Solutions to increase budget revenue

(Baonghean) - According to the plan, in 2015, the total state budget revenue of Nghe An strives to reach 8,184 billion VND, an increase of 164 billion VND compared to the estimate assigned by the Ministry of Finance and an increase of 1,452 billion VND compared to the estimate assigned by the Provincial People's Council. To achieve that plan, all levels and sectors have vigorously implemented budget collection work right from the first months of the year.

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Hong Son Ward - Vinh City is considered a good tax collection and tax management unit. This result is thanks to the ward party committee's leadership in mobilizing the entire political system for tax collection and budget work, strictly implementing the review of tax, fund and fee sets; actively directing the collection of stable revenue sources, preventing loss of private housing construction tax, rental house tax, road use fee, environmental sanitation fee, tax debt collection, mobilizing resources and saving regular expenses. In 2014, Hong Son ward collected more than 9.4 billion VND, reaching 106% of the plan, of which VAT reached 7.6 billion VND. Meanwhile, the ward's expenditure was 5,492 billion VND.

In the first quarter of 2015, the ward collected nearly 4 billion VND. Meanwhile, the ward's expenditure reached 5,492 billion VND. "If there is no proper direction, the tax collection will not meet the plan. One of the important criteria of the Party Committee for year-end evaluation and classification is tax collection achieved and exceeded. Right from the beginning of the year, the ward's tax team has completed the collection of business licenses and implemented the collection of personal income tax according to the new policy" - Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoa - Secretary of the Party Committee of Hong Son Ward said.

Mr. Phan Van Viet - Head of Vinh City Tax Department said: "From the beginning of the year, the city has directed strongly, assigned specific targets, and strictly implemented debt management measures. Thanks to that, in the first quarter, the city collected 285 billion VND, reaching 26% of the estimate, an increase of 27% over the same period, of which regular revenue was 233 billion VND, reaching 30% of the year's estimate". The city also promptly assigned targets for land fund exploitation and targets in natural resources and environmental management as well as accelerated the progress of granting land use right certificates. In the first quarter, the city issued 1,194 land use right certificates, divided 175 plots, and changed the purpose of 66 cases, thereby increasing land use fees to the budget. The city has focused on building infrastructure in planning areas to exploit land funds in Nghi An, Hung Loc, and Nghi Lien. The land auction in the first quarter of 2015 is expected to fetch around 100 billion VND. In the first quarter of this year, the material market has also improved due to the investment in construction of many new real estate projects, thereby increasing VAT for the government.

At Dien Chau Tax Department, in the first months of 2015, the unit has implemented measures to prevent revenue loss, especially in the fields of construction, transportation business, and non-state revenue collection. Actively and effectively coordinate with local authorities and departments in budget collection. Strengthen the implementation of tax inspection and examination. Actively exploit potential additional revenue sources and revenue losses to promptly propose effective management solutions. Manage itinerant contractors outside the district who are constructing works in the area. The district People's Committee urges and directs communes to complete procedures on locations, plot planning for land allocation, auction of land use rights, ensuring the plan and creating budget revenue.

Urging businesses, families and individuals who have been approved to invest in the Thap - Hong - Ky Industrial Park to invest in project construction according to the investment content, ensuring time and planning, and at the same time coordinating to complete land lease procedures, granting land use right certificates to fulfill financial obligations, avoiding loss of land rent, directing the People's Committees of communes and towns to focus on collecting road maintenance funds to ensure the budget. Thanks to that, the first quarter budget revenue of Dien Chau reached 49.8 billion VND (as of March 15), equal to 32.2% of the estimate, up 58% over the same period, of which land use right issuance revenue reached 1,649 billion VND.

Director of Nghe An Tax Department, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Hoa affirmed: Right in the first month of the year, the Department has assigned the budget to the departments and branches, striving to increase at least 8% of the central budget (about 7,270 billion VND). On the basis of these targets, measures are implemented synchronously and directed resolutely. A new point of tax policy from 2015 is that tax for business households has simpler procedures, more convenient for tax calculation. It is expected to increase by about 40% tax for business households, with an additional revenue of about 30 billion VND. Right in January 2015, the Tax sector has established a public set on the Tax sector information portal. Strictly implement the Central Government's directives and instructions on the management of State budget revenue and expenditure in 2015.

Timely deploy the work of assigning the State budget revenue and expenditure estimates to all levels, sectors, level 1, 2, 3 budget units; and enterprises. Promote and diversify forms of propaganda and support for tax law consultancy for the social community to improve compliance in tax law enforcement, especially support services for organizations and individuals paying taxes to improve understanding and compliance with tax laws; strictly handle acts of tax evasion, tax fraud, and procrastination in fulfilling tax obligations, creating consensus and support from the people in the work of combating tax evasion.

Continue to promote tax administrative procedure reform, simplify administrative procedures in a clear and transparent manner; organize the implementation of tax laws and the State budget collection tasks according to the Resolutions of the National Assembly and the Government, promptly remove and resolve difficulties and obstacles in production and business. Strengthen the management of land debt collection of real estate projects. Quickly concentrate land use fee collection sources from the beginning of the year to create revenue for construction investment and debt repayment. Widely deploy the service of cross-checking invoices in the entire system. Strictly manage the printing and use of sales invoices and service provision invoices according to the Decree amending and supplementing Decree No. 51/2010/ND-CP dated May 14, 2010 of the Government. Tax authorities sell invoices to enterprises that are at high risk of tax or have violated the law on invoices.

Currently, there are still some areas that are losing revenue such as gasoline business tax, house and land transfer tax because investors have not actively made land certificates for people, from which financial obligations to the state have not been fulfilled. Currently, there are 110 real estate projects in the area, of which 92 projects have been granted land, however, the payment of land use tax as well as the fulfillment of financial obligations when transferring and granting certificates are still limited.

Chau Lan