That is one of the solutions that the Government will implement to improve the business environment and enhance competitiveness, reported by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at the 8th session of the 13th National Assembly.
The Prime Minister said that in the past time, the investment and business environment in our country is still limited, improving slowly, affecting investment attraction, production and business efficiency and competitiveness.
According to the Report of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Vietnam's competitiveness index in 2013 ranked 70th out of 148 economies, up 5 places compared to 2012. Report on the business environment in 2013 by the World Bank (WB) ranked Vietnam at 99/185 countries and territories, down 1 place compared to 2012.
In order to improve the business environment and enhance competitiveness, the Government issued a Resolution and directed the drastic and synchronous implementation of many solutions, especially reforming administrative procedures in the fields of taxation. , customs, social insurance, construction permit, land, access to electricity, establishment, dissolution of enterprises, investment procedures...
The Government has issued and amended and supplemented many legal documents to promote reform, simplify tax administrative procedures and remove difficulties for businesses. Right in 2014, the number of businesses making electronic tax declarations increased from 65% to 95%; Tax payment time of enterprises has been reduced by 290 hours, from 537 hours/year to 247 hours/year. When the National Assembly passes the Law amending a number of articles of the Tax Law taking effect from January 1, 2015, it will reduce an additional 80 hours, from 247 hours/year to 167 hours/year (lower than the average rate). 171 hours/year of ASEAN-6).
Reviewed, simplified procedures and officially implemented the National Single Window at international seaports, striving to reduce the average time of goods clearance from 21 days to 14 days by 2015. For export, 13 days for import. According to a report of the Ministry of Finance, the application of the National Single Window Customs Mechanism alone can reduce 10-20% of costs and 30% of customs clearance time for import and export goods for enterprises.
The Prime Minister affirmed that in the coming time, the Government will continue to direct the improvement of the business environment and enhance competitiveness, focusing on the following main tasks and solutions:
(1) Continue to perfect the market economy institution and actively promote international integration.
(2) Effectively implementing strategic breakthroughs, promoting economic restructuring associated with model transformation
growth, improving productivity, efficiency and competitiveness of products, businesses and the economy.
(3) Synchronous and smooth operation of all types of markets, especially the commodity, labor, financial, and financial markets.
real estate, science and technology.
(4) Focusing on directing and accelerating the reform of administrative procedures and upholding the responsibility of officials to perform official duties
civil servants. Continue to drastically reduce time and costs in carrying out administrative procedures on: Tax, customs
agencies, social insurance, land, construction, establishment, dissolution of enterprises, investment procedures, access to
electricity, technological innovation, protection of intellectual property, registration of product quality standards... Guarantee
transparency. The government considers this a regular central task in managing
onion.
Striving for 2015, our country's business environment indicators will reach and exceed the average level of ASEAN-6 countries. In which, the tax payment time is shortened to 121.5 hours/year, the number of enterprises declaring tax electronically reaches over 95%. Continue to drastically reduce the time for customs clearance of import and export goods on par with ASEAN-6 countries, ensuring that Vietnam's Customs meets modern customs standards. Social insurance payment time remaining 49.5 hours/year; the time to carry out procedures for business establishment remains at most 6 days; electricity access time is 18 days left. When the Enterprise Law (amended) is passed, the time to carry out the bankruptcy procedure will be reduced from the current 60 months to a maximum of 30 months.
Phuong Diem
source: General Department of Customs
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