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THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No. 1823/BTC-TCT
Re: on the implementing the extension of personal income tax (PIT) payment
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Hanoi, February 18, 2009
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To: Ministries, ministerial-level
agencies and government-attached agencies
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The Ministry of Finance issued
Circular No. 27/2009/TT-BTC on February 6, 2009, guiding the implementing the
extension of personal income tax payment.
In order to uniformly apply the
implementing the extension of personal income tax payment in strict accordance
with regulations, the Ministry of Finance guides some specific contents as
follows:
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1.1. According to Clause 2, Article
1 of Circular No. 27/2009/TT-BTC mentioned above, objects not being entitled to
an extension of PIT payment include:
a/ Resident individuals and
non-resident individuals deriving income from real properties transfer.
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c/ Non-resident individuals deriving
income from business activities; income from salaries or wages; income from
inheritance; and income from gifts.
1.2. Non-resident individuals
deriving income in Vietnam who are not entitled to extension of PIT payment
include:
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b/ Individuals leaving Vietnam before June 30, 2009.
c/ Individuals arriving tin Vietnam from January 1, 2009 on, whose dates of departure have not yet been identified clearly,
having no registered place of permanent residence or rent contract with a term
of 90 days or more in Vietnam.
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Under the guidance in Circular No.
27/2009/TT-BTC mentioned above, the extended time of PIT payment shall lasts
from January 1, 2009, through May 31, 2009; The determination of the income
derived in the extended time of PIT payment with respect to eah objects and
taxable income items shall be as follows:
2.1. For income from salaries or
wages derived by resident individuals: It shall be salary and wage paid by
income paying agencies to employees from January 1, 2009, through May 31, 2009,
regardless of whether these income are arisen in 2009, or from 2008 or before.
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2.2. For income from business
activities derived by resident individuals: It shall be the income subject to
PIT tax derived from business turnover arisen from January 1, 2009, through May
31, 2009.
2.3. For income from capital
transfer (including securities transfer):
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b/ For securities transfer:
- For listed securities and securities
not yet listed but already registered for transfer through securities trading
centers: It shall be the time when the securities company, Securities Stock
Exchange or Securities Trading Center issues notifications of successful
transactions, provided that the time of notification falls within the period
from January 1, 2009, through May 31, 2009.
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c/ For income from royalties and
franchise: It shall be the income items which were paid in the period from
January 1, 2009, through May 31, 2009, in accordance with the payment time
stated in the contract.
2.4. For income from inheritance or
gifts of resident individuals: It shall be the time of submitting the legal
dossier on the transfer of ownership rights or use rights over bequeathed
assets or gifts to a competent state agency, provided that the time of
submitting the legal dossier falls within the period from January 1, 2009,
through May 31, 2009.
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3. With respect to PIT refund:
Under the guidance at Point 3.3,
Article 2 of Circular No. 27/2009/TT-BTC, income earners may retain tax amounts
being entitled to extension of PIT payment during the extended time.
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- The accounting (finance) section
shall make out a list of cases in which PIT has been temporarily withheld
(clearly stating the taxable income and tax amount temporality withheld of each
individual) and submit it to the unit’s leadership for approval;
- On the basis of the approved list,
the income paying agency shall issue notifications to concerned individuals for
them to take back the tax amounts temporarily withheld by the unit.
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If the income paying agency has
issued tax withholding receipts to taxpayers, they shall recover these receipts
upon refunding the withheld tax amounts.
The deadline for refunding the
withheld tax amounts not yet paid into the state budget is the last working day
of February 2009 at the latest.
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b/ In case tax amounts being extended
to pay have been paid into the state budget:
In case income paying agencies had
withheld tax amounts of individuals being entitled to an extension to pay and
paid it into the state budget, tax authorities shall base on budget payment
receipts to issue notifications to concerned organizations and individuals to
refund tax amounts according to the following procedures:
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- Basing on valid dossiers of
request for tax refund from income paying agencies or individual taxpayers, tax
authorities shall examine, issue the decision on refunding PIT and send it to
state treasuries for refunding the paid tax amounts.
- The time limit for tax refund
shall be 5 working days after the receipt of valid dossiers at the latest.
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4. Filing the amount of PIT to be
temporarily entitled to an extension to pay
During the extended time, income
paying agencies shall not be allowed to keep the tax amounts to be extended to
pay; individuals who are objects subject to directly filing PIT with tax
authorities shall be responsible for paying the amount of PIT to be extended to
pay. However, income paying agencies and individuals who are objects subject to
directly filing PIT with tax authorities shall have to still file the amount of
PIT to be extended to pay and submit returns in according to the guidance in
the Ministry of Finance’s Circular No. 84/2008/TT-BTC of September 30, 2008.
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Any problems arisen in the course of
implementation should be promptly reported to the Ministry of Finance (the
General Department of Taxation) for further study and guidance.-
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FOR THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
VICE MINISTER
Do Hoang Anh Tuan