Do not use public cars for meetings or business trips.

The leaders of the Ministry of Finance have just officially issued a decision on allocating car usage expenses for business trips of general departments and departments (and equivalent units) in localities.

Specifically, according to information just announced by the representative of the Ministry of Finance on May 19, the contract is applied to the following positions: Deputy General Director and equivalent; Department (Department) heads, Deputy Department (Department) heads and equivalent of the General Department of Taxation, General Department of Customs, General Department of State Reserves, State Treasury, State Securities Commission using cars when traveling on business (including attending meetings) in Hanoi.

In addition, the positions of Director, Deputy Director and equivalent of the Tax Department, State Treasury, Customs Department, and Regional State Reserve Department headquartered in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City must also allocate funds when using cars for business trips (including meetings) in these two cities. In other provinces and cities (except Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City), the allocation of vehicle funds is applied to the positions of Director, Deputy Director and equivalent of the Tax Department, State Treasury, Customs Department, and Regional State Reserve Department.

With the new policy on management and use of public cars, the State budget will reduce spending by at least 500 billion VND each year. Illustration photo: internet

The official dispatch of the finance sector also clearly states that the fixed allowance for business trips is calculated by multiplying the fixed price (13,000 VND/km) by the actual monthly business trip distance of each position.

According to regulations, the actual distance for business trips is the number of kilometers from the agency headquarters to the work location of each position determined based on the actual work schedule of the position confirmed by the head of the unit.

The above regulation of the Ministry of Finance takes effect from May 15. The leaders of the Ministry of Finance noted that units must ensure that the allocation of funds for the use of cars for general work must be for the right subjects, not increase annual administrative costs and not affect the implementation of assigned tasks.

Previously, since October 2016, the Ministry of Finance was the leading unit in allocating funds for the use of cars to transport leaders. However, at that time, the allowance regime was only calculated for the daily shuttle from the residence to the workplace of the Deputy Minister of Finance and leaders with a position allowance coefficient of 1.25 (General Director and equivalent).

According to Vietnamplus