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In the program-Democratic ministers answer questions on 23/6, Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung Resolved issues related to revenue, tax reduction roadmap for business and public stabilization fund gasoline prices.

Government report shows total net revenue for the state budget five months reached 299,000 billion, 36.6% less than the estimate - making numbers for Parliament as well as people interested in economic tissue concerns. Meanwhile, pressure is still money that the government must do more difficult now because interest rates, taxes and input costs. Ministers will solve this problem how?

Minister Dinh Tien Dung: Last time, slowdown of the world economy greatly affected the economy of Vietnam. However, right from the beginning of the year, implementation of the Resolution of the National Assembly, the Government, the Prime Minister, the levels and sectors of the national executive had focused fiercely. Therefore, the major objective of curbing inflation, stabilizing macro-economy, ensuring social security, we still achieved.

However, due to the difficult economic budget balance in fiscal 2013 and are having difficulties. Specifically, in 5 months, we have only reached 299.000 billion, with estimates of 36.6%, up 0.7% compared to the same period in 2012. To overcome this difficulty, the whole financial sector is trying to implement a series of measures to focus, striving for the best performance, highest efficiency in the 2013 state budget.

We focus on the following three groups of solutions. First, along with the industry level, we implement the Resolution 01, Resolution 02 of the Government and has been 3 tax laws through Congress, including value-added tax increase, income tax and business personal income tax. 3 With this tax law has reduced revenue in 2013 was 7.000 billion and in 2014 was 36.000 billion. This number is not obtained immediate budget and actually, this is the amount of capital to reinvest business, production development, creating economic development incentives, will also increase revenues for the budget future.

The second group focused solutions enhance revenue management, reduce losses and tax arrears handling, anti-transfer pricing behavior, smuggling and strengthening sanctions enforcement of tax collection to ensure accurate and full and timely.

Third Sector is focused on implementing practical solutions to save in 2013. Specifically, the front will save an additional 10% regular fee, in addition to salary, in addition to the human cost of the remaining months, and save an additional 20% of the cost of electricity, water and an additional 30% savings estimates funding was allocated in 2013 for activities such as festivals, receptions, business trips abroad.

Businesses are expecting revenues to tax policies of the government people power. Can the Minister said the tax policy in the future will be made as to how to revive the vitality of the business?

Minister Dinh Tien Dung: Recently Congress passed the Law on Enterprise Income Tax, Value Added Tax Law. Accordingly, the general tax rate reduction of corporate income tax from 25% to 22% from 01/01/2014. This is the lowest rate in the region. At the same time clearly defined roadmap tax rate of 20% from the date of 01.01.2016, to help businesses proactively plan their business.