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Accordingly, some notable changes in the Decree are as follows:
1. Change the conditions required for foreign experts, executives, and technical workers:
According to Article 1 of Decree No. 70/2023, amending and supplementing regulations on experts who are foreign workers: Graduated from university or higher or equivalent and have at least 3 years of work experience suitable for the position jobs that foreign workers plan to work in Vietnam.
Before: Required to have a university degree or higher or equivalent and at least 3 years of work experience in a major industry with training appropriate to the job position the foreign worker is expected to work in in Viet Nam.

Accordingly, the General Department of Taxation guides, in cases where taxpayers register for family deductions for dependents who are grandchildren (who still have parents who are of working age and still have the ability to work and take care) are not eligible for family deductions according to the provisions of Point d, Clause 1, Article 19 of Circular No. 111/2013/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance.

In case Company A is a one member LLC owned by an organization (Company B in Korea), there is a salary payment to the director of Company A (this director is a founding of company B in Korea) if the individual director directly participates in managing the operations of Company A, this salary cost will be included in deductible expenses when determining income subject to corporate income tax, if the conditions in Article 6 of Circular 78/2014/TT-BTC dated June 18, 2014 of the Ministry of Finance are met (amended and supplemented in Article 4 of Circular No. 96/2015/TT-BTC dated June 22 /6/2015 of the Ministry of Finance).

Accordingly, in case the seller receives returned goods in part or in full, he or she will issue a reduced or replacement invoice for the issued invoice according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 4 and Point b, Clause 2, Article 19 Decree No. 123/2020/ND-CP dated October 19, 2020 of the Government.

Accordingly, in case the e-invoice has been made according to the provisions of Decree No. 123/2020/ND-CP but this invoice has errors , it shall be invoiced according to the instructions at Point e, Clause 1, Article 7 of Circular No. 78/2021/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance. The Company shall declare adjustments in the tax period with errors as prescribed in Article 47 of the Law on Tax Administration No. 38/2019/QH14 dated June 13, 2019 of the National Assembly and Clause 4, Article 7 of Decree 126/2020/ND-CP dated October 19, 2020 of the Government.

In case an enterprise other than an organization operating under the Law on Credit Institutions has irregular lending activities if it lends to another organization (including a branch of an enterprise to which this branch pays separate corporate income tax) without interest or at an interest rate lower than the normal interest rate of the same term and size in the market, it shall fall into the case of tax assessment in accordance with the law on tax administration.

In case the Company meets the conditions for providing containerized logistics services as prescribed in Decree No. 163/2017/ND-CP dated December 30,2017 of the Government, the service is subject to VAT reduction as prescribed in Decree No. 44/2023/ND-CP dated June 30, 2023 of the Government.

In case the Company authorizes an individual who is an employee of the Company to pay for the purchase of fixed assets used for the Company’s production and business activities with a value of twenty (20) million VND or more (price includes VAT ) to the seller by paying that individual’s credit card to the seller’s account, The Company pays the individual through a transfer from the Tax Authority’s registered Company account to the individual’s account. The company can declare and deduct input VAT and have it included in deductible expenses when calculating corporate income tax, if it simultaneously satisfies:

To improve problems arising from the practices of businesses and tax authorities in the process of using electronic invoices, the Ministry of Finance submitted to the Government a draft Decree amending and supplementing Decree 123/2020/ND -CP regulates invoices and documents.

Accordingly, some notable contents of the Draft are as follows:

Accordingly, the General Department of Taxation guides:
In case Company A (in Vietnam) signs a contract with Company B (in Hong Kong) to provide sample testing services for goods before being imported to Vietnam, this testing service is subject to subject to contractor tax in Vietnam.