Proposal to reduce corporate income tax by 50% for press agencies

Photo caption — Deputy Minister of Finance Cao Anh Tuan presented a summary of the Proposal.

Apply preferential tax rate of 15 - 17% for small-scale enterprises

Presenting a summary of the draft Law on Corporate Income Tax (amended), Deputy Minister of Finance Cao Anh Tuan said that the draft Law closely followed the policy groups in the dossier for proposing the draft Law on Corporate Income Tax (amended) that was approved by the National Assembly , including: Completing regulations related to taxpayers and taxable income; tax-exempt income; determining taxable income and tax calculation methods; deductible and non-deductible expenses when determining taxable income; adjusting tax rates for a number of groups of subjects.

Regarding taxable income, the draft supplements regulations on taxable income arising in Vietnam of foreign enterprises with permanent establishments in Vietnam and of foreign enterprises without permanent establishments in Vietnam as income originating from Vietnam, regardless of business location and details specific sources of income of this group of subjects to ensure transparency and legal basis for implementation.

Regarding the tax period, Deputy Minister Cao Anh Tuan said that the draft Law supplements regulations that for foreign enterprises with income from providing goods and services in the form of e-commerce and digital technology platform business, regardless of the location of business, the tax period shall be implemented in accordance with the law on tax administration.

Along with that, the draft also adds regulations on tax rates for small-scale enterprises and criteria to promote the development of these types of enterprises. Specifically, the draft stipulates a tax rate of 20%, with enterprises with total annual revenue of no more than VND 3 billion being subject to a tax rate of 15%; enterprises with total annual revenue from over VND 3 billion to no more than VND 50 billion being subject to a tax rate of 17%.

Presenting the preliminary review report of the draft Law on Corporate Income Tax (amended), Chairman of the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee Le Quang Manh said that the draft Law stipulates the right to collect corporate income tax on e-commerce business activities of foreign suppliers without permanent establishments in Vietnam through the provision "not depending on the business location" to expand the scope of tax collection.

However, this regulation has not solved the problem of tax collection for foreign suppliers via e-commerce platforms, because in reality, foreign suppliers are mainly residents of countries that have signed Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements with Vietnam. Accordingly, Vietnam is only entitled to tax the income generated in Vietnam by foreign enterprises in cases where these enterprises have permanent establishments in Vietnam.

Therefore, the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee recommends clarifying the effectiveness of these regulations and further studying other policy solutions to ensure tax collection from foreign suppliers through e-commerce platforms.

Foreign enterprises with income generated in Vietnam as a percentage of revenue generated in Vietnam, including securities transfer activities (0.1%), capital transfer (2%).

Proposal to reduce corporate income tax by 50% for press agencies

Speaking at the meeting, Chairman of the Committee for Culture and Education Nguyen Dac Vinh said that currently, print media agencies are enjoying a corporate income tax incentive of 10%, while electronic media agencies are not, so they are facing many difficulties. According to Mr. Vinh, press agencies, whether print, electronic, television or radio, are all revolutionary press, public service units under state agencies. Currently, the income of press agencies mainly depends on advertising; however, the advertising pie is also shrinking, causing many difficulties for press agencies.

"We propose a common income tax incentive for print newspapers, electronic newspapers and other types of newspapers as currently applied to print newspapers," Chairman of the Culture and Education Committee Nguyen Dac Vinh proposed.

According to the current Law on Corporate Income Tax, the income of press agencies from print newspaper activities, including advertising on print newspapers as prescribed by the Law on Press, enjoys a preferential corporate income tax rate of 10%. Press agencies of other types such as electronic newspapers, television, and radio have no regulations.

Chairman of the National Assembly's Law Committee Hoang Thanh Tung suggested that the Finance and Budget Committee should continue to study new approaches in building tax laws to ensure stability, because not only the Law on Corporate Income Tax but also many other laws related to taxes need to be amended in the near future.

Chairman of the National Assembly's Economic Committee Vu Hong Thanh said that according to international practice, we often levy direct taxes rather than indirect taxes. However, in the coming time, the Law needs to ensure fairness for taxpayers. The revised content has many legalized contents from new sub-law documents including decrees and circulars, so it needs to be considered and studied more specifically and in detail.

According to Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong, it is necessary to have a comprehensive approach to tax-related criteria, carefully evaluate taxes, and from there conduct comprehensive research to clarify major goals more comprehensively when drafting the Law on Corporate Income Tax (amended).

Agreeing with the need to amend the Law on Corporate Income Tax to overcome current shortcomings, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said that this is a very important Law, related to deductible and non-deductible expenses. The drafting committee has worked very hard and enthusiastically, but the draft Law must be more comprehensive, explaining in detail why it needs to be amended and how, with the goal of fixing any problems immediately.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man emphasized that this is a law related to domestic and foreign enterprises, so amending the Law must ensure budget revenue, overcome tax evasion and tax losses, but must be fair, consistent with trends and international practices...

TH (according to VNA)

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