THE
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence
- Freedom – Happiness
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No.
117/2004/TT-BTC
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Hanoi,
December 7, 2004
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CIRCULAR
198/2004/ND-CP
OF DECEMBER 3, 2004 ON LAND USE LEVY COLLECTION
Pursuant to the Land Law of
November 26, 2003;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 181/2004/ND-CP of October 29, 2004 on
implementation of the Land Law;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP of December 3, 2004 on
land use levy collection;
The Finance Ministry hereby guides the land use levy collection as follows:
Part A
GENERAL PROVISIONS
I. SCOPE OF
APPLICATION
This Circular guides the land
use levy collection applicable to cases defined in Article 1 of the
Government’s Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP of December 3, 2004 on land use levy
collection (hereinafter referred to as Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP).
II. LAND USE
LEVY PAYERS
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1. The land assigned to economic
organizations for use for the purpose of investment in construction of
infrastructure for sale or lease as provided for at Point d shall include land
for construction of infrastructures in industrial parks, export-processing
zones, economic zones, rural population quarters,
2. The land assigned to economic
organizations, households or individuals for construction of public works for
commercial purposes as provided for at Point e is the land prescribed at Point
b, Clause 5, Article 6 of the Government’s Decree No. 181/2004/ND-CP of October
29, 2004 on implementation of the Land Law (hereinafter referred to as Decree
No. 181/2004/ND-CP).
3. Point g prescribing overseas
Vietnamese assigned land for execution of investment projects does not cover
cases where overseas Vietnamese enter into joint ventures with foreign
organizations or individuals for investment in Vietnam.
III.
NON-PAYERS OF LAND USE LEVIES
Subjects not liable to pay land
use levies are defined in Article 3 of Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP; a number of
clauses of this Article are guided in detail as follows:
1. The land for construction of
infrastructure works for common use in industrial parks under projects approved
by competent authorities as provided for in Clause 3 means the land area for
construction of common infrastructures in industrial parks, which is not used
by industrial parks for production and business purposes, not reassigned,
leased nor transferred to persons who wish to use it as ground for production
and/or business.
2. Clause 4 defines households
and individuals being current land must not pay land use
levies when being granted land use right certificates; a number of specific
cases are as follows:
a/ The land being in stable use,
certified as dispute-free by commune, ward or township People’s Committees
falls into one of the cases prescribed in Clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Article 50
of the 2003 Land Law; in cases where land had been used stably before October
15, 1993 without any dispute, the land use right certificate applicants,
regardless of whether they had used the land before October 15, 1993 or have
used the land after October 15, 1993 (due to transfer, inheritance, donation,
present,...), shall not have to pay land use levies when they are granted land
use right certificates;
b/ In case of purchase of
liquidated dwelling houses (purchase of dwelling houses) affixed to residential
land of State enterprises, cooperatives before October 15, 1993 as provided for
in Item e, Clause 1, Article 50 of the Land Law, the permission of competent
State bodies as prescribed by the land legislation at the time of purchase of
houses affixed to land is required.
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1. The bases for calculation of
land use levies include the land acreage, land price and land use duration as
provided for in Article 4 of Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP.
2. In cases where land use levy
payers had previously to pay compensations for land or compensations for
expenses invested in land (referred collectively to as land-related
compensations), provide land supports for persons with land recovered, the
land-related compensations and/or supports shall be subtracted from the payable
land use levies under law provisions on compensations, supports and
resettlement, but the subtracted amounts must not exceed the payable land use
levies.
Part B
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
I.
COLLECTION OF LAND USE LEVIES UPON LAND ASSIGNMENT BY THE STATE
The collection of land use
levies upon land assignment by the State is provided for in Article 5 of Decree
No. 198/2004/ND-CP; a number of clauses of this Article are guided in detail as
follows:
1. Clause 1 provides for the
land use levy collection in case of land assignment in form of land use right
auction or land-using project bidding; for this case, the land price used for
calculation of land use levies shall be the winning auction price. The land
acreage for calculation of land use levies shall be the auctioned land area.
Upon the completion of auctions, land use levies shall not be exempted or
reduced for any case.
The land use right auction and
the land-using project bidding shall comply with the current law provisions on
land auctions, project bidding.
2. Clauses 2 and 3 provide for
the land use levy collection in case of land assignment under decisions of
competent State bodies:
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2.2.
