MoF considers easing tax burden on individual landlords
An inpidual must pay tax of 10 percent when gaining a turnover of more than 100 million VND per year from renting a house or an apartment. (Photo vneconomy.vn)
The General Department of Taxation under the Ministry of Finance (MoF) is studying a proposal on increasing the threshold of taxable revenue for inpidual landlords renting out houses.
This is a part of the programme on amending the Value-added Tax (VAT) Law that the General Department is consulting with experts, said Ta Thi Phuong Lan, Deputy Director of the Tax Administration Department of Small, Medium Enterprises, Business Households and Inpiduals under the General Department of Taxation.
According to experts, the threshold of rental property tax for inpidual owners does not suit the actual situation as the current tax rate is quite high and the threshold too low.
Inpiduals renting houses or apartments must pay the highest tax rate at 10 percent compared to many other types of service businesses (from 4.5 percent to 7 percent).
Besides that, the threshold of this tax at more than 100 million VND (4,255 USD) per year or about 8.3 million VND per month is also not suitable with market performance. Especially in big cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, with this threshold, most house/apartment owners must pay this tax.
For example, if an inpidual renting out a house gains a turnover of 200 million VND per year or about 16.7 million VND per month, they must pay a tax of 20 million VND, including 10 million VND value-added tax and 10 million VND personal income tax, reported chinhphu.vn.
Some experts suggest that the tax payment threshold needs to be adjusted to increase from 30 percent to 40 percent to match the inflation rate that has increased above 20 percent.
Nguyen Thi Cuc, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Tax Advisory Association, told Thoi bao Tai chinh Viet Nam (Vietnam Financial Times) that for personal income tax, it is reasonable to study and adjust the taxable revenue threshold.
This adjustment of taxable revenue threshold applies not only to rental property activities but also other business activities of inpiduals can be adjusted to increase, such as commercial activities (including e-commerce), manufacturing, construction and other services.
The taxable revenue threshold can be increased to about 150 million VND per year or more to be more reasonable than keeping the current level, Cuc said.
For nearly half a year, Nguyen Thi Lan Huong, an owner of an apartment in Hanoi, has been unable to find tenants even though she has slashed rent by nearly 50 percent due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Huong, the taxable revenue threshold from 100 million VND per year is low and needs to be raised to a higher level together due to the impact of additional expenses such as maintenance and insurance fees and depreciation of fixed assets.
"If the tax rate is high, the rental price will also be pushed up, making leasing more difficult. I hope there is a reasonable tax rate to harmonise the lessor and the lessee," Huong told VTV.
As for tenants like Nguyen Thanh Hien in Hanoi, she also wants the tax to be reduced so rent can be lower because the tax is still included in the rent and ultimately, the tenant has to pay this tax.
Lan from the General Department of Taxation said the existing regulations did not account for additional expenses relating to real estate leasing activities such as maintenance, installation costs and interior equipment.
Therefore, the tax policy has a lower tax rate for inpiduals than corporate. Specifically, the value-added tax is 5 percent for inpiduals while 10 percent for firms. The personal income tax is 5 percent for the inpidual and 20 percent for firms./.
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