Nghe An collects nearly 500 billion VND in resource tax
(Baonghean.vn) - Nghe An province currently has many mineral mines, mainly sand, soil, and stone for common construction materials that are still being exploited. However, tax collection in this field is currently facing many difficulties. However, with efforts, the Tax sector has still done quite well in collecting taxes in this field.
POSITIVE DATA
Thanh Chuong, Do Luong, and Tan Ky districts have many sand and stone mines. Mr. Nguyen Van Dong - Head of Song Lam I Tax Department said: With the forecast of many economic difficulties in 2020, the Tax Department has proactively developed a plan and solutions to handle resource tax debts.
In which, focus on handling the following items:large tax debt, extend; strengthen coordination in urging tax debt collection, implement measures to enforce tax debt to ensure debt reduction for businesses that are still in operation, and handle difficult-to-collect debts.
Regularly coordinate with local authorities and functional forces to inspect mineral exploitation. Advise districts and request businesses to install weighing stations and cameras to monitor the volume of minerals produced and sold... Thanks to that, in 2020, Song Lam I Tax Department collected over 25.6 billion VND in resource tax, reaching over 86%.
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| Sand mining in Thanh Chuong district. Photo: Van Truong |
In order to complete tax collection for these enterprises, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Hue - Head of Phu Quy I Tax Department said that solutions have been implemented such as focusing on land recovery for cases of tax arrears, publicizing tax-indebted enterprises. Conducting on-site inspections (electronic tax declarations of enterprises at tax authorities) to determine quarterly mining output, collecting daily retail sales lists, and dialogue with enterprises.
In addition, send official dispatches to management units to urge tax arrears. At the same time, strictly handle mineral exploitation enterprises in the area that do not declare and pay taxes and fees according to regulations. In case of non-compliance, resolute enforcement, proposal to suspend or revoke licenses.
STRENGTHENING RESOURCE TAX MANAGEMENT
According to the report of Nghe An Tax Department, in 2020, Nghe An collected 467 billion VND in resource tax. To achieve the above positive results, the Tax sector has proposed the following solutions: Strengthening the dissemination of policies and legal documents on resources and environmental protection fees for mineral exploitation, in order to raise taxpayers' awareness of fulfilling budget obligations. Reviewing land leveling activities at projects to manage the collection of resource tax and environmental protection fees for land and rock leveling output.
Coordinate with the Department of Finance and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to review, survey, and develop a Minimum Price List for calculating natural resource tax in accordance with the local reality and regulations of the Ministry of Finance. Coordinate with relevant agencies to inspect the situation of sand and gravel exploitation at wharves and yards in the locality. Coordinate with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to compare the exploitation output and the declared output of taxpayers. Coordinate with local authorities in managing exploitation and declaration activities.resource taxof the taxpayer, especially in cases where the taxpayer has not been granted a mining license or has exploited more than the permitted reserves.
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| Mineral processing in Quy Hop district. Photo: Van Truong |
Some key mineral districts have established interdisciplinary teams to inspect mineral transportation locations. Based on tax law provisions, tax authorities will conduct inspections to see whether the environmental resource tax payer has made correct and complete declarations. If the tax declaration is not in accordance with the law, the tax authority will request the taxpayer to make additional declarations and pay taxes to the State budget.
According to experts, in the long term, it is necessary to strengthen the management and licensing of mineral resource exploitation and trading, select qualified and potential investors to exploit and process resources; have policies to encourage investment in deep processing to increase the value of resources. From there, resources will be increasingly managed more closely, used economically and effectively, protecting resources and the environment.
The State needs to have a mechanism to manage, supervise, inspect and examine the licensing of exploitation and use of resources in a reasonable manner, avoiding waste and environmental impacts as at present, in order to specifically assess the impact level of each factor affecting the revenue of domestic resource tax, which needs to be analyzed specifically. In particular, it is necessary to focus on the aspects of organizing the management of exploitation licensing, managing output, resource value, resource tax management and tax rates (regulatory rates) for each type of resource.
