Feedback of enterprises on amendment and supplementation of Circular 38 is received and solved

	No new Circular guides the Law on Import and Export Duty
	Circular 38 to be revised to fix loopholes in the Law
	Comments for draft revised Circular No. 38 frankly received

The seminar attracted many enterprises.

At the seminar, the Deputy Director General of Vietnam Customs, Mr. Vu Ngoc Anh desired the business community to closely contribute to the practical business. The Deputy Director General of Vietnam Customs, Mr. Vu Ngoc Anh said that the amendment of Circular 38/2015 / TT-BTC was due to the practical application arising many problems.

Customs declarations will be classified based on compliance criteria

On the basis of comments suggested by the Deputy Director General of Vietnam Customs, Mr. Vu Ngoc Anh, the feedback and contribution at the seminar have focused on the contents of the draft Circular. A representative of the Customs Supervision and Management Department (under the General Department of Vietnam Customs) said that based on feedback from the business community and Customs Department of the provinces and cities on the Draft Circular amending and supplementing the Circular 38/2015 / TT-BTC at 8 previous seminars, the General Department of Vietnam Customs will focus on gathering and revising comments. In particular, issues related to Customs procedures, inspections and supervision shall be received and revised as follows: The addition of Customs documents shall be submitted to the Customs office when Customs procedures are carried out; issues related to e-Customs dossiers upon the registration of Customs declarations; the application of the principle on Customs declarations so that Customs officers can control the process of goods from the time of expected import and export of the actual time of export and import.

Need a roadmap to connect and share information

At this seminar, most of the time was spent for comments of the participants. The comments appreciated the acceptance, listening, and revision of the completion of the draft Circular of Customs. Regarding the contents of the draft, a representative of Thang Long Logistics Company said that the drafting committee should consider sanctions if the taxpayer failed to pay in full the amount of fees and charges that they must pay. Because in fact, enterprises have paid Customs fees fully but the system has not yet acknowledged. Accordingly, if the enterprise is assessed not to comply with the Law, they may face many difficulties in import-export activities.

Regarding the timing of notification of the results of the classification of Customs declarations, a representative of the Risk Management Board (under the General Department of Vietnam Customs) suggested that not only should good compliance companies (including AEO enterprises and well-observed companies) be created favourable conditions in Customs classification but voluntarily compliance enterprises should be included. This will encourage businesses to comply with the Customs law and facilitate businesses.

In addition, a representative of Intel Corporation said that the draft regulated a lot of regulations related to the connection of information system between Customs and enterprises. Therefore, the General Department of Vietnam Customs should have a specific roadmap for enterprises to have the basis to upgrade the system and have time to test the system connecting to the system of Customs.

Continue to collect suggestions for completing the Amended Circular and supplement Circular 38/2015/TT-BTC VCN – In order to complete draft of Amended Circular, supplement Circular 38/2015/TT-BTC, General Department of Customs ...

The comments of enterprises and local Customs will continue to be revised to finalize the draft Circular by the drafting Committee.