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Regulations on personal income tax are of interest to many people. Photo: Hai Nguyen
Regulations on personal income tax are of interest to many people. Photo: Hai Nguyen

Tax Department responds to recommendation to increase dependent income from 1 million to 5 million

XUYÊN ĐÔNG (báo lao động) 27/01/2026 09:05 (GMT+7)

The Tax Department has just responded to citizens' petitions to increase the income level of dependents paying personal income tax from 1 million/month to 5 million/month.

Công dân H.T.K.K phản ánh, Thông tư 111/2013/TT-BTC Hướng dẫn thực hiện một số điều của Luật Thuế thu nhập cá nhân, Luật sửa đổi, bổ sung một số điều của Luật Thuế thu nhập cá nhân và Nghị định số 65/2013/NĐ-CP ngày 27 tháng 6 năm 2013 của Chính phủ quy định chi tiết một số điều của Luật Thuế thu nhập cá nhân và Luật sửa đổi, bổ sung một số điều của Luật Thuế thu nhập cá nhân.

Article 9 of this Circular stipulates the deductions. Accordingly, citizens propose changing the phrase "not exceeding 1,000,000" to "not exceeding 5,000,000,000" to suit the circumstances of dependents.

Regarding this content, the Tax Department has the following opinions:

Based on Clauses 3, 4, 5, Article 12 of Decree No. 65/2013/ND-CP dated June 27, 2013 of the Government stipulating family circumstance deductions for resident individuals with salary, wage income, and income from business.

Based on points d, d, clause 1, Article 9 of Circular No. 111/2013/TT-BTC dated August 15, 2013 of the Ministry of Finance stipulating family deductions.

Currently, regulations on dependents without shelter and regulations on the condition that the average monthly income of dependents from all sources of income does not exceed 1,000,000 VND are stipulated in the decree and circular guiding personal income tax policies.

The Tax Department would like to inform readers to know and record their opinions to study and improve in the process of drafting legal documents on personal income tax policies.

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