A taxpayer uses the eTax Mobile application. (Photo: thoibaotaichinhvietnam.vn)As of June 22, the banks, including BIDV, VCB, SCB, ACB, HDBank and TPBank,made 29,000 transactions worth more than 190 billion VND for their customerswith tax authorities via the eTax Mobile application.
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) said it is continuing to carry outauthentication with a number of other banks to accelerate the deployment ofeTax Mobile, contributing to creating favourable conditions for taxpayers andimplementing a project for developing non-cash payments in 2021-25 and anational digital transformation programme to 2025 in Vietnam.
The eTax Mobile application is a service channel in the integrated platform ofthe tax industry that provides electronic tax services to taxpayers that areindividuals and business households to ensure safety and security.
Pham Quang Toan, director of the GDT’s Information Technology Department, saidthe application brings many benefits to taxpayers, so the application will beexpanded with more services, forming an ecosystem of smart tax services.
Instead of previously obtaining information about tax obligations throughface-to-face contacts, phone calls, emailing the tax authorities, or looking uppublic information on the GDT’s website, the taxpayers now can actively searchfor information quickly through the eTax Mobile application with aninternet-connected device such as mobile phone or tablet.
The country’s tax agency said the eTax Mobile application is built in a moderndirection, associated with the general trend of smart mobile applications,compatible on both iOS and Android platforms, easy to use and meets the actualneeds of taxpayers when it integrates with a variety of utilities.
Toàn said to facilitate taxpayers to contribute to implementing theGovernment's direction on non-cash payments, the GDT will continue to connectwith all banks so that all individuals and taxpayers can pay taxeselectronically on the eTax Mobile application.
Many tax departments across the country have so far supported taxpayers to usethe eTax Mobile application.
Industry insiders said electronic devices have entered most people's lives. Inthe implementation of electronic tax, there are still a number of businesshouseholds and non-agricultural taxpayers who are not good at using advanceddevices. However, this is only a temporary difficulty and does not affect theimplementation when the tax sector is still focusing on providing informationand guiding people to use applications, especially utilities in tax payment andsearch, helping people pay tax more actively and easily./.
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