Check 4 relevant Customs Departments

On the afternoon of April 25, the General Department of Customs held an information conference on the topic: “The management of the import of cars as gifts” after Tien Phong newspaper published a series of articles reflecting irregularities around the world. around this form.

The General Department of Customs said: According to the tax law, for cars imported as gifts, customs declarants must pay all taxes: import tax, excise tax, and tax. Value-added tax before the goods are cleared, for gift cars, extra income tax must be paid at the domestic tax office.

For car imported cars In the form of gifts and presents mentioned by the mass media recently, the customs authority said that it had carried out the procedures in accordance with current regulations and collected all taxes as prescribed. At the same time, the customs authority shall send relevant documents to the domestic tax authority for the collection of extraordinary income tax.

From the point of view of the General Department of Customs, if violations are detected in the granting of import permits and carrying out customs procedures for cars imported as gifts, they will be strictly handled without cover.

For information such as an address where many businesses receive cars as gifts, or cars after customs clearance have been brought to a store for sale, the General Department of Customs said: The customs authority shall issue the license. license on the basis of valid documents as prescribed in Circular 143/2015/TT-BTC submitted by the gift recipient (including the business registration certificate).

Accordingly, the fact that an address has many operating businesses (granted a business registration certificate) is in accordance with the law on business management. In case these are “ghost” addresses used to make false declarations, the customs authority will coordinate with the relevant authorities to consider and handle them according to regulations.

According to the provisions of subsection 3 of the Civil Code (regulations on the right to dispose), the right of disposition is the right to transfer property ownership, to renounce ownership, to consume or to destroy; The owner has the right to sell, exchange, give, lend, give up ownership, consume…

The Ministry of Finance has directed the customs authority to review the documents at the stage of granting the import license, specifically: there must be documents to prove the relationship (for import-export relations, there must be declarations and payment documents. If you have any doubts about the relationship between the donor and the donor, the relationship between the donor and the donor must have a contract, email exchange, etc.), in case of doubt about the relationship between the donor and the donor, report it to the General Department of Customs for verification. information.

For enterprises that regularly import as gifts in recent years, verification must be carried out; Organize the establishment of inspection and inspection teams at 04 Customs Departments of provinces and cities with a large number of cars imported as gifts in the past time.

Regarding the issues mentioned above, the Deputy Prime Minister has directed in Document No. 3209/VPCP-KTTH dated May 24, 2022, assigning the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Public Security according to the functions, tasks and competence specified. assigned to assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant agencies in, expeditiously inspecting and verifying the information mentioned by the pioneer newspaper. In case of detecting violations, they will be strictly handled according to the provisions of law.

The Minister of Finance has directed to request the General Department of Customs to urgently direct the organization to inspect and examine the contents reflected in the article, and strictly handle it according to the provisions of law if any violations are detected. report the results to the Ministry of Finance before June 2, 2022.

L.B

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