With a continuous commitment to providing cross-border legal services for Vietnamese businesses in various countries, the IBA event provides an excellent opportunity for ASL LAW’s lawyers to meet, exchange, and learn from experiences in their specialized legal areas such as anti-dumping and trade remedy, mergers and acquisitions, business, energy and oil, construction, intellectual property, arbitration,…
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ASL LAW continues to be the sponsor for the International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference 2023 in Paris
After officially becoming a sponsor for the IBA Annual Conference in Miami, USA in 2022, ASL LAW is honored to maintain its role as the main sponsor for the IBA Annual Conference 2023 in Paris, France. The IBA Annual Conference is a prestigious international legal conference. Established in 1947, shortly after the founding of the…
Recently, during a meeting between the Government’s Standing Committee and representatives of Vietnamese entrepreneurs, the Deputy Minister of Finance announced that the Ministry of Finance is currently reviewing and reporting to the Government the plan to continue reducing VAT in 2024 following the trend set in 2023. Given the economic challenges in 2023, where businesses…
One of the proposed solutions by the Ministry of Planning & Investment of Vietnam to cope with the changes in global minimum tax starting from 2024 is to provide financial support to FDI enterprises impacted by the global minimum tax in Vietnam with budget money. The global minimum tax is a worldwide tax policy unanimously…
On June 30, 2023, the Government issued Decree No. 44/2023/NĐ-CP, which regulates the policy of reducing value-added tax (VAT) in accordance with Resolution No. 101/2023/QH15 dated June 24, 2023, of the National Assembly. Accordingly, from July 1, 2023, until the end of the year, the VAT for certain groups of goods and services will be…
Vietnamese regulations on foreign contractor tax are primarily governed by the Tax Law and related implementing guidelines. Here are some important points regarding foreign contractor tax in Vietnam. Foreign contractor tax is imposed on individuals or foreign organizations when they earn income from providing services or supplying goods in Vietnam. Foreign contractors are classified as…
In Vietnam, there are two important concepts related to taxation: “taxable income” and “assessable income.” Here are the basic differences between these two concepts: Taxable income: • This is the amount on which an individual or business is required to pay taxes. It serves as the basis for determining assessable income. • Taxable income includes…
Currently, selling products on e-commerce platforms and social media in Vietnam has become popular. Among them, TikTok, originally a social entertainment platform similar to Facebook and Instagram, has recently introduced the TikTok Shop feature, officially functioning as an e-commerce platform. Consequently, individuals that sell products on TikTok must fulfill their tax payment obligation according to…
In recent months, the Vietnamese National Assembly, Government, and relevant ministries and agencies have held multiple discussions regarding the decision to issue a decree reducing VAT by 2%, bringing it down to 8% like Decree No. 15/2022/NĐ-CP issued by the Government earlier in 2022, reducing VAT until the end of 2022. The Vietnamese National Assembly…
According to information from Tiktok’s agents, the need to hire their services to avoid and evade taxes related to online advertising activities on the TikTok platform has increased sharply recently. This alarming situation has been going on for a long time, potentially causing the state budget to lose millions to billions of VND. According to…