Land prices for land use
levy calculation are as follows:
a/ Where the land is assigned
for long-term stable use, the land price for calculation of collected land use levies
shall be the land price at the time of land assignment, promulgated by the
provincial-level People’s Committees according to the Government’s regulations;
- For projects with the land use duration of 70 years,
the land price for calculation of collected land use levies shall be the land
price according to the use purpose of the assigned land categories, promulgated
by the provincial-level People’s Committees according to the Government’s
regulations.
- For projects with the land use
duration of
The
land use levy of the land use duration (n years)
=
The
land use levy of the 70 year-duration
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x
(70
- n) x 1.2%
]
In which: n is the land
assignment duration calculated in year.
Example:
Organization A is assigned 2,000
m2 of non-agricultural land for use as production and/or business
ground for of 50 years. At this time, the price of
non-agricultural land used as ground for production and/or business is VND 5
million/m2. The payable land use levy shall be determined as
follows:
- The land use levy for the 70
year-duration is:
VND 5 million/m2 x
2,000 m2 = VND 10,000 million
- The land use levy for the 50
year-duration is determined as follows:
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=
VND10,000
million
-
[
VND10,000
million
x
(70-50)
x 1.2%
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II. LAND
USE LEVY COLLECTION UPON LAND USE PURPOSE CHANGE
Land use levy collection upon permitted
land use purpose changes is provided for in Article 6 of Decree No.
198/2004/ND-CP; a number of clauses of this Article are guided in detail as
follows:
1. Clause 1 provides for
economic organizations; when agricultural land or non-agricultural land
assigned without the collection of land use levies is changed to land assigned
with the collection of land use levies, the land use levies shall be fully
collected according to the price of the land with the new use purpose. Where
the land subject to land use purpose change originates from the land use right
transfer or where upon land assignment, land-related compensations or supports
must be provided for persons with land recovered, the land use levies shall be
collected according to the difference between the land price for new use
purposes and the land price for the previous use purpose at the time of use
purpose change.
2. Clause 3 provides for change
from residential land assigned for long-term stable use with land use levies
already paid or not paid under the provisions in Clauses 4, 5 of Article 3 of
Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP to production and/or business non-agricultural land,
the land use levies must not be paid.
3. Clause 4 provides for change
from land assigned with definite terms to residential land with the collection
of land use levies calculated according to residential land price minus the
paid land use levies calculated according to the price of the land assigned for
definite terms at the time of use purpose change.
Example:
On August 1, 2004, Organization
A was assigned 20,000 m2 of non-agricultural land for use as
production and/or business ground for a duration of 50 years; the land use levy
calculation price is VND 4 million/m2; the land use levies were
already paid according to regulations; in 2006, such land is permitted to
change to residential land; at this time, the price of non-agricultural land
used as production and/or business ground for 50 years is VND 5 million/m2
and the residential land price is VND 6 million/m2.
The land use levies to be paid
by Organization A when being permitted to change 20,000 m2 of
non-agricultural land to residential land shall be determined as follows:
20,000 m2 x (VND 6
million/m2 – VND 5 million/m2) = VND 20,000 million.
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III. CHANGE
FROM LAND LEASE TO LAND ASSIGNMENT WITH THE COLLECTION OF LAND USE LEVIES
The collection of land use
levies upon change from land lease to land assignment with the collection of
land use levies is provided for in Article 7 of Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP; a
number of clauses of this Article are guided in detail as follows:
1. Clause 1 provides for the
change from land lease by the State to land assignment for long-term stable use
(residential land) with the collection of land use levies; for this case, the
land price used for calculation of collected land use levies shall be the land
price at the time of change from land lease to land assignment.
2. Clause 2 provides for the
change from land lease to land assignment for definite terms with the
collection of land use levies, the land price for calculation of the collected
land use levies shall be the land price according to the use purpose at the
time of change from land lease to land assignment.
3. Clause 3 provides for cases
where the State leases land but land-related compensations and/or supports must
be paid; if the land-related compensation and/or support money have not yet
been subtracted from the payable land rents, they shall be subtracted from the
payable land use levies; the subtracted land-related compensation level is
calculated as being equal to the leased land area subject to land-related
compensation and change to land assignment with the collection of land use
levies multiplied by the land price calculated for compensation of the land
category when compensations are made at the time of being permitted for change
from land lease to land assignment with the collection of land use levies.
