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Customs signs agreement with banks for e-tax payment

The General Department of Customs (GDC) has signed a cooperation agreement with six commercial banks to implement a 24/7 e-tax payment scheme.
Customs signs agreement with banks for e-tax payment ảnh 1The General Department of Customs and LienVietPostBank signed cooperation agreement to implement a 24/7 e-tax payment scheme. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - TheGeneral Department of Customs (GDC) has signed a cooperation agreement with sixcommercial banks to implement a 24/7 e-tax payment scheme.

The five local banks areSacombank, VPBank, HDBank, LienvietpostBank, SCB and the foreign bank is MizuhoBank Ltd. The e-tax payment through the six banks will be implemented fromDecember 15.

Speaking at the signing ceremony,GDC’s Deputy General Director Nguyen Duong Thai said the customs sector wasrequired to upgrade its e-payment portal for the purpose of administrativereform.

The e-tax payment wouldfacilitate tax payment anywhere, anytime, reduce time and ensure immediategoods clearance. The customs authority will directly support enterprises tomake payment documents from the original data and minimise errors in moneytransfer procedures.

This could help shorten time tocomplete customs procedures for import-export activities to the average levelof ASEAN-4 countries following the Government’s instructions.

Enterprises can access thewebsite https://epayment.customs.gov.vn/epaymentportal/login topay tax.

Firms only need certificateauthority (CA) to transfer money and authorise banks to pay taxes through theiraccounts without fees.

Banks participating in e-taxpayment are required to upgrade their e-payment portal.

Previously, the e-tax paymentagreement was signed with five banks - Vietcombank, VietinBank, BIDV, MB andTechcombank - on October 23.

So far, about 1,500 successfultransactions have been processed through the website with a tax payment of 200billion VND (8.8 million USD).-VNA
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