- The amended Law on Value-Added Tax 2025 takes effect January 1, 2026.
- Unprocessed or ordinarily preliminarily processed agricultural, forestry, livestock, aquaculture, and capture fisheries products are exempt from VAT at sale and importation stages.
- Enterprises, cooperatives, and cooperative unions reselling these unprocessed products are not required to declare or pay VAT but can credit input VAT.
- Goods and services from small business households (annual revenue ≤ VND 500 million), non-business asset sales, national reserve goods, and certain fees/charges are exempt from VAT.
- By-products, secondary products, and waste from production are taxed at the applicable rate for those items.
Source: ainvest.com
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