Chapter II
TAX BASES FOR A NUMBER OF KINDS OF INCOME OF RESIDENT INDIVIDUALS
Section l. INCOMES FROM BUSINESS ACTIVITIES AND INCOMES FROM SALARIES OR WAGES
Article 6. - Taxed incomes from business activities, salaries or wages
1. Taxed incomes from business activities, salaries or wages are determined to be equal to taxable incomes from business activities, salaries or wages specified in Articles 7 and 11 of this Decree minus (-) the following amounts:
a/ Compulsory social insurance premiums under law, including: social insurance, health insurance, professional liability insurance for some professions subject to compulsory insurance;
b/ Reduction based on family circumstances specified in Article 12 of this Decree;
c/ Contributions to charity funds, humanitarian funds and study promotion funds specified in Article 13 of this Decree.
2. Taxed incomes of individuals who earn taxable incomes from both business activities and salaries or wages will be the total of their taxable incomes from business activities plus (+) their taxable incomes from salaries or wages minus (-) the amounts specified at Points a, b and c, Clause 1 of this Article.
Article 7. - Taxable incomes from business activities
Taxable incomes from business activities are determined to be equal to turnover for calculation of taxable incomes specified in Article 8 of this Decree minus (-) reasonable expenses specified in Article 9 of this Decree.
Article 8. - Turnover for calculation of taxable incomes from business activities.
1. Turnover for calculation of taxable incomes from business activities means the total of sales, processing remuneration, commissions, goods or service provision charges generated in a tax period.
The time of determination of turnover is the time of transfer of ownership of goods or completion of services or the time of making goods sale or service provision invoices, regardless of whether such turnover has been collected or not.
2. In some cases, turnover for calculation of taxable incomes is specified as follows:
a/ Turnover of goods sold by installment payment is determined according to selling prices of goods sold by lump-sum payment exclusive of deferred payment interest;
b/ Turnover of goods or services used for exchange or donation is determined according to the selling price of the same or equivalent product, goods or service at the time of exchange or donation;
c/ Turnover from goods processing means sums of money earned from processing activities, covering remuneration, costs of fuel, power and auxiliary materials and other expenses for the goods processing;
d/ Turnover from lease of assets means rents periodically paid by lessees under lease contracts. In case lessees pay rents in advance for many years, turnover for calculation of taxable incomes may be allocated to the number of years of advance rent payment or determined according to lump-sum rent payment;
e/ Turnover for calculation of taxable incomes in other cases shall be specified by the Ministry of Finance.
Article 9. - Reasonable expenses related to the generation of taxable incomes from business activities.
1. Reasonable expenses specified in this Article must be actually paid amounts accompanied with sufficient invoices and vouchers under law.
2. Deductible reasonable expenses include:
a/ Salaries, wages, allowances, remunerations and other payments to laborers;
Salaries or wages of individuals who are heads of business households are not accounted as deductible reasonable expenses.
b/ Expenses for raw materials, materials, fuels, energy and goods actually used for the production and trading of goods or provision of services related to the generation of turnover and taxable incomes in a period, which shall be calculated according to their reasonable consumption rates and actual ex-warehousing prices determined by business households or individuals themselves that shall be held responsible before law.
c/ Expenses for depreciation, regular repair and maintenance of fixed assets used for the production and trading of goods or provision of services. The fixed asset depreciation level is determined based on the value of fixed assets and depreciation duration as specified by the Ministry of Finance;
d/ Paid interests on loans for production and business activities directly related to the generation of turnover and taxable incomes;
e/ Management expenses;
f/ Taxes, charges, fees, land rents payable under law for production, business or service activities;
g/ Other expenses related to the generation of incomes.
The Ministry of Finance shall specify other reasonable expenses which are deductible upon calculation of taxable incomes.
Article 10. - Taxable incomes and taxed incomes of business individuals who fail to strictly comply with regulations on accounting, invoices and documents.
1. For business individuals who fail to strictly comply with regulations on accounting, invoices and documents and cannot calculate turnover, expenses and taxable incomes, competent tax offices shall assess turnover and the ratio of taxable incomes in order to determine taxable incomes suitable to each production or business line.
