THE MINISTRY OF
FINANCE
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 215/2016/TT-BTC
Hanoi, November 10, 2016
CIRCULAR
ON AMOUNTS, COLLECTION, PAYMENT, MANAGEMENT AND USE OF FEES FOR
PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT ENTERPRISES, CHARGES FOR ENTERPRISE
REGISTRATION
Pursuant to the Law on fees and charges dated November 25, 2015;
Pursuant to the Law on State budget dated June 25, 2015;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 120/2016/ND-CP dated August 23, 2016 on guidelines
for the Law on fees and charges;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 215/2013/ND-CP dated December 23, 2013 defining the
functions, tasks, entitlements and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance;
At the request of the Director of the Tax Policy Department,
The Minister of Finance promulgates a Circular on amounts, collection, payment, management and
use of fees for providing information about enterprises, charges for enterprise registration.
Article 1. Scope and regulated entities
1. This Circular deals with amounts, collection, payment, management and use of fees for providing
information about enterprises, charges for enterprise registration.
2. This Circular applies to payers and collecting authorities of fees for providing information about
enterprises, charges for enterprise registration and other entities in connection with collection,
payment, management, and used of fees for providing information about enterprises, charges for
enterprise registration.
Article 2. Payers
1. Any entity applying for enterprise registration under Vietnamese law must pay an amount of
charge for enterprise registration.
2. Any entity using services related to providing information about enterprise must pay an amount
of fee for providing information about enterprises.
Article 3. Collecting authorities
1. Enterprise Registration Support Center affiliated to the Department of Business Registration
Management of the Ministry of Planning and Investment shall be the collecting authority of fees for
providing information about enterprises.
2. Services of Planning and Investment of provinces and central-affiliated cities shall be the
collecting authorities of charges for enterprise registration and fees for providing information about
enterprises in the provinces.
3. Investment registries shall be collecting authorities of charges for enterprise registration with
respect to foreign investors, foreign-invested business entities in case of registration of investment
or enterprises through single-window system.
Article 4. Amount
Amounts of fees for providing information about enterprises, charges for enterprise registration
shall be specified in the Schedule of fees and charges issued herewith.
Article 5. Entities eligible for fee/charge exemption
1. Enterprises making amendments due to a change of administrative division.
2. Enterprises registering for dissolution or business suspension; enterprises applying for shutdown
of branches, representative offices, business location.
3. Enterprises applying for enterprise registration electronically.
4. Regulatory agencies applying for providing information serving state management purposes.
Article 6. Statement and payment
1. No later than every 5th, the collecting entity shall deposit the amount of fees collected last month
to the account of fees pending payment to State budget opened at a State Treasury.
2. The collecting authority shall make monthly and annual statements and pay fees/charges as
prescribed in Clause 3 Article 19 and Clause 2 Article 26 of Circular No. 156/2013/TT-BTC dated
November 6, 2013 of the Minister of Finance on guidelines for the Law on Tax administration; Law
on amendments to the Law on Tax administration and the Decree No. 83/2013/ND-CP dated July
22, 2013 of the Government.
Article 7. Management
1. Enterprise Registration Support Center is entitled to keep 85% of collected amount of fees for
providing information about enterprises to cover expenditures prescribed in Article 5 of the
Government's Decree No. 120/2016/ND-CP dated August 23, 2016. 15% of fees collected shall be
paid to State budget according to the applicable State budget entries.
