MoF rejects Uber’s complaints about tax arrears of nearly US$3 million
December 10, 2017 | 06:15 AM GMT+7
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has rejected the Netherlands-based Uber International Holding BV’s complaints about the decision to collect VND67 billion (nearly US$3 million) in tax arrears in a statement sent to the US-ASEAN Business Council.
Uber and Grab are named in the 2018 tax audit list. Photo: Quynh Trang
Following a request by the US-ASEAN Business Council, the Ministry held a meeting with representatives from the Council and Uber on to discuss the extra tax collection and how the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement between Vietnam and the Netherlands can be applied in the case.
After inspecting the tax payments of Uber Vietnam, the HCM City Department of Taxation verified that the taxi firm has generated income in Vietnam from its ride-hailing services on a network of local partner drivers.
It matches drivers of private vehicles to those seeking taxi rides, makes decisions on rates and promotional offers and receives payments of fares from the passengers.
Uber earned revenues through transportation services provided by its partner drivers, counted as permanent establishments, in Vietnam for a period of six to twelve consecutive months.
Therefore, it is subject to the foreign contractor taxes in compliance with the current regulations and the Vietnam-Netherlands Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement, the Ministry said in the statement.
Uber entered Vietnam in June 2014. Since then, tax collection for the ride-hailing service application has remained controversial as this was the first service of its kind in the country, triggering worries about the efficiency in collecting taxes as well as the unfairness to other transport firms in the country.
According to Dang Duy Khanh from the General Department of Taxation, Uber’s total revenue from 2014 to June 30 this year was estimated at more than 2.77 trillion VND (US$122.1 million) and the firm has paid approximately 76.9 billion VND (US$3.38 million) in taxes.
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