each civil servant of each department.
At the same time, coordinate with local authorities and departments and branches in the area to establish interdisciplinary inspection teams, with specific and clear time and notices to conduct inspections of the implementation of electronic invoices for retail gasoline and oil businesses. At the same time, step up propaganda so that gasoline and oil businesses are fully aware of the regulations on mandatory legal obligations to issue electronic invoices for each sale.
To overcome the limitations in the implementation process, the General Department of Taxation has requested local Tax Departments to strengthen coordination with the People's Committees of provinces, especially for localities with low results. Accordingly, the General Department of Taxation requires Tax Departments with high results to coordinate with local Tax Departments with low results to share experiences in coordination and implementation, and at the same time report on the work that has been and is being implemented to find out the causes, thereby finding appropriate solutions to implement and organize the implementation in accordance with the instructions of the Government and the Ministry of Finance.
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