The land rent paid for the
duration when land was used shall not be subtracted from the payable land use
levies. The land rents already paid for the land non-use duration shall be
subtracted from the payable land use levies and be calculated according to the
following formula:
The
land rent amount to be subtracted from the payable land use levies
=
The
land acreage permitted for change from land lease to land assignment
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The
lease unit price of one-year duration at the time of change from land lease
to land assignment
x
The
number of years for which land rent was paid but the land is not used yet
IV. LAND
USE LEVY COLLECTION UPON GRANTING OF LAND USE RIGHT CERTIFICATES TO CURRENT
LAND USERS
Land use levy collection upon
granting of land use right certificates is provided for in Article 8 of Decree
No. 198/2004/ND-CP; Clause 1 of this Article is guided in detail as follows:
Households and individuals
having used land from October 15, 1993 to the time of land use right
certificate granting and having not yet paid the land use levies shall have to
pay the land use levies according to the provisions in Clauses 1 and 2 of
Article 4 and Points b and c, Clause 2, Article 6 of Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP.
Following are some cases not
subject to land use levy payment upon the granting of land use right
certificates:
1. Upon land assignment, the
damage compensations were paid under Decision No. 186-HDBT of May 31, 1990 of
the Council of Ministers (now the Government) on compensations paid for loss of
agricultural land, forest land when such land is used for other purposes.
2. Land use levies were already
paid into the State budget as provided for in the Finance Ministry’s Circular
No. 60-TC/TCT of July 16, 1993 upon the purchase of State-owned houses and the
purchase of houses not owned by the State together with the reception of the
right to use land on which exist such houses; upon land assignment for
construction of dwelling houses and works; upon assignment of land instead of
payment for the value of the constructed infrastructure works.
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4. Purchase of houses together
with the reception of the right to use land on which exist the houses, for
which the income tax was paid under the Ordinance on income tax on high-income
earners.
The cases guided above shall
only apply to cases not covered by Clauses 2 and 3, Article 8 of Decree No.
198/2004/ND-CP.
Part C
LAND USE LEVY EXEMPTION,
REDUCTION
I. PRINCIPLES
FOR LAND
USE LEVY EXEMPTION, REDUCTION
The land use levy exemption and
reduction principles are prescribed in Article 11 of Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP;
a number of clauses of this Article are guided in detail as follows:
1. Households and individuals
eligible for land use levy exemption or reduction shall enjoy land use levy
exemption or reduction only once in one of the cases where they are assigned
land by the State for construction of dwelling houses, are permitted to change
the purpose of using other land for residential land, or are granted the
certificates of the right to use residential land. Particularly, economic
organizations shall enjoy the exemption or reduction only once when they are
assigned land or permitted to change the land use purposes under each
investment project.
2. The land use levy exemption
or reduction under the provisions of Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP and the guidance
in this Circular shall be effected directly only for the eligible subjects and
calculated on the land use levy amounts payable under the provisions of Decree
No. 198/2004/ND-CP and the guidance in this Circular.
3. The land use levy exemption
or reduction under the provisions of Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP shall be
considered and approved only for cases of starting to pay the land use levies
from the effective date of Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP. For cases where the land
use levies are already paid or not fully paid before Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP
takes implementation effect, the land use levy exemption and reduction shall comply
with the regulations promulgated before the effective date of Decree No.
198/2004/ND-CP.
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II. LAND
USE LEVY EXEMPTION
Land use levy exemption for
eligible subjects is defined in Article 12 of Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP; a
number of clauses of this Article are guided in detail as follows:
1. Clause 1 provides for land
use levy exemption under the law provisions on investment encouragement for
execution of:
2. Clause 3 is guided as
follows:
a/ Land assigned for execution
of projects on construction of students’ dormitories with State budget money;
units assigned to manage such dormitories may only calculate and collect
charges enough to cover expenses for services, electricity, water, management
and other relevant expenses; and shall not be allowed to calculate expenses for
land use levies and amortization of house value;
b/ Land assigned for construction
of dwelling houses under projects in service of people displaced due to natural
disasters; the persons assigned new residential land under relocation projects
shall be exempt from land use levies when they are not compensated for the land
in the former places (departure places), but provided with relocation supports
(if any);
The regions facing exceptionally difficult socio-economic
conditions shall comply with the Government’s regulations.
d/ Land for construction of
high-rise dormitories of workers in industrial parks; the units assigned land
for project execution must get the provincial-level People’s Committees’
approval of the projects, the house selling prices or house rents; the house
selling prices or rents do not cover the expenses for land use levies.
