76% of businesses file tax returns electronically.

According to the General Department of Taxation, as of the end of May 2014, a total of 366,000 businesses had filed their taxes online, accounting for 76% of all active businesses.

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The tax authorities are striving to have 90% of active businesses filing their tax returns electronically by the end of 2014.

Currently, the General Department of Taxation is upgrading its network and infrastructure for receiving business tax returns, preventing network congestion and minimizing risks for businesses when filing taxes.

In addition, expand value-added services such as: electronic Q&A services; electronic tax payment services. At the same time, organize promotional and outreach activities for businesses; expand the range of service providers so that businesses can easily choose service packages that suit their scale of production and business.

Over the past two years, the tax sector has seen numerous policy revisions and additions that have come into effect, particularly regarding payment deadlines and tax rates.

In terms of time, businesses with annual revenue of up to 20 billion VND only have to pay taxes 4 times a year instead of 12 times.

In addition, Vietnam has also shortened the processing time for tax return extension procedures from 5 days to 3 days, and the processing time for tax refund applications has been shortened from 60 days to 40 days for cases of pre-audit and post-refund, and from 15 days to 6 days for cases of pre-refund and post-audit...

According to chinhphu.vn