Collected over 200 billion VND in natural resources and mineral taxes

(Baonghean.vn) - Taxes collected from granting mineral exploitation rights and environmental protection are important sources of revenue for the budget. In Nghe An, nearly 250 billion VND is collected annually.

Exploiting construction materials in Chau Hong Qui Hop. Photo: PV.

Resource tax collected in 2015 in Nghe An was 106,500 million VND; environmental protection fee 57,800 million VND; mineral export tax 60,625 million VND; environmental restoration deposit 18,372 million VND...

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment coordinated with relevant agencies to organize the calculation of mineral exploitation license fees, and submitted them to the Provincial People's Committee for approval of the licensing fees for 128 mineral exploitation license applications with a total licensing fee payable to the state budget of VND 355,778 billion.

In the first quarter of 2016, environmental protection tax was 162.9 billion VND, reaching 28.6% of the estimate, up 255.2% over the same period. Revenue from granting mineral exploitation rights was 7 billion VND, reaching 9.7% of the estimate, equal to 82.1% over the same period in 2015.

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