3. Clause 5 provides for the
exemption of levies on the use of land within the land assignment norms,
covering the following cases of being assigned land, being permitted to change
land use purposes, being granted land use right certificates for subjects
defined in the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 118/TTg of February 27, 1996 on
supports for people with meritorious services to the revolution in improving
their housing conditions and Decision No. 20/2000/QD-TTg of February 3, 2000 on
supports for people engaged in revolutionary activities before the August 1945
Revolution in improving their housing conditions, concretely as follows:
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c/ People who joined
revolutionary organizations in the period between January 1, 1936 and December
31, 1944 and do not fall into the cases prescribed at Point b of this Clause
shall be exempt from land use levies for the land acreages within the
residential land assignment norms prescribed by the provincial-level People’s
Committees;
d/ People’s Armed Force Heroes
or Heroines, Vietnam Heroic Mothers, Labor Heroes or Heroines; war invalids,
diseased army men, persons enjoying policies like war invalids, who have lost
81% or more of their working capacity; relatives of war martyrs who are
enjoying monthly death allowances, shall be exempt from land use levies for
land areas within the residential land assignment norms;
4. Clause 6 provides for
households, individuals, already granted the land use right certificates, but
such land has been stably used since before October 15, 1993, falling into one
of the cases defined in Clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Article 50, Article 87 of the
Land Law and Article 45 of Decree No. 181/2004/ND-CP, and having still owed the
land use levies, such households and individuals shall be exempt from the
outstanding land use levies.
III. LAND
USE LEVY REDUCTION
Land use levy reduction for
subjects is prescribed in Article 13 of Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP; a number of
clauses of this Article are guided in detail as follows:
1. Clause 3 provides the 20%
reduction of land use levies when the State assigns land to factories,
enterprises, which must be relocated under plannings (including relocation due
to environmental pollution). be-relocated factories and
enterprises must obtain decisions of the provincial-level People’s Committees
and the land use levy reduction shall apply only to land areas used for
construction of the factories or enterprises.
2. Clause 4 provides the
reduction of use levies for land within the land assignment norms for cases of
land assignment, of permitted change of land use purpose, of granting land use
right certificates to current land users being persons with meritorious
services to the revolution under the provisions of Decision No. 118/TTg and
Decision No. 20/2000/QD-TTg but not being subjects eligible for land use levy
exemption, defined at Point 3, Section II of this Part, concretely as follows:
- War invalids, persons enjoying
policies like war invalids, diseased army men who have lost between 61% and 80%
of their working capacity shall be entitled to 90% reduction of the payable
land use levies;
- War invalids, persons enjoying
policies like war invalids, who have lost between 41% and 60% of their working
capacity, cadres engaged in revolutionary activities before the uprising
(persons joining revolutionary organizations in the period between January 1,
1945 to before the August 1945 General Uprising) shall be entitled to 80%
reduction of the payable land use levies;
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- Persons engaged in
revolutionary activities, having performed international duties, who were
awarded the Resistance War Order of first class or the Exploit Order of first
IV. LAND
USE LEVY EXEMPTION, REDUCTION DOSSIERS
1. Organizations, households and
individuals, when carrying out procedures for being assigned land, being
permitted to change land use purposes, to shift from land lease to land
assignment, being granted land use right certificates shall make land use levy
exemption or reduction declaration in the land use levy payment declaration
papers (not printed herewith) in the land dossiers to be addressed to the land
use right registration offices or the natural resources and environment
agencies in case of submitting the dossiers at the natural resources and
environment agencies or the commune, ward or township People’s Committees in
case of submitting the dossiers at the commune, ward or township People’s
Committees (hereinafter referred collectively to as the natural resources and
environment agencies). The land use levy payment declaration paper shall be
made in two copies; one shall be kept at the tax offices, one shall be returned
to the natural resources and environment agency together with the land dossier
so that the natural resources and environment agency sends them to the land
user for performance of financial obligations.
