Further 30% reduction in land rent in 2023

Accordingly, the Prime Minister has just decided to reduce land rent for organizations, businesses, households and individuals renting land in 2023 with the following conditions, order and procedures:

+Subjects eligible for land rent reductionis an organization, unit, enterprise, household or individual that is being directly leased land by the State according to a Decision or Contract or Certificate of land use rights, house ownership rights and other assets attached to land of another competent state agency in the form of land lease with annual payment (collectively referred to as land lessee).

This provision also applies to cases where the land lessee is not a citizen.Subjects exempted from or reduced land rent, the period of exemption or reduction of land rent has expired and the case where the land lessee is enjoying a reduction in land rent according to the provisions of the law on land and other relevant laws.

+Land rent reductionis 30% of the land rent payable (revenue) for 2023 for the land lessee specified above; no reduction is made on the outstanding land rent of years prior to 2023 and late payment fees (if any). The above land rent reduction is calculated on the land rent payable (revenue) for 2023 according to the provisions of law.

In case the land lessee is receiving a reduction in land rent according to other regulations or/and deductions for compensation and site clearance according to the provisions of the law on land rent, the 30% reduction in land rent is calculated on the amount of land rent payable (if any) after being reduced or/and deducted according to the provisions of the law (except for the amount of land rent reduced according to Decision No. 01/2023/QD-TTg dated January 31, 2023 of the Prime Minister).

+Land rent reduction profile includes:: Land lessee's request for land rent reduction in 2023 according to the form issued with this Decision. Copy of land lease decision or Land lease contract or Certificate of land use rights, house ownership rights and other assets attached to land issued by a competent state agency. Land lessees are responsible before the law for the truthfulness and accuracy of the information and their request for land rent reduction, ensuring that they are the correct subjects for land rent reduction according to the provisions of this Decision.

+Procedures for land rent reduction:

The land lessee shall submit a set of documents requesting a reduction in land rent directly, electronically or by post to the tax authority managing land rent collection (if outside the Economic Zone).Economic Zone Management Board, Industrial Park Management Board (if in an Economic Zone) and other agencies as prescribed by tax laws from the effective date of Decision No. 25/2023/QD-TTg (November 20, 2023) to March 31, 2024. Land rent reduction as prescribed in Decision 25/2023/QD-TTg shall not be applied to cases of land lease in which the application is submitted after March 31, 2024.

Based on the land rent reduction dossier submitted by the land lessee as prescribed in Clause 1 above, no later than 30 days from the date of receiving a complete and valid dossier as prescribed, the competent authority shall determine the amount of land rent to be reduced and issue a decision to reduce the land rent in accordance with the provisions of the law on land rent collection and the law on tax management.

In case the land lessee has been decided by a competent authority to reduce land rent according to the provisions of Decision No. 25/2023/QD-TTg but then the state management agency discovers through inspection and examination that the land lessee is not eligible for land rent reduction according to these provisions, the land lessee must return to the state budget the reduced land rent and late payment fees calculated on the reduced amount according to the provisions of the law on tax management.

In case the land lessee has paid the land rent for 2023, but after the competent authority determines and decides to reduce the land rent, there is an excess land rent, the excess paid amount shall be deducted from the land rent of the following period or the following year according to the provisions of the law on tax management and other relevant laws; in case there is no further period to pay the land rent, the excess paid amount shall be offset or refunded according to the provisions of the law on tax management and other relevant laws.

The Decision takes effect from November 20, 2023; assigns the Ministry of Finance to be responsible for organizing the implementation and handling of difficulties in the implementation of the Decision; at the same time, assigns the Minister and Head of the ministerial-level agency, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee to organize inspection, examination, timely and strict handling of violations according to the provisions of law, if any./.