Collected over 200 billion VND in tax on natural resources and minerals

(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.

Exploitation of 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 the total licensing fees to be paid to the state budget being 355,778 billion VND.

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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