2. Regarding collecting authority being Service of Planning and Investment:
a) The collecting authority shall transfer 70% of collected amount of fees for providing information
about enterprises to the account of Enterprise Registration Support Center. The transfer shall be
made monthly. 30% of fees collected shall be paid to State budget according to the applicable State
budget entries. Expenses associated with assessment and collection of fees shall be covered as
specified in the collecting agency’s estimates according to regime and limits of State budget
expenditures in accordance with regulations of law.
b) The collecting authority shall transfer 70% of collected amount of fees for providing information
about enterprises to the account of Enterprise Registration Support Center as prescribed in Clause 1
Article 4 of the Government's Decree No. 120/2016/ND-CP dated August 23, 2016. The transfer
shall be made monthly. 30% of the amount of fees collected to cover expenses prescribed in Article
5 of the Government's Decree No. 120/2016/ND-CP dated August 23, 2016.
c) If the amount of fees for providing information about enterprises transferred by Services of
Planning and Investment to Enterprise Registration Support Center prescribed in Point a and b
Clause 2 of this Article is considered 100%, it shall be allocated as follows: Enterprise Registration
Support Center is entitled to keep 85% of such amount to cover expenditures prescribed in Article 5
of the Government's Decree No. 120/2016/ND-CP dated August 23, 2016. 15% of such amount
shall be paid to State budget according to the applicable State budget entries.
3. The collecting authorities of charges shall pay 100% of charges collected to State budget
according to the applicable State budget entries. Expenses associated with assessment and
collection of charges shall be covered as specified in the collecting agency’s estimates according to
regime and limits of State budget expenditures in accordance with regulations of law.
Article 8. Implementation
1. This Circular comes into force from January 1, 2017, replaces Circular No. 176/2012/TT-BTC
dated October 23, 2012 of the Minister of Finance on collection, payment, management and use of
enterprise registration, household business registration and fees for providing information about
enterprises and Circular No. 106/2013/TT-BTC dated August 9, 2013 on amendments to Circular
No. 176/2012/TT-BTC dated October 23, 2012 of the Minister of Finance.
2. If other contents in connection with collection, payment, management, and use of fees, receipt
documents and fee collection regime are not guided in this Circular, they shall apply responsive
guidelines in the Law on fees and charges, Decree No. 120/2016/ND-CP dated August 23, 2016 on
guidelines for the Law on fees and charges; Circular No. 156/2013/TT-BTC dated November 6,
2013 of the Minister of; and Circular of the Minister of Finance on printing, issuance, management
and use of documents of collection of fees and charges payable to State budget and their amending
documents (if any).
3. Difficulties that arise during the implementation must be reported to the Ministry of Finance for
consideration./.
PP. MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER
Vu Thi Mai
SCHEDULE OF FEES/CHARGES FOR ENTERPRISE REGISTRATION
(Issued together with Circular No. 215/2016/TT-BTC dated November 10, 2016 of the Ministry of
Finance)
No.
Description
Unit
Amount
1
Charges for enterprise registration
a
registration of enterprise establishment,
amendments to enterprise registration, reissuance
of enterprise registration certificate
VND per
registration
200.000
b
New issuance, reissuance, amendments to
certificate of registration for branches,
representative offices, business location of
enterprise
VND per
application
100.000
2
Fees for providing information about
enterprises
a
Providing information about enterprise registration
certificate; certificate of branches, representative
offices, business location
VND per
certificate
20.000
b
Providing information in enterprise registration
dossier; providing financial statements of business
entities
VND per
dossier/statement
40.000
c
Providing consolidated report on enterprise
VND per report
150.000
d
Declaration of contents of enterprise registration
VND per
declaration
300.000
dd
Providing enterprise’s information according to
registered accounts at least 125 documents per
month
VND per month
5.000.000
* Notes:
- Providing consolidated report on enterprise registration, including: Consolidated report on
founders and managers in 03 years; consolidated report on enterprise history in 03 years;
consolidated report on latest information about enterprise registration; statistics on enterprise list;
consolidated report on financial situation in 03 years; list of 100 enterprises upon request; other
information being formulated according to extracting and collecting data from National database of
business registration.
- Providing enterprise information according to registered accounts: Enterprise information shall be
provided for an account which has been registered with Enterprise Registration Support Center
affiliated to the Department of Business Registration Management to satisfy the need of learning,
using and collecting enterprise registration information in large numbers and in a long time./.
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