Nghe An Tax Industry: Striving for innovation, creativity, and excellent completion of tasks

In the new period, Nghe An Tax sector promotes modernization with high professional expertise, meeting budget collection requirements and accompanying businesses.
Immediately after the success of the August Revolution, on September 10, 1945, the Government issued Decree No. 27/SL establishing the Department of Customs and Indirect Taxes (under the Ministry of Finance). September 10 every year was decided by the Prime Minister to be the "Traditional Day of the Vietnamese Tax Industry".

During the development process on August 21, 1990, Nghe Tinh Tax Department was established on the basis of merging three organizations: Industry and Trade Tax Department; State Tax Department and Agricultural Tax Department. Nghe An Tax Department was officially established on August 27, 1991 (after separating Ha Tinh province).
After 73 years of striving and growing up, in many historical stages of the country, cadres, civil servants and employees of the tax sector have continuously innovated and modernized management work. Generations of cadres, civil servants and employees in the sector have strived to unite, overcome all difficulties and excellently completed all tasks, actively contributing to the cause of building and defending the Fatherland.

The General Department of Taxation's leaders awarded the flag for leading the emulation movement to Nghe An Tax Department. Photo: Tran Chau

From 1991 to 2018, Nghe An Tax Department always overcame difficulties, was creative in management, had many effective initiatives, managed revenue sources well, and completed tasks well.

Through the implementation of projects, solutions, initiatives and improvements into practical work, Nghe An Tax Department has successfully organized tax collection management in the most difficult and complicated areas such as: Management of private transport business tax collection; Management of restaurants and hotels; Prevention of revenue loss in mineral exploitation and processing activities; Prevention of revenue loss in the field of leasing business premises; Management of two-wheeled motorbike business which has brought in hundreds of billions of VND in revenue; coordination of tax management in petroleum business and a number of other areas... Nghe An Tax Department has been awarded many excellent Emulation Flags, Certificates of Merit and many other noble titles by the State, Government, Ministry of Finance, Provincial People's Committee and General Department of Taxation.

In recent years, the Nghe An Tax sector has made a great contribution to the overall socio-economic achievements of the province, contributing to exploiting more revenue sources, ensuring many spending needs in the area. In 2017, the total domestic revenue calculated for Nghe An reached 11,090 billion VND, equal to 115% of the ordinance estimate, 104% of the People's Council estimate.
In August, the whole Department collected 1,119.5 billion VND, the accumulated revenue for 8 months reached 7,485.5 billion VND, reaching 70% of the Central budget estimate, 65% of the Provincial People's Council budget estimate, equal to 112% over the same period.

Applying technology to production at Na Su Sugar Factory. Photo: Tran Chau

Currently, the Nghe An Tax Department is promoting administrative reform throughout the industry. At the same time, it directs the Tax branches to strengthen propaganda and support via email and Facebook; coordinate with VCCI to conduct surveys to collect opinions from businesses on their satisfaction with the tax sector's administrative reform...

Diversify the propaganda of tax policies in many forms; texting by phone, sending tax debt notices by email to ensure efficiency, timeliness and savings. Every month, at the meeting, there are assessments, instructions and implementation of contents related to administrative reform and handling of administrative procedures for the following month.

The results of handling administrative procedures reached over 99.9% ahead of schedule and on time. Currently, the industry publicly lists 100% of the tax administrative procedures, including 165 tax administrative procedures at the Tax Department level and 123 tax administrative procedures at the Branch level according to the decisions of the Ministry of Finance. The form of posting is at the tax office headquarters, on the industry's electronic information page and at the tax industry's reception and result delivery department in the province. The posting method is implemented in accordance with regulations, in a convenient location that is easy for taxpayers to access.

Exporting cement at Vissai international port. Photo courtesy

The industry regularly organizes dialogues with taxpayers, effectively declares taxes via the Internet; pays taxes electronically; uses the centralized tax management system (TMS); authorizes tax collection... Maintains the results of electronic tax declaration and payment as in previous years (100% electronic declaration, electronic tax payment).

Nghe An tax officials discuss tax debt settlement. Photo: Tran Chau

Director of Nghe An Tax Department Trinh Thanh Hai said: Promoting the glorious tradition of the Tax sector, making more worthy contributions to the innovation of the country and the province, Nghe An Tax sector continues to implement the tax sector reform strategy until 2020 approved by the Government, aiming to build a modern, effective, efficient, transparent and professional Nghe An tax sector.

At the same time, the industry closely follows the direction of the Ministry of Finance, the General Department of Taxation, the Provincial Party Committee, the People's Council, and the Provincial People's Committee, proactively plays a good advisory role for Party committees and authorities at all levels; closely coordinates with functional departments, branches, and sectors to synchronously and resolutely deploy solutions to excellently complete assigned tasks.

To perform its tasks well, the Tax sector continues to do well in administrative reform, cutting down tax administrative procedures to create the most favorable conditions for taxpayers; doing well in propaganda and dissemination of tax laws and policies to taxpayers. In addition, resolutely implementing solutions to remove difficulties for enterprises' production and business.

The industry strengthens the training and development of cadres, building a team of civil servants who are proficient in their profession, specialized, professional, have worthy ethics and conduct, strong political will, and are ready to perform well assigned tasks.