EY Vietnam Tax Update - November 2020

EY Vietnam Bản Tin Cập Nhật Thuế- Tháng 11 Năm 2020

EY Vietnam

November 2020 Tax Update highlights the following key points: 1) Decree providing guidance on the Law on Tax Administration, 2) New Decree on e-invoice and e-document, 3) The tax treatment of depreciation for fixed assets which were temporarily unused due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.


Decree 126/2020/ND-CP dated 19 October 2020 of the Government provides guidance on the Law on Tax Administration (Decree 126) 

On 19 October 2020, the Government issued Decree 126 to abolish Decree 83/2013/ND-CP 
(Decree 83) and some of its amendments.  Decree 126 introduces some key changes, as follows: 

 

 

Decree 83 

New Decree 126 

1. 

Tax declaration and payment 

Place of tax 
declaration 

Dependent accounting units 
must declare and pay CIT to the 

tax managing office of their 
head office.  With respect to 

production units, taxpayers must 
apportion and pay CIT to the tax 

authorities managing the 
production units 

Dependent accounting units 
which are entitled to CIT 

incentives must declare and pay 
tax to their tax managing offices. 

Other dependent accounting 

units must declare and pay CIT to 
the tax managing office of their 

head office.  A separate 
Statement of CIT computation 

for each dependent accounting 
unit will need to be submitted to 

the tax managing office of the 
head office. 

Provisional CIT 
payment 

The total provisional CIT 
payments in a fiscal year (4 

quarters) must not be lower than 
80% of the total CIT liability of 

the year. 

This rule may still be applicable 
for fiscal year 2020. 

The total provisional CIT 
payments of the first 3 quarters 

of a fiscal year must not be lower 
than 75% of the total CIT liability 

of the year. 

Decree 126 shall take effect from 
5 December 2020; therefore, this 

rule may not be applicable for 
fiscal year 2020. 

Incremental 
amendment to 

value added tax 
(VAT) amount 

eligible for refund 

There is not any clear guidance 
under Decree 83 and its 

amendments. 

Taxpayers will only be allowed to 
make an incremental amendment 

to increase the VAT amount 
eligible for refund if they have 

not filed a VAT return for the 
next tax period nor a VAT refund 

application. 

VAT and personal 
income tax (PIT) 

declaration 

Taxpayers who qualify for the 
quarterly VAT filing method and 

want to file their VAT returns on 
a monthly basis need to notify 

the tax authorities of their 
selection of the monthly VAT 

filing method. 

The monthly declaration is the 
default method for VAT and PIT, 

unless a taxpayer who qualifies 
for the quarterly VAT filing 

method submits an application to 
apply for the quarterly VAT filing 

method. 

       

 

 


 

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