General Department of Taxation commends advanced models

Attending and directing the conference were comrade Tran Xuan Ha - Deputy Minister of Finance; Comrade Cao Anh Tuan - General Director of the General Department of Taxation chaired the conference. On the Nghe An side, comrade Trinh Thanh Hai - Director of the Tax Department chaired the conference.

Over the past 5 years, the emulation and reward work of the General Department of Taxation has been considered by the leaders of tax agencies at all levels as one of the measures to manage and operate the unit; it has the effect of motivating cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers in the whole sector to strive to fulfill assigned tasks, contributing to the excellent completion of the annual political tasks of the General Department of Taxation. There have been over 50 emulation movements launched in the whole sector, linked to the general goals and specific goals of each tax management field to excellently complete the assigned political tasks every year.

Mr. Cao Tuan Anh - Director General of the General Department of Taxation opened the conference. Photo: Phu Huong

Many movements were actively responded to by 100% of units such as the emulation movement to strive to exceed the monthly, quarterly and annual State budget revenue estimates; the emulation movement to reform and modernize the tax system; the emulation movement to develop and implement solutions to reform tax administrative procedures; the emulation movement to effectively apply information technology in tax management; the emulation movement to promote the spirit of mutual love and affection...

Conference scene at Nghe An bridge. Photo: Phu Huong

From the patriotic emulation movement over the past 5 years (2015 - 2020), 3,580 collectives have achieved the title of Excellent Labor Collective; 41 collectives were awarded the Government's Emulation Flag; 2 individuals were National Emulation Fighters; 192 collectives received the Emulation Flag of the Ministry of Finance and 1,380 individuals achieved the title of Emulation Fighters of the Finance sector. The whole sector has 1 collective awarded the Third Class Independence Medal; 9 collectives and 13 individuals received the First Class Labor Medal; 23 collectives and 156 individuals received the Second Class Labor Medal; 26 collectives and 197 individuals received the Third Class Labor Medal.

In addition, 30 groups and 668 individuals received Certificates of Merit from the Prime Minister; 1,701 groups and 11,525 individuals received Certificates of Merit from the Ministry of Finance.

Professional training at Nghe An Tax Department. Photo: Lam Tung

Director General Cao Anh Tuan requested tax authorities at all levels to thoroughly understand that patriotic emulation must take patriotism as its root. “President Ho Chi Minh believed that in order for patriotic emulation to become a broad and deep mass movement, patriotism must first be taken as its root. In any period, there must be emulation and emulation must be based on the patriotism of the entire nation,” said Mr. Tuan.

At the conference, Nghe An Tax Department also participated in the discussion with the content "Quantifying the risks of tax loss to improve the quality of tax inspection and examination work". This solution has brought positive results such as: Shortened inspection and examination time while the quality is improved; the amount of arrears and fines increased; the number of inspections and examinations without detecting violations decreased...

Some of the methods deployed include: Quantifying risks based on the use of available information; quantifying risks based on analysis, synthesis and actual surveys; quantifying risks related to business irregularities...