2. Based on results of assessment of taxable incomes specified in Clause 1 of this Article, tax offices shall determine presumptive tax amounts according to the principles, order and procedures specified in Article 38 of the Law on Tax Administration.
Article 11. - Taxable incomes from salaries or wages
1. Taxable incomes from salaries or wages are determined according to Clause 2, Article 3 of this Law.
2. Time of determination of a taxable income from salary or wage is the time when an employer pays income to a taxpayer or when a taxpayer receives income.
Article 12. - Reduction based on family circumstances
Resident individuals who earn incomes from salaries or wages or business activities enjoy reduction based on family circumstances from their taxable incomes before tax calculation as follows:
1. Levels of reduction based on family circumstances:
a/ Reduction for a taxpayer himself/herself, which is VND 48 million/year;
b/ Reduction for each dependant of a taxpayer, which is VND 1.6 million/month given from the month the taxpayer's obligation to nurture the dependant arises.
2. Each dependant may be counted only once for tax reduction for a taxpayer in a tax year. In case several tax payers share a dependant they are obliged to nurture, they shall reach agreement on registration of this dependant for family circumstance-based reduction for one among them.
3. Persons to be identified as dependants of taxpayers and bases for dependant identification are as follows:
a/ Under-18 children;
b/ Disabled children who are aged 18 years or older and incapable of working;
c/ Children who are studying at universities, colleges, professional secondary schools or job-training schools and have no income or have incomes not exceeding the level specified in Clause 4 of this Article;
d/ Persons who are beyond the working age or persons who are at the working age prescribed by law but are disabled and incapable of working or have no income or have incomes not exceeding the level specified in Clause 4 of this Article, including:
- Spouses of taxpayers;
- Blood parents or parents-in-law of taxpayers;
- Other helpless individuals whom taxpayers are obliged to directly nurture.
4. The income level serving as a basis for identification of dependants to be counted for reduction based on family circumstances is an average monthly income of VND 500,000 or less in a year from all income sources.
5. Taxpayer shall themselves declare the number of their dependants evidenced by lawful papers and be held responsible before law for the accuracy of their declaration.
6. The Ministry of Finance shall specify procedures and dossiers for declaration of dependants to be counted for reduction based on family circumstances under this Article.
Article 13. - Reduction for charity or humanitarian donations
1. Resident individuals who earn incomes from business activities, salaries or wages enjoy their charity or humanitarian donations deductible from their taxable incomes, including:
a/ Donations to organizations or establishments that care for or nurture children in special plights, disabled people and helpless elderly people;
b/ Donations to charity funds, humanitarian funds or study promotion funds.
2. Organizations, establishments and funds specified at Points a and b, Clause 1 of this Article must be those licensed or recognized by competent state agencies and operating for charity, humanitarian, study promotion or non-profit purposes.
3. Charity or humanitarian donations made in a year are deductible from taxable incomes of that year and must not be carried forward for deduction from taxable incomes of the subsequent tax year.
Article 14. - Partially progressive tariff
1. The partially progressive tariff applies to taxed incomes from business activities, salaries or wages.
2. The partially progressive tariff is specified below:
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Tax grade
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Taxed income per year (VND million)
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Taxed income per month
(VND million)
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Tax rate (%)
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1
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Up to 60
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Up to 5
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5
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2
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Between over 60 and 120
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Between over 5 and 10
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10
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3
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Between over 120 and 216
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Between over 10 and 18
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15
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4
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Between over 216 and 384
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Between over 18 and 32
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20
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5
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Between over 384 and 624
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Between over 32 and 52
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25
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6
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Between over 624 and 960
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Between over 52 and 80
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30
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7
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Over 960
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Over 80
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35
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Section 2. INCOMES FROM CAPITAL TRANSFER
Article 15. - Taxed incomes from transfer of contributed capital amounts
Taxed income from the transfer of a contributed capital amount is determined to be equal to the transfer price minus (-) the buying price of the contributed capital amount and reasonable expenses related to the generation of capital transfer income.
2. Transfer price means a sum of money receivable by an individual under a capital transfer contract.
3. Buying price of a contributed capital amount is determined to be the value of that capital amount calculated at the time of contribution or at the time of purchase.
