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Hai Phong City Tax Department provides guidelines in principle as follows:
In case the Company hires foreign workers to perform jobs in Vietnam, in cases where a work permit is required but has not been granted a work permit by a competent authority in Vietnam in accordance with the Labor Code, the expenses paid by the Company to the employee before the time the work permit is issued and before the time the two parties sign the labor contract will not be included in the deductible expenses when determining CIT income.

The Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs requests the units to make reports on the employment of foreign workers in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of the Government’s Decree No. 152/2020/ND-CP dated December 30, 2020 and Point a, Clause 12, Article 1 of the Government’s Decree No. 70/2023/ND-CP dated September 18, 2023, specifically as follows:

In case the Company detects that the input invoice is omitted, leading to the tax declaration dossier submitted to the tax authority with errors and omissions, the Company shall supplement the tax declaration dossier of the period with errors as prescribed in Article 47 of the Law on Tax Administration No. 38/2019/QH14.

Accordingly, the General Department of Taxation responded to the Tax Department of Hanoi city based on Official Dispatch No. 2037/BTC-TCT dated February 16, 2017 of the Ministry of Finance. In cases where foreign workers sign a labor contract with the Company, they receive income that does not include personal income tax and are paid by the company on behalf of health insurance, house rent, and personal income tax when determining income as a basis. regulations are:

To implement Article 4 of Decree No. 145/2020/ND-CP, the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs requests the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Thu Duc city and districts, and the Board of Management. Management of the City’s Export Processing and Industrial Zones, Management Board of the City High-Tech Park, Management Board of the City High-Tech Agricultural Park to inform and guide agencies, organizations and businesses (referred to as Agencies) in the area carry out the content of reporting on labor use as follows:

In case the Company falls under the provisions of Clause 6, Article 86 of Circular No. 38/2015/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance, declaring and paying value added tax according to the deduction method, has goods and services. exports (including facilities processing export goods) when exporting goods and services using electronic value-added invoices.

Accordingly, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor regulates the use of union dues collected for trade union levels as follows:
– Grassroots trade unions are allowed to use 70% of union dues collected. (10% increase compared to previous regulations)
– Superior trade unions are allowed to use 30% of union dues collected.