Restaurants and eateries avoid issuing invoices, National Assembly deputies worry about losing tax revenue

 

Delegate Nguyen Dai Thang, Hung Yen Provincial National Assembly Delegation, questioned the Minister of Finance that selling goods without invoices is still common, especially at restaurants, hotels, and commercial centers with The reason why buyers don't ask...

Sales without invoices are still common at restaurants and hotels, causing the risk of tax loss.

According to the National Assembly delegate of Hung Yen province, this reality not only causes the State to lose tax revenue, but also creates conditions for poor quality goods to reach consumers and unintentionally aids tax evasion businesses.

Therefore, we request the Minister of Finance to come up with solutions in the near future to prevent the above situation. 

On the afternoon of November 6, responding to the content of electronic invoice issuance, Minister Ho Duc Phoc said that the Ministry of Finance has directed businesses and business households to issue electronic invoices starting from November 1. July 2022; Up to now, the implementation of electronic invoices has been deployed nationwide.

For households operating cafeterias, restaurants, hotels, supermarkets, and gas stations, the Ministry of Finance requires electronic invoices to be issued through the construction of connection technology between the units' cash registers. This is with tax authority data for control. To date, over 50% of restaurants and supermarkets have deployed electronic invoices created from cash registers.

As for gasoline stations, the Ministry of Finance also requires the application of electronic invoices at all gasoline retail stores. Currently, 100% of petrol stations of Vietnam Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) have data connection with tax authorities. 

In addition, the Ministry of Finance connects tax data with the population database managed by the Ministry of Public Security, taking population data to identify tax codes.

Regarding this issue, in the report just sent to the Government, the Ministry of Industry and Trade also proposed to add regulations on the roadmap for implementing electronic invoices in the draft amendments to Decree 95 and Decree 83 on business. Petroleum.

Accordingly, for gasoline retail stores in delta and urban areas, the implementation time is 1 year from the effective date of amended Decree 95; For gasoline retail stores in mountainous areas, the implementation time will be 2 years from the effective date of this Decree.

Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc responded to delegate Nguyen Dai Thang about issuing invoices.

"Last year, the state budget increased revenue partly from this revenue. We focused on managing electronic invoices through AI (artificial intelligence) analyzing big data to detect tax evasion acts. , ensuring better budget revenue," Mr. Phoc informed.

In addition, the Ministry of Finance also implemented solutions to encourage people to get invoices through the "Lucky Bill" program and strictly implemented non-cash payments according to regulations between the Ministry of Finance and the Bank. Vietnamese State, avoid loss of revenue.

Regarding the implementation of electronic invoices nationwide, information from the General Department of Taxation shows that cumulatively by October 31, 2023, the number of electronic invoices received and processed by tax authorities is more than 5.6 billion invoices, of which, there are more than 1.62 billion invoices with code and more than 3.98 billion invoices without code.

"Regarding the implementation of electronic invoices created from cash registers, as of the end of October 2023, there were 35,565 businesses and individuals registered to use electronic invoices with tax authority codes created from cash register with more than 51.6 million invoices," the General Department of Taxation said.

In addition, the whole industry also organizes lucky invoice selection organizations. To date, 62/63 tax departments have selected lucky invoices for the first quarter of 2023 and 59/63 tax departments have selected lucky invoices for the second quarter of 2023. From January 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023, the tax industry has organized and awarded 2,888 awards with a total amount of 7.7 billion VND.

Continuing to deploy the database analysis and electronic invoice management system in the coming time, the General Department of Taxation said that it is comparing the difference between invoice data and value-added tax declarations periodically. Monthly and quarterly tax declaration to detect taxpayers at risk of invoices.

Along with that, based on the results of the "Invoice usage warning list" according to the K coefficient given in the electronic invoice application, the General Department of Taxation requested to conduct a review of high-risk taxpayers; At the same time, coordinate with tax departments to provide a list of risk warnings to serve the control of electronic invoices and prevent the issue of false invoices.

At the same time, handling cases of violation of laws on invoices and documents in particular and taxes in general contributes to enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of tax administration as well as creating a healthy and equal business environment for the community. businesses and taxpayers.