2. The declaration must be
enclosed with papers (notarized copies), evidencing one of the cases entitled
to land use levy exemption or reduction, concretely as follows:
b/ For
projects on public works for commercial purposes; projects on construction of
students’ dormitories, construction of dwelling houses for persons with merits,
construction of high-rise dormitories for industrial park workers, the written
approval of the investment projects by competent bodies is required;
d/ For
cases of persons with meritorious services to the revolution, there must
be papers relevant to the land use levy exemption, reduction regimes guided at
Point 3, Section II and Point 2 of Section III of this Part;
V. COMPETENCE TO APPROVE
LAND USE LEVY EXEMPTION, REDUCTION
1. Tax offices shall base on the
cadastral dossiers enclosed with papers proving the subjects eligible for land
use levy exemption, reduction, defined in Articles 12 and 13 of Decree No.
198/2004/ND-CP and guided in Sections II, III and IV of Part C of this Circular
to determine the payable land use levy amounts, the exempted or reduced land
use levy amounts.
The directors of the
provincial/municipal Tax Departments shall approve the land use levy exemption
or reduction in Part II (Part for certification by tax office) in the land use
levy payment declarations of domestic organizations, overseas Vietnamese.
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2. The declaration enclosed with
the tax office’s certification of land use levy payment shall be made in two
copies; one copy shall be addressed to the natural resources and environment
agency for transfer to the land use levy payer; one copy shall be kept at the
tax office.
Part D
LAND USE LEVY COLLECTION
AND PAYMENT
I.
DETERMINATION OF PAYABLE
LAND USE LEVIES
1. Within three working days as
from the date of receiving the valid dossiers, the tax offices shall base on
the cadastral dossiers and the land use levy payment declarations sent by the
natural resources and environment agencies to determine the payable land use
levy amounts and other collections (if any), payment locations (State
treasuries or collecting agencies), payment time and other relevant contents
and send them to the natural resources and environment agencies.
2. In cases where the dossiers
supplied by the natural resources and environment agencies do not provide
adequate grounds for calculation of land use levies and other payable amounts,
they must notify such in writing to the dossier-sending agencies for
supplement.
Within three working days as
from the date of receiving the complete and valid supplemented dossiers, the
tax offices shall determine the payable land use levy amounts and other
collections (if any) under the guidance at Point 1 of this Section, write the
payment receipts and carry out other procedures according to current
regulations; then return them to the natural resources and environment agencies
together with the payment receipts so that the natural resources and
environment agencies shall send them to persons who have the responsibility to
perform the financial obligations.
II. LAND
USE LEVY PAYMENT PROCEDURES
1. Within three working days as
from the date of receiving the dossiers from the tax offices, the natural
resources and environment agencies shall have to send the land use levy payment
and other payable amount declarations to organizations, households or
individuals that have to pay the land use levies and other amounts due.
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3. The collecting agencies (the
State treasury or tax office), when collecting land use levies, must make
vouchers on collection of money into the State budget according to the
provisions in Circular No. 80/2003/TT-BTC of August 13, 2003 guiding the
concentration and management of State budget revenues via State treasuries.
4. Tax offices shall coordinate
with the State treasuries of the same level in working out measures to organize
the land use levy collection convenient for payers, ensuring safety of the land
use levy amounts paid into the State budget and in accordance with the
regulations on circulation of land dossiers prescribed in Decree No.
181/2004/ND-CP; Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP and the guidance in this Circular.
III.
HANDLING EXISTING PROBLEMS IN LAND USE LEVY PAYMENT
1. For cases where the land use
levies were fully paid according to regulations before the effective date of
Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP but until now the land use right certificates are
granted, the land use levy collection shall still comply with the provisions of
legislation promulgated before the effective date of Decree No.198/2004/ND-CP.
Where land has been already
assigned while the land use levies have not yet been paid, now the land use
levies shall be paid under the provisions of Decree No.198/2004/ND-CP and the
guidance in this Circular.
2. For cases where the land use
right certificates were granted before the effective date of Decree No.
198/2004/ND-CP and the land has been used as residential land since October 15,
1993, the land use levies must be paid but have not yet fully paid and the outstanding
land use levies have been inscribed in the land use right certificates, the
land use levies shall be collected into the State budget according to the
outstanding amounts.
In cases where the outstanding
land use levies are not inscribed in the land use right certificates, the land
use levies shall be calculated and collected according to the Government’s
Decree No.38/2000/ND-CP of August 23, 2000 and the Finance Ministry’s Circular
No. 115/2000/TT-BTC of December 11, 2000. The land price for calculation of
land use levies shall be the land prices set by the provincial-level People’s
Committees at the time of granting the land use right certificates.
