335 tax officials disciplined

Information from the Ministry of Finance said that the number of tax officials found violating during inspections was 355, of whom 335 were administratively disciplined.

A tax officer of the Tax Department of Ky Anh town (Ha Tinh) is suspected of extorting money from businesses. Photo: Internet

According to the Ministry of Finance, in the first 6 months of 2017, the entire Tax system conducted 829 internal inspections (including 721 planned inspections and 108 surprise inspections) at 870 units.

Thereby, the number of units detected violations is 188 units, the amount of tax violations is more than 2,700 billion VND (of which: the amount proposed to be recovered is over 2,400 billion VND, other recommendations are 283 million VND). The amount recovered and paid to the state budget is 1,355 billion VND.

Notably, the Ministry of Finance said: The number of tax officials found violating during inspections was 355, of whom 335 were administratively disciplined.

Of which, 326 people were reviewed and learned from experience, 4 people were reprimanded, 3 people were warned, 1 person was demoted, 1 person was forced to quit and 1 person was transferred to the investigation agency.

“Through internal inspection, all detected violations were recommended, handled, and financially recovered; all officials who committed violations were strictly and promptly handled; thereby, lessons were learned and remedial measures were developed, and tax management work in the entire system was strengthened to better perform the state management function in the tax sector,” the Ministry of Finance emphasized.

According to Vietnamnet