​Attending were Mr. Mai Xuan Thanh - General Director of the General Department of Taxation; Mr. Nguyen Van Loc - Member of the Provincial Standing Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Ms. Truong Thi Bich Hanh - Member of the Provincial Standing Party Committee,  Head of Propaganda and Training Commission of Provincial Party Committee; Mr. Mai Hung Dung - Member of the Provincial Standing Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee (PPC); representatives of provincial departments, committees and branches; 127 typical individuals and organizations in tax payment.

According to the report, the Tax branch has fully completed its tax work tasks for 2023. Total budget revenue in 2023 managed by tax authorities reached 51,139.6 billion VND, reaching 113% of the yearly estimate assigned by the Ministry of Finance, equal to 108% over the same period. Total revenue minus land use fees, lottery, dividends, and retained profits is 44,871.7 billion VND, reaching 109% of the yearly estimate assigned by the Ministry of Finance, equal to 111% over the same period.

Overview of the conference

The estimated total debt as of December 31, 2023, is 3,620 billion VND, accounting for 7.06% of the State budget revenue in 2023 (3,620 billion VND/51,307 billion VND), guaranteed following the debt ratio assigned by the General Department of Taxation < 8%.

Regarding tax refund, as of December 31, 2023, the Tax Department has refunded value-added tax (VAT) with a total tax refund amount of 23,971 billion VND, equal to 95% of the 2023 VAT refund estimate approved by the National Assembly (2023 estimate is 25,200 billion VND), equal to 83% compared to the same period in 2022. Environmental protection tax reduction until December 20, 2023, is 125.1 billion VND.

Reduction of registration fees for domestically manufactured and assembled automobiles, trailers, or semi-trailers pulled by automobiles and vehicles similar to automobiles, by December 31, 2023, is estimated to reduce state budget revenue by 128 billion VND.

In 2024, the Tax branch will focus resources, drastically and synchronously deploy solutions for revenue management, tax debt recovery, and prevent budget loss. It will strive to complete the state budget collection task in 2024 assigned by the Ministry of Finance, the General Department of Taxation, and the Provincial People's Council. It will also implement inspection and examination according to the approved plan, focusing on conducting inspection and examination of industries, fields, and enterprises with high tax risks to prevent, stop, and promptly handle violations and sanction administrative violations. Moreover, it will strengthen tax refund management to speed up the processing of VAT refund applications and strictly control VAT refund expenditures. It will continue to promote propaganda, diversify forms of propaganda and support for taxpayers, organize dialogues, and promptly commend the achievements of organizations and individuals who consciously comply with tax payment obligations, contributing large amounts of revenue to the state budget, continuing to implement the "Lucky Invoice" program to create a spillover effect, encourage and create a habit for consumers to get invoices when buying goods and services, contributing to creating transparency in production and business activities, preventing fraud and tax loss.

Speaking at the conference, Mr. Mai Hung Dung - Permanent Vice Chairman of the PPC praised the efforts of the Provincial Department of Taxation in 2023 and the organizations and individuals who have fulfilled tax payments. Mr. Mai Hung Dung hoped that in 2024, the Tax branch would continue to achieve more success, excellently complete assigned tasks, and contribute to local development. He wished enterprises to overcome all difficulties and continue to fulfill their tax payment obligations.

On this occasion, the General Department of Taxation awarded a Certificate of Merit to 01 collectives that excellently completed tax payments in 2022. The PPC awarded Certificates of Merit to 10 collectives that excellently completed tax payments in the 2020 - 2022 period. The Provincial Department of Taxation awarded Certificates of Merit and praised 116 organizations and individuals who performed well in tax payments in the 2020 - 2022 period.

The General Department of Taxation awards a Certificate of Merit to the collective that excellently completed tax payments in 2022

Awarding Certificates of Merit from the PPC to collectives that excellently completed tax payments in the 2020 - 2022 period

Department of Taxation commends typical organizations and individuals in tax payment