More admin procedures integrated into national public service portal

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) reported on August 18 that it has completed the integration of additional 27 administrative procedures into the national public service portal, lifting the total number of online public services provided through the portal to 120.
More admin procedures integrated into national public service portal ảnh 1More admin procedures integrated into the national public service portal (Illustrative image  - Photo: VNA) 

Hanoi (VNA) - TheGeneral Department of Taxation (GDT) reported on August 18 that it hascompleted the integration of additional 27 administrative procedures into the national public serviceportal, lifting the total number of online public services providedthrough the portal to 120.

Asa result, the tax sector has exceeded the target set by the Government and theMinistry of Finance, reaching nearly 130 percent of the plan for 2020, it said.

According to GDT, via the portal, submissions of more than 14 million taxpayershave been sent to tax agencies for handling since May 2020.

The 1,000th public service on the portal, which is expected to be launched onAugust 19 on the portal, will be the service of declaration and payment ofregistration fee and submission of automobile and motorbike registrationdeclarations, it said.

To achieve the above-mentioned results, the tax sector has made constantefforts in renovating and upgrading the information technology system,integrating the tax management system into the national public serviceportal.

The sector plans to continue upgrading andintegrating all tax administrative procedures into the portal, thus making iteasier for people and businesses in fulfilling their tax obligations to theState budget.

In order to promote administrative reform and create more favourable conditionsfor businesses and people, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued Decision No.411/QD-TTg dated March 24, 2020 approving the list of integrated publicservices available on the national public service portal in 2020./.
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