Director General of the General Department of Taxation, Bui Van Nam, has signed a directive instructing the directors of provincial and city tax departments to implement comprehensive, timely, and effective measures to prevent and combat the printing, issuance, and sale of illegal invoices.
The Director General of the General Department of Taxation has requested that all tax departments urgently establish steering committees and specialized teams (for those that have not yet established them) to decisively direct tax offices and branches to focus resources on preventing and combating the printing, issuance, and sale of illegal invoices.
Tax authorities strictly adhere to reporting requirements, including: progress and results of inspections of high-risk businesses regarding invoices; and proposals and reports on criteria for identifying high-risk businesses regarding invoices currently in use within their tax jurisdiction.
Tax authorities must also report on new behaviors and tactics used by businesses violating invoice regulations, and outline the preventative measures they have implemented. In addition, tax authorities should report on difficulties and obstacles encountered and make recommendations.
Previously, in addition to strictly adhering to tax laws and regulations, many tax departments implemented effective, innovative, and creative solutions to prevent illegal invoice trading. Many tax departments conducted checks on invalid invoices; warned businesses showing signs of tax and invoice violations on the tax authority's website; and assessed the risks of businesses suspected of violations to control invoice usage.
Many tax departments have proactively innovated inspection methods and implemented pilot projects using electronic invoices with authentication codes from the tax authority, in accordance with Decision No. 1209.
In particular, most tax authorities have strengthened close coordination with specialized inspection and auditing agencies, the Government Inspectorate, the State Audit Office, the Police, etc., in detecting, preventing, and promptly handling acts of fraud and tax evasion, especially the buying, selling, and use of illegal invoices.
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