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Foreigners to pay income tax for bond and short-term saving interests

VGP – Foreign enterprises or individuals who operate their businesses in Việt Nam and earn some sorts of incomes must pay income tax for interests from their bonds and short-term saving certificates.

May 07, 2010 4:18 PM GMT+7

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The regulation was stated in recently-issued Circular 64/2010/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance, which aims at modifying and complementing to the previous circular issued in 2008.

The new document defines two kinds of income earned by foreign entities in Việt Nam – interests from bonds and from saving certificates - as those imposed with corporate revenue tax.

For the transfer of stocks, bonds, and short-term saving certificates, the income tax will be calculated based on the total sale at the moment of transfer. Meanwhile, in the 2008 circular, the income tax for bond interests was based on the total sale at the time of receiving interests.

The Circular will come into force within 45 days from the signing date.

By Trinh Nguyen