The 1,000 biggest tax payers in Việt Nam in 2017 contributed more than VNĐ110 trillion (US$4.72 billion) to the State budget, increasing 8.45 per cent from the previous year, and accounting for 63 per cent of total tax contributions.—  Photo tienphong.vn

HÀ NỘI — The 1,000 biggest tax payers in Việt Nam in 2017 contributed more than VNĐ110 trillion (US$4.72 billion) to the State budget, increasing 8.45 per cent from the previous year, and accounting for 63 per cent of total tax contributions.

The information was released by Nguyễn Đại Trí, deputy general director of the General Department of Taxation under the Ministry of Finance at the ceremony to announce the list of the 1,000 biggest tax payers in the country held in Hà Nội on Friday.

Trí said this was the second year that the ranking had been announced. The list this year includes 703 firms from the rankings of 2016, and 297 new companies. 

The processing and manufacturing sector continued to top the list of biggest tax payers, accounting for 36 per cent of total tax payment among the 1,000 companies. It was followed by the finance, banking and insurance industry with 14.8 per cent; and telecommunications with 9.3 per cent.

Hà Nội and HCM City continued to take the lead in terms of the number of businesses and tax contribution in the ranking, with 36 per cent and 32.5 per cent respectively. Southern Đồng Nai and Bình Dương provinces, with high numbers of enterprises each, followed with 5.8 per cent and 4.4 per cent respectively.

The ranking this year included 117 State-owned enterprises, contributing 27.7 per cent of the total tax payment.

Notably, the private sector made up 45.8 per cent of the total number of businesses on the list with 458 firms, and contributing 34.1 per cent of the total tax payment. This demonstrates that private companies have performed their key role in the economy.

FDI companies accounted for 40.4 per cent in term of number of businesses, with 404, and contributing 36.7 per cent on the list.

Bùi Văn Nam, general director of the General Department of Taxation said the department had taken drastic measures to facilitate businesses’ operation, thus improving the economy’s competitiveness in recent years. The reduction of administrative procedures had received a positive response from the business community, society and international organisations.

Nam said corporate income tax had been an important part of the tax policy system as it accounted for a big portion of total State budget collection.  

The ranking aims to honour businesses which have striven to overcome difficulties, developing their production and contributing to the State budget.

The information of the top 1,000 biggest tax payers has also helped the Government review businesses’ operation, thus developing more effective tax policies.

Vũ Tiến Lộc, chairman of Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry said last year, there were 26,000 newly established firms. However, around 60,000 companies closed down so far this year.

This had shown that the economy faces difficulties. This was also a reason to honour businesses which had made a profit and contributed to the State budget, Lộc said.

“Việt Nam had more than 250,000 out of 600,000 businesses paying corporate income tax in 2017. The top 1,000 biggest taxpayers contributed 63 per cent of the total. This is a meaningful figure,” he added.

The top 10 biggest tax payers are Viettel Group; Honda Việt Nam; PetroVietnam Gas JSC (PV Gas), Việt Nam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk); Heineken Việt Nam Brewery Limited Company; Samsung Electronics Việt Nam; Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Việt Nam (Vietcombank); Việt Nam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank), the Bank for Investment and Development of Việt Nam (BIDV) and Siam City Cement Việt Nam Company Limited. — VNS