Nghe An: Another mineral enterprise was charged with additional taxes and fees of over 1 billion VND
(Baonghean.vn) - A private source of Nghe An Newspaper said that another enterprise operating in the mineral sector in Quy Hop district has been charged with billions of dong in resource tax and environmental fees...
The source said that the business wastax collectionresources and environmental protection fees is Trung Nguyen Nghe An Minerals Company Limited. This enterprise was discovered by the Interdisciplinary Inspection Team established under Decision No. 3892/QD-UBND of the Provincial People's Committee to have "incorrectly" declared resource tax and environmental protection fees.
“After Dong Tien Joint Stock Company, this is the second mineral enterprise that the Interdisciplinary Inspection Team has inspected, discovered, and requested competent authorities to collect taxes and fees…” – the reporter said.
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| The mining area of Trung Nguyen Nghe An Minerals Company Limited. Photo: PVPL Group |
Further verification revealed that, through the inspection of the Interdisciplinary Team 3892, Trung Nguyen Nghe An Minerals Company Limited was charged with additional resource tax of more than 1 billion 46 million VND (in 2020, it was charged with additional 776.9 million VND; in the first 9 months of 2021, it was charged with additional 270 million VND). Regarding environmental protection fees, it was charged with additional 87 million VND (in 2020, it was charged with additional 11 million VND; in the first 9 months of 2021, it was charged with additional 76 million VND).
In addition, Trung Nguyen Nghe An Minerals Company Limited was also fined for administrative violations for violating Article 22 of the 2015 Law on Labor Safety and Hygiene.
Regarding the reason for the collection of resource tax, it is because Trung Nguyen Nghe An Minerals Company Limited under-declared the taxable output; regarding the collection of environmental fees, it is because it did not declare the taxable output of excavated and discharged soil and rocks and under-declared the taxable mineral output.
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| Vehicles of Trung Nguyen Nghe An Minerals Company Limited waiting to load goods at the mine access road. Photo: PVPL Group |
Trung Nguyen Nghe An Minerals Company Limited was granted Mineral Exploitation License No. 3045/GP-BTNMT by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on October 5, 2018. The mine is located in Thung Nam and Thung Heo, Chau Cuong Commune, Quy Hop District. In 2020, the company was inspected by the Tax Department for its compliance with tax laws in 2019.
October 21, 2021,Provincial People's Committeeissued Decision No. 3892/QD-UBND on the establishment of an interdisciplinary delegation to inspect the compliance with the law in mineral activities of enterprises and the responsibility of the district-level People's Committees in state management of minerals in the province (12 mineral enterprises and 4 districts of Quy Hop, Nghia Dan, Tan Ky, Nam Dan).
Regarding the activities of the Interdisciplinary Inspection Team, at the end of 2021, Nghe An Electronic Newspaper published an article "Around the case of a mineral enterprise being charged additional taxes", reflecting the case of Dong Tien Joint Stock Company (Quy Hop) being charged additional resource tax and environmental protection fees with a total amount of more than 1 billion 227 million VND.
