Shocking tax payments of billions of dollars by youtubers and game writers
In recent years, the trend of making money online has flourished in Vietnam, with many people earning billions. However, the declaration and payment of taxes by this group of people is becoming a hot and difficult issue.
In 2 years (2019 - 2020), public opinion was shaken by 4 incidents related to software writers.gameonline, creating video content on youtube... are subject to tax arrears of up to tens of billions of dong.
Writing software for several years and paying tens of billions of dong in taxes
The first case, which lasted for many years, was the case of a man in Ho Chi Minh City who wrote software and online games and uploaded them to the Apple Store and Google Store app stores from 2016 to 2018.
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| A man earns hundreds of billions of dong by writing online software (Illustration photo). |
According to the agencytaxMr. Tran Duc Phuong (HCMC) has paid a total of more than 41 billion VND in taxes from the money earned by Google.
The incident would not have caused a public uproar if this individual's tax declaration and payment had not been prolonged and the banks had not cooperated with the tax authorities to collect all the tax.
Local tax authorities are still reviewing taxpayers in this category.
9X girl writes game and earns 300 billion VND
In early 2021, the Hanoi Tax Department informed that a girl born in 1992 residing in Cau Giay district paid income tax of more than 32 billion VND.
This girl's declaration said that her income from writing and uploading online games to app stores was more than 330 billion VND.
Hanoi Tax Department also said that recently another individual appeared writing software, uploading games online, earning more than 260 billion VND, paying more than 18 billion VND in taxes.
The Hanoi Tax Department is monitoring and reviewing tax declarations and payments of the above two individuals.
In addition, the Hanoi Tax Department is requiring individuals in the area to self-declare and pay their tax obligations in accordance with regulations. The tax authority will review, evaluate and post-audit this.
In addition to the two shocking billion-dollar tax cases, public opinion has recently been concerned about the punishment of individuals and groups producing videos and clips that have a negative impact on society. These are YouTube accounts with several million followers, millions of views and making quick money from the views of readers.
Regardless of "shocking" and "unique" videos to increase views and earn more money
According to Social Blade (a website that tracks, compiles and analyzes social media sites), Ba Tan Vlog’s Youtube channel can earn up to 1.4 billion VND/month. During the year, the channel’s revenue can reach up to 17 billion VND.
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| Many youtubers produce offensive videos to stimulate the curiosity of many people. (Photo cut from clip). |
To attract views,Youtube channelThis show mainly focuses on food reviews with "super big" and "giant" dishes. However, to arouse curiosity, the production team also brought up many topics that caused public reactions, bad and toxic consequences for young people such as: Lying to mothers, stealing money, and even more offensive when putting a whole, uncleaned, feathered chicken into a big pot of porridge...
The Youtube channel of Mrs. Tan Vlog has been administratively fined twice by the authorities with the amount of 7.5 million VND and 10 million VND. However, after many offensive videos, many parents and viewers have "boycotted" this channel.
Recently, there was the incident where Youtuber Tho Nguyen directly produced and distributed a video related to asking for good grades from a doll (believed to be the Kumanthong ghost doll - Thailand).
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| Producing and spreading superstitions, bad and toxic information to young people and the community with the aim of increasing views and making money regardless. (Photo cut from clip) |
The incident received an angry reaction from the community, with many people criticizing Youtuber Tho Nguyen personally. Tho Nguyen currently owns a channel with millions of viewers, with billions of views each year. Youtuber Tho Nguyen's revenue is estimated by Social Blade to be around 16 billion VND/year.
Binh Duong province's tax authority said that the amount of tax that Tho Nguyen declared and paid was about 2 billion VND. However,tax authorityis reviewing actual revenue and invoices, vouchers and documents related to cross-border transactions to determine the amount of tax that this individual is ultimately liable to pay.