Circular No. 167/2016/TT-BTC on the level of collection, collection regime, submission, management, and use of fees for the examination and issuance of power business licenses

||| CIRCULAR

||| Providing for the level of collection, collection regime, submission, management, and use of fees for the examination and issuance of power business licenses

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Pursuant to the Law on Fees and Registration Fees dated November 25, 2015;

Pursuant to the State Budget Law dated June 25, 2015;

||| Pursuant to the Electricity Law dated December 3, 2004;

Pursuant to Decree No. 120/2016/NĐ-CP dated August 23, 2016 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of certain provisions of the Law on Fees and Charges;

||| Pursuant to Decree No. 137/2013/NĐ-CP dated October 21, 2013 detailing and guiding the implementation of certain provisions of the Electricity Law and the Law Amending and Supplementing Certain Provisions of the Electricity Law;

Pursuant to Decree No. 215/2013/NĐ-CP dated December 23, 2013, promulgated by the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance;

At the proposal of the Director of the Department of Tax Policy,

||| The Minister of Finance issues this Circular providing for the level of collection, collection regime, submission, management, and use of fees for the examination and issuance of power business licenses.

Article 1. Scope of Regulation and Applicability

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||| This Circular provides for the level of collection, collection regime, submission, management, and use of fees for the examination and issuance of power business licenses.

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||| This Circular applies to organizations and individuals submitting applications for power business licenses; competent state agencies issuing power business licenses, and organizations and individuals related to the examination and issuance of power business licenses.

Article 2. Persons Paying Fees

||| Organizations and individuals as prescribed in Clause 1 and Clause 2, Article 28 of Decree No. 137/2013/NĐ-CP dated October 21, 2013 detailing and guiding the implementation of certain provisions of the Electricity Law and the Law Amending and Supplementing Certain Provisions of the Electricity Law must pay the fee for the examination and issuance of power business licenses according to the provisions of this Circular when submitting applications for power business licenses.

Article 3. Fee Collection Organizations

||| The Electricity Regulatory Authority (Ministry of Industry and Trade) and Provincial Departments of Industry and Trade under centrally governed cities shall be responsible for collecting, submitting, managing, and using fees for the examination and issuance of power business licenses according to the provisions of this Circular.

Article 4. Fee Rates

||| 1. This Circular annexes the Table of Collection Levels for Fees for the Examination and Issuance of Power Business Licenses.

||| In case of amending or supplementing power business licenses, the collection level shall be 50% of the corresponding collection level for new issuance.

||| 2. Organizations and individuals shall pay the fee in cash directly to the collecting organization or transfer it to the account of the collecting organization opened at the State Treasury.

Article 5. Declaration and Payment of Fees

1. By the fifth day of each month, fee collection organizations must deposit the collected fee amount of the previous month into the account for pending budget payments opened at the State Treasury.

||| 2. The collecting organization shall declare the collected fees monthly and settle accounts annually according to the guidance provided in Clause 3, Article 19 of Circular No. 156/2013/TT-BTC dated November 6, 2013 issued by the Minister of Finance guiding the implementation of certain provisions of the Tax Administration Law; the Law Amending and Supplementing Certain Provisions of the Tax Administration Law, and Decree No. 83/2013/NĐ-CP dated July 22, 2013 of the Government.

Article 6. Management and Use of Fees

||| 1. The collecting organization shall remit the entire amount of collected fees to the State budget. The cost for the examination and collection of fees shall be covered from the State budget allocated in the budget of the collecting organization according to the State budget expenditure regulations.

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Article 7. Implementation Organization

||| 1. This Circular takes effect from January 1, 2017. This Circular replaces Circular No. 124/2008/TT-BTC dated December 19, 2008 of the Minister of Finance guiding the collection, submission, management, and use of fees for examination and license fees in the electricity sector.

||| 2. Other contents related to collection, submission, management, use, payment receipts, and publicizing the fee collection system not mentioned in this Circular shall be implemented according to the Law on Fees and Charges; Decree No. 120/2016/NĐ-CP dated August 23, 2016 of the Government guiding the implementation of certain provisions of the Law on Fees and Charges; Circular No. 156/2013/TT-BTC dated November 6, 2013 of the Minister of Finance guiding the implementation of certain provisions of the Tax Administration Law; the Law Amending and Supplementing Certain Provisions of the Tax Administration Law, and Decree No. 83/2013/NĐ-CP dated July 22, 2013 of the Government; Circulars of the Minister of Finance guiding the printing, issuance, management, and use of