The collection of outstanding land
use levies prescribed at Point 2 of this Section and the application of Decree
No. 38/2000/ND-CP and Circular No. 115/2000/TT-BTC to the collection of
outstanding land use levies inscribed in the granted land use right
certificates shall be effective till December 31, 2005. As from January 1,
2006, the land use levies, if still outstanding, shall be calculated and
collected according to the provisions of Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP and the
guidance in this Circular.
3. Land use levy exemption or
reduction under the provisions of the laws on investment promotion in cases
where land was assigned and the investment preference certificates were granted
before the effective date of Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP and the tax offices have
notified the payable land use levy amounts and the land use levies have been
partly paid into the State budget, the remaining land use levy amounts shall be
paid into the State budget, without the application of the provisions of Decree
No. 198/2004/ND-CP and the guidance in this Circular, but the time for payment
of the remaining land use levy amounts shall not exceed 90 days counting from
the effective date of this Circular. If after 90 days the remaining land use
levies are not full paid, fines shall be imposed according to the provisions of
Article 18 of Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP.
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1. If land use levy payers
complain about the improper implementation of the regulations on land use levy
collection under the provisions of Article 19 of Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP,
they shall file their complaints to the tax offices which have approved the
payable land use levies; pending the settlement thereof, they shall still have
to fully pay the notified land use levy amounts on time.
2. The complaint-receiving
agencies, if finding that the complaint dossiers have been improperly made or
inadequate, shall request the complainants to supplement them or make
additional explanation, and must notify such to the complainants within 10
working days as from the date of receiving the written complaints.
3. The time, order and
procedures for settlement of complaints shall comply with law provisions on
complaints and denunciations.
4. Within 30 days as from the
expiration of the settlement time limit prescribed in Article 36 of the Law on
Complaints and Denunciations, if the complaints are not settled, or as from the
date of receiving the decisions on the first-time settlement of complaints, if
the complainants disagree therewith, they may lodge their complaints to the immediate
superior bodies of the agencies which have approved the payable land use levies
or initiate lawsuits at courts. For difficult-to-access deep-lying and/or
remote regions, the above-said time limit may be prolonged but shall not exceed
45 days.
5. The Finance Minister’s
decisions on settlement of complaints about land use levies, after obtaining
the opinions of the provincial-level People’s Committees, shall be final.
V.
IMPLEMENTATION ORGANIZATION
1. The provincial-level People’s
Committees shall have to direct the tax offices, State treasuries to coordinate
with authorities at all levels and branches in the localities in land use levy
collection strictly according to the provisions of Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP
and the guidance in this Circular; inspect and handle cases of violation or
complaints or denunciations against untruthful declaration and certification of
the land use time points, thus causing losses to the State budget or the land
use levy payers.
2. The General Department of Tax
shall have to direct the collection of land use levies strictly according to
the process of reforming the administrative procedures, receive dossiers from
the natural resources and environment agencies so as to determine and notify
the payable land use levies, other collections (if any); approve land use levy
exemption and reduction, handle problems in land use levy collection according
to the provisions in Decree No. 198/2004/ND-CP and this Circular.
3. The State Treasuries shall
have to direct the collection of land use levies strictly according to the
process of State budget collection and reach agreement with the tax offices to
organize the land use levy collection convenient for persons paying the money
into the State budget.
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This Circular replaces Circular
No. 115/2000/TT-BTC of December 11, 2000 of the Finance Ministry guiding the
implementation of the Government’s Decree No. 38/2000/ND-CP of August 23, 2000
on land use levy collection; Items a and b of Point 1, Section I, Part B of
Circular No. 20/2002/TT-BTC of February 28, 2002 of the Finance Ministry,
guiding the implementation of Decree No. 71/2001/ND-CP of October 5, 2001 of
the Government on investment preferences for construction of dwelling houses
for sale or lease. The land use levy collection upon the sale of State-owned
houses to current tenants shall comply with the provisions of Decree No. 61/CP
of July 5, 1994 of the Government and the documents guiding the implementation
thereof.
The previous regulations
contrary to this Circular are now hereby all annulled.
If problems arise in the course
of implementation of this Circular, the provincial/municipal People’s
Committees are requested to report them in time to the Finance Ministry for
study and settlement.
FOR
THE FINANCE MINISTER
VICE MINISTER
Huynh Thi Nhan