State agencies of Ho Chi Minh City talked face to face withrepresentatives of locally-based foreign invested companies on June 19with a view to address obstacles relating to new tax and customsregulations.
A recent survey conducted by the HepzaBusiness Association show that the business community supports theapplication of e-customs which has brought about practical benefits,including shortened time for customs procedure and goods clearance.
Association Chairman Nguyen Van Be said however, companies stillreported difficulties when working directly with customs officers. Whilethe most time-consuming steps are verifying dossiers and consideringthe rate of goods to be checked, certain difficulties still exist due tolax coordination among customs sub-departments.
Dinh Ngoc Thang, Deputy Director of the municipal Customs Department,explained some new customs regulations and said businesses shouldactively update related policy changes in order to save procedurehandling time.
Nguyen Duc Khanh, an officer of thedepartment, said errors in e-customs systems are inevitable during thetransition from the old system to the new one.
The sector will use old methods in case the new system encounters errors so as to ensure goods clearance, he added.
Regarding tax reform, Deputy Director of the municipal TaxationDepartment Tran Thi Le Nga said her sector plans to continue reducingthe required time to deal with tax procedures by 45 hours by the end ofthis year, compared to 2014.
She noted the Taxation Department will also increase dialogues with businesses to timely tackle hindrances facing them.
The dialogue on June 19 was held by the HCM City Investment and TradePromotion Centre, the Taxation and Customs Departments, and the HCM CityExport Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (Hepza).-VNA
A recent survey conducted by the HepzaBusiness Association show that the business community supports theapplication of e-customs which has brought about practical benefits,including shortened time for customs procedure and goods clearance.
Association Chairman Nguyen Van Be said however, companies stillreported difficulties when working directly with customs officers. Whilethe most time-consuming steps are verifying dossiers and consideringthe rate of goods to be checked, certain difficulties still exist due tolax coordination among customs sub-departments.
Dinh Ngoc Thang, Deputy Director of the municipal Customs Department,explained some new customs regulations and said businesses shouldactively update related policy changes in order to save procedurehandling time.
Nguyen Duc Khanh, an officer of thedepartment, said errors in e-customs systems are inevitable during thetransition from the old system to the new one.
The sector will use old methods in case the new system encounters errors so as to ensure goods clearance, he added.
Regarding tax reform, Deputy Director of the municipal TaxationDepartment Tran Thi Le Nga said her sector plans to continue reducingthe required time to deal with tax procedures by 45 hours by the end ofthis year, compared to 2014.
She noted the Taxation Department will also increase dialogues with businesses to timely tackle hindrances facing them.
The dialogue on June 19 was held by the HCM City Investment and TradePromotion Centre, the Taxation and Customs Departments, and the HCM CityExport Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (Hepza).-VNA
