Nghe An Customs finds it difficult to recover nearly 40 billion VND in tax debt
(Baonghean.vn) - According to Nghe An Customs Department, out of the total tax debt of nearly 40 billion VND of the Customs sector at present, overdue debt is very little collectible, while up to 39,789,369 million VND is classified as difficult to collect.
It is known that this is the debt of declarations arising before July 2007 (the time the Law on Tax Administration took effect) and of enterprises that have dissolved, disappeared, absconded, or the business owner died... so it has been outstanding for many years and cannot be collected.
According to Nghe An Customs Department, the amount of tax debt recovered as of October 15, 2018 is1,652 billion VND. The estimated amount of overdue tax debt to be collected in 2018 is only 1.8 billion VND. Although it is not possible to collect, this type of debt is still increasing due to late payment penalties.
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Measure customs clearance time at the Border Gate. Photo: Document |
Currently, the Customs sector is focusing on solutions to urge the timely collection of tax debts to the state budget such as: Strengthening the review and grasping the tax debt situation at the unit; classifying groups of collectible debts and uncollectible debts, each debt group has a detailed assessment of each debt according to each debtor enterprise, collecting information on the actual operating status of the enterprise, the reasons for not being able to collect the debt, and proposing appropriate debt handling measures according to the Debt Management Process issued with Decision No. 1504/QD-TCHQ dated May 5, 2018 of the General Department of Customs.