The Government Inspectorate recommends handling the responsibility of the Tax Department
The Government Inspectorate recommended that the Ministry of Finance organize a review and handle the responsibility of the Tax Department after the inspection process.
On December 29, the Government Inspectorate issued a Notice of Conclusion of Inspection of works and projects with difficulties and problems invested and managed by the Tax Department.
Previously, implementing Decision No. 671/QD-TTCP of the Government Inspectorate General, from July 25, 2025 to September 7, 2025, the Inspection Team conducted an inspection at the headquarters of the Tax Department.
The Government Inspectorate has inspected and verified 5 projects: Project to upgrade technical infrastructure of electronic invoice systems to meet the implementation of the electronic invoice data reception connection portal initiated from cash registers; Project to build a document warehouse of the Hoan Kiem District Tax Department, Hanoi (old); Project to build a document warehouse of the Binh Duong Provincial Tax Department; Project to build a working headquarters of the Binh Thanh District Tax Department, Ho Chi Minh City (old); Project to build a document warehouse of the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department.
The conclusion notice said that due to the project's delay, the Project to upgrade the technical infrastructure of the electronic invoice system to meet the implementation of the electronic invoice data reception connection portal was initiated from a computer with a pre-cancel capital plan of VND 19,389,100,000.
Slow completion of payment documents, the Binh Duong Provincial Tax Department Headquarters Project had its capital plan of VND 17,834,891,000 canceled.
The capital plan is not in accordance with the implementation progress, and the capital plan is canceled in 4 projects:
The Hoan Kiem District Tax Department headquarters project cancels the capital plan of VND 43,209,374,441;
The project of the headquarters of the Binh Duong Provincial Tax Department canceled the capital plan of VND 17,834,891,000;
The project of the headquarters of the Binh Thanh District Tax Department, Ho Chi Minh City cancels the capital plan of VND 32,078,000,000;
The project to build a document warehouse of the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department canceled the capital plan of VND 38,304,233,375.
From January 1, 2025 to September 7, 2025, these projects will not be allocated capital to pay contractors.
The preparation of reports, appraisal, approval of investment policies; investment project preparation, appraisal and approval of investment projects; preparation and appraisal of bidding plans, appraisal of bidding documents, signing and implementation of contracts of 5 projects have been basically implemented by the Ministry of Finance, the General Department of Taxation (now the Tax Department) and the investor in accordance with the provisions of the law on investment.
However, there are still some specific shortcomings as follows: Determining the total investment level still has some contents that are not in accordance with the provisions of the law on investment and construction.
The Ministry of Finance issued a decision to invest slowly, which was not in accordance with the initial plan of the Ministry of Finance.
Approving the investment project before deciding to allocate investment capital. The project implementation period is not in accordance with the capital allocation plan.
The work of preparing the general budget; the work of preparing, appraising and approving the contractor selection plan; the work of preparing the bidding documents to evaluate the bidding documents; signing contracts and contract implementation still have some errors.
The Government Inspectorate recommends that the Tax Department, according to its functions, tasks and authority, urgently rectify, overcome, and immediately handle the shortcomings, limitations and handle the economy of VND 6,531,694,248 stated in the Inspection Conclusion, Appendix to the Inspection Conclusion.
From the above inspection and examination results, the Government Inspectorate requested the Ministry of Finance to report to the Government and the Prime Minister on the difficulties and problems in the 5 inspected projects to arrange capital to complete the projects, avoiding outstanding debts in accordance with legal regulations.
At the same time, the Government Inspectorate recommended that the Ministry of Finance organize a review and handle the responsibilities of the Tax Department, relevant units, collectives and individuals stated in the Inspection Conclusion, Appendix attached to the Inspection Conclusion.
From July 1, 2025, the tax authority system nationwide will be reorganized into 34 Provincial and Municipal Taxes and 350 Grassroots Taxes. Previously, at the central level, the General Department model was changed to the Tax Department under the Ministry of Finance to streamline the apparatus and improve operational efficiency in the tax sector.
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