4. Reasonable expenses related to the generation of capital transfer income are actually paid expenses with lawful invoices and vouchers, including.
a/ Expenses for completion of legal procedures necessary for the transfer;
b/ Charges and fees paid by the transferor into the state budget under law;
c/ Other expenses.
Article 16. - Taxed incomes from securities transfer
1. A taxed income from a transfer of securities, including also the right to purchase stocks, is determined to be equal to the selling price minus (-) the buying price of securities and expenses related to the transfer.
2. Selling prices of securities are determined as follows:
a/ Selling prices of listed securities are prices of actual transfers at the Stock Exchange or the Securities Trading Center;
b/ Selling prices of securities of unlisted public companies, which have registered for trading at the Securities Trading Center, are prices of actual transfers at the Securities Trading Center;
c/ Selling prices of securities of units not falling into cases specified at Points a and b of this Clause are prices stated in transfer contracts or accounting books of units whose securities are transferred at the time of sale.
3. Buying prices of securities are determined as follows:
a/ Buying prices of listed securities are prices of actual purchases at the Stock Exchange or the Securities Trading Center;
b/ Buying prices of securities of unlisted public companies, which have registered for trading at the Securities Trading Center, are prices of actual purchases at the Securities Trading Center;
c/ Buying prices of securities of units not falling into cases specified at Points a and b of this Clause are prices stated in transfer contracts or accounting books of units whose securities are
transferred at the time of purchase.
4. Expenses related to the securities transfer are actually paid expenses with lawful invoices and vouchers, including:
a/ Charges for securities transfer and receipt of transferred securities;
b/ Securities depository charge;
c/ Securities trust expense;
d/ Other expenses.
Article 17. - Tax rates
1. The tax rate for incomes from transfer of contributed capital is 20% of taxed income from each transfer.
2. The tax rate for incomes from securities transfer is 20% of taxed income of a whole year and applies only to taxpayers that strictly comply with legal provisions on accounting, invoices and documents, can compute their taxed incomes under Article 16 of this Decree and have made tax registration for stable payment with tax offices since December of the previous year.
For taxpayers other than those specified above, the applicable tax rate is 0.l% of the price of each securities transfer.
Section 3. INCOMES FROM REAL ESTATE TRANSFER
Article 18. - Taxed incomes from land use rights transfer
1. Taxed income is determined to be equal to the price of a land use rights transfer minus (-) the cost price and related reasonable expenses.
2. Land use rights transfer prices are determined as follows:
a/ Transfer prices are actual prices stated in transfer contracts at the time of transfer;
b/ In case actual prices are unidentifiable or prices stated in transfer contracts are lower than land prices stipulated by provincial-level People's Committees at the time of transfer, transfer prices shall be determined according to land price brackets set by provincial-level People's Committees.
3. Land use rights transfer cost prices are determined in some specific cases as follows:
a/ For land areas allocated by the State with the collection of land use levy or land rent, land use rights transfer cost prices are based on receipts of land use levy or land rent amounts collected by the State;
b/ For land areas transferred from organizations and individuals, land use rights transfer cost prices are based on transfer contracts and lawful documents of monetary payment for receipt of land use rights or land lease right (if any);
c/ In case of land use rights auction land use rights transfer cost prices are winning bids.
4. Reasonable expenses related to the transfer of land use rights are actually paid expenses with lawful invoices and vouchers, including;
a/ Charges and fees prescribed by law and related to the grant of land use rights;
b/ Expenses for land revamp and ground leveling (if any);
c/ Other expenses directly related to the transfer of land use rights.
Article 19. - Taxed incomes from transfer of land use rights associated with construction works on land;
1. Taxed income is determined to be equal to the transfer price minus (-) the cost price and related reasonable expenses.
2. Transfer prices are specifically determined as follows:
a/ Transfer prices are actual prices stated in transfer contracts at the time of transfer;
b/ In case actual prices are unidentifiable, transfer prices are determined as follows:
- The value of transferred land is determined according to land price brackets set by provincial-level People's Committees at the time of transfer;
- The value of houses, infrastructure works and architectures attached to land is determined under the Construction Ministry's regulations on house classification; capital construction standards and norms; the actual residual value of works on land.
3. Cost prices are determined to be prices stated in transfer contracts at the time of purchase.
4. Related reasonable expenses are actually paid expenses with lawful invoices and vouchers, including.
a/ Charges and fees prescribed by law and related to the grant of land use rights;
b/ Expenses for land revamp and ground leveling;
c/ Expenses for repair or renovation of construction works on land;
d/ Other expenses directly related to the transfer.
Article 20. - Taxed incomes from transfer of the to own or use residential houses;
1. Taxed income is determined to be equal to the selling price minus (-) the buying price and related reasonable expenses.
2. Selling prices are actual transfer prices determined according to market prices and stated in transfer contracts.
3. Buying prices are determined to be those stated in purchase contracts.
4. Related expenses are actually paid expenses with lawful invoices and vouchers, including:
a/ Charges and fees prescribed by law and related to the grant of right to own houses;
b/ Expenses for house repair, renovation and upgrading;
c/ Other expenses directly related to the transfer of residential houses.
Article 21. - Taxed incomes from transfer of the right to lease land or water surface
1. Taxed income from transfer of the right to lease land or water surface is determined to be equal to the sublease rate minus (-) the lease rate and related reasonable expenses.
2. Sublease rates are determined according to actual rates stated in lease contracts.
In case sublease unit rates stated in contracts are lower than lease rates prescribed by provincial- level Peoples Committees by the time of sublease rates shall be determined according to lease rate brackets set by provincial-level People's Committees.
3. Lease rates are determined based on lease contracts.
4. Related expenses are actually paid expenses with lawful invoices and vouchers, including:
a/ Prescribed charges and fees related to the right to lease land or water surface;
b/ Expenses for land or water surface revamp;
c/ Other expenses directly related to the sublease.
Article 22. - Tax rates
1. The tax rate applicable to incomes from real estate transfer is 25% of taxed incomes.
2. In case cost prices and related expenses, which serve as a basis for determining taxed incomes, are unidentifiable, the tax rate of 2% of transfer prices applies.
Section 4. INCOMES FROM INHERITANCES OR GIFTS
Article 23. - Taxed incomes from inheritances or gifts
Taxed incomes from inheritances or gifts
1. Taxed income from inheritance or gift is the value of an inherited asset or a gift, such as real estate, another asset subject to compulsory registration of ownership or use rights, including also securities or capital holding in an economic organization or business establishment, which exceeds VND 10 million received by a taxpayer upon each time of inheritance or gift receipt.
2. The determination of taxed incomes from various inherited assets or gifts must be based on market prices of these assets at the time of income generation, specifically as follows:
a/ For securities:
- For listed securities: The determination of taxed incomes must be based on prices quoted at the Stock Exchange or the Securities Trading Center on the date of receipt of inheritances or gifts or the preceding date;
- For securities of unlisted public companies which have registered for trading at the securities Trading Center: The determination of taxed incomes must be based on prices quoted at the Securities Trading Center on the date of receipt of inheritances or gifts or the preceding date;
- For securities of companies other than those specified above: The determination of incomes must be based on securities value stated in accounting books of these companies on date of receipt of inheritances or gifts or the preceding date.
b/ For capital holdings in economic organizations or business establishments: The determination of taxed incomes must be based on the capital holding value stated in accounting books of these economic organizations or business establishments at the time of receipt of inheritances or gifts or the preceding date.
c/ For real estate:
- The value of land is determined according to land price brackets set by provincial-level Peoples Committees by the time of receipt of inheritances or gifts;
-The value of houses, infrastructure works and architectures attached to land is determined under the Construction Ministrys regulations on house classification; capital construction standards and norms; the actual residual value of works on land.
d/ For other assets: The determination of taxed incomes must be based on prices of these assets or assets of the same kind (if any) which are used for registration fee calculation.
Article 24. - Time of determination of taxed incomes
1. Time of determination of taxed incomes from inheritances is the time when taxpayers receive these inheritances under law.
2. Time of determination of taxed incomes from gifts is the time when organizations or individuals present these gifts to taxpayers or when taxpayers receive these gifts.
Article 25. - Tax rate
The tax rate applicable to incomes from inheritances or gifts is 10% of taxed incomes.
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Nghị định 100/2008/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)