Era of Electronic Tax Systems

Opened officially on behalf of ADBI by ADB's Viet Nam Resident Mission country director, Ayumi Konishi, the three-day Tax Administration Seminar VI entitled Taxpayer Services Focusing on E-Filing and Payment was held 23–25 June in Hanoi. The event was presented in cooperation with Japan's National Tax Agency and the Vietnamese General Department of Taxation. Twenty four tax policymakers and administrators as well as thirteen observers, from eight Southeast Asian tax administrations actively participated in the seminar.

Based on several Asian models on e-filing and payment systems that were presented at this seminar, participants discussed and explored ways to establish an effective e-filing and payment system, including financial and human resource requirements. Such a system is expected to bring about a set of benefits to both taxpayers and tax administrations. These benefits include saving time as well as increasing cost effectiveness, accuracy, convenience, productivity, and safety. This seminar program, started in 2004, addresses major operational taxation issues and has been hosted in rotation among Southeast Asian tax administrations since its inception.

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Participants and speakers at the Tax Administration Seminar VI: Taxpayer Services Focusing on E-Filing and Payment..