Urgent directive: Tightening tax control on household businesses through cash flow monitoring

Regarding the rollout of e-invoices generated from cash registers, data from tax declaration form 01/CNKD shows that several provinces still have a high percentage of businesses requiring review, above the national average of 26%. The highest rates include Lạng Sơn (57%), Quảng Ngãi (50%), Vĩnh Long (47%), Gia Lai (41%), Hưng Yên (40%), Lâm Đồng (40%), Tây Ninh (40%), Huế (39%), and others.

By June 30, more than 110,000 household businesses had registered to use e-invoices from cash registers. To ensure full compliance, local tax authorities must coordinate with commune and ward-level People’s Committees, statistical offices, and other state agencies to update lists of active businesses. These lists must cover households declaring tax under the declaration method, lump-sum taxpayers with annual revenue under VND 1 billion but using cash registers, households with annual revenue from VND 1 billion and above, and those close to the threshold with potential to exceed it.

Authorities are also instructed to conduct on-site surveys to verify whether households sell goods or provide services directly to consumers, ensuring that no household subject to mandatory e-invoice use is overlooked. Large-scale households or those with growth potential must be prioritized for support during peak implementation months.

The General Department of Taxation noted that some provinces have low adoption rates of cash register e-invoices compared to registered businesses, below the national average of 69.5%. These include Lạng Sơn (46%), Phú Thọ (55%), Tây Ninh (56%), Hưng Yên (58%), Quảng Ngãi (61%), Đắk Lắk (62%), Đồng Nai (63%), Vĩnh Long (63%), Ninh Bình (65%), and several others.

Tax departments are required to continuously analyze data on registered and active users, monitor compliance, and take enforcement actions against deliberate violations. A key focus is to compare reported revenues with invoice data, especially for businesses in services and food and beverage sectors. Where discrepancies or suspicious patterns appear—such as unusually high or low invoice revenue compared to declared income—taxpayers must provide explanations or face inspection and sanctions.

One of the most critical instructions is to strengthen tax administration based on taxpayer cash flow. This requires close coordination with other agencies and organizations, while strictly protecting taxpayer data in line with legal requirements.