Nghe An: Budget revenue in January 2023 is only 66.4% compared to the same period

Of which, domestic revenue: 1,300 billion VND, reaching 8.9% of the estimate and equal to 74.9% compared to the same period in 2022. Excluding land use fees and lottery fees, domestic revenue reached 908 billion VND, reaching 8.2% of the estimate and equal to 71.9% of the same period in 2022. Revenue from import-export activities was 80 billion VND, reaching 6.4% of the estimate and equal to 23.3% compared to the same period in 2022. Vinh city's budget revenue in January reached 375 billion VND, reaching 19% of the estimate in 2023.

Graphics: Hong Toai

Thus, the estimated budget collection in January 2022 met the progress assigned by the Provincial People's Council (according to the progress of 8.3%). Some revenue items were lower than those in 2022, due to the Lunar New Year in January 2023; the real estate market cooled down, and there were no unusual revenue increases like in 2022.

Regarding budget expenditure, the estimate assigned by the Provincial People's Council is 33,162 billion VND. Local budget expenditure in January 2023 is estimated at 1,918 billion VND, reaching 5.8% of the estimate assigned by the Provincial People's Council. Regular expenditure in January 2023 mainly focuses on salary and salary-related expenses, ensuring regular operations of agencies, units, and public services.

New Year transactions at BIDV Bank, Nghe An branch. Photo: Tran Chau

In January, the Department of Finance completed the notification, allocation and assignment of budget estimates to state management agencies, provincial-level public service units and budget-using units in accordance with the provisions of Decree No. 130/2005/ND-CP, Decree No. 60/2021/ND-CP of the Government and related documents. Implemented the public disclosure of the 2021 state budget revenue and expenditure settlement and the 2023 state budget revenue and expenditure estimates; submitted to the Provincial People's Committee for public disclosure in accordance with regulations.

The Provincial People's Committee has also just issued a budget collection directive, accordingly assessing the context of 2023 with many difficulties, challenges, and the impact of the world economic situation on the domestic economy, the Provincial People's Committee requested provincial departments, branches, and localities to continue to prioritize maintaining macroeconomic stability, controlling inflation, promoting growth, enhancing self-reliance, self-control, synchronously organizing solutions to support production and business, striving to achieve economic growth targets and over-fulfilling the 2023 budget estimate.

The Provincial People's Committee requested the Provincial Tax Department and the Provincial Customs Department to continue to innovate and promote propaganda, legal advice and support on tax and social insurance policies, guide businesses to use electronic transactions in tax declaration and payment, use electronic invoices, encourage individual business households to use electronic invoices generated from cash registers and submit social insurance documents via electronic transactions.

Units and localities continue to reform tax, customs and business administration, promptly detect difficulties and obstacles in performing tasks to promptly resolve them, coordinate with the Treasury in providing tax information, coordinate with sectors and levels to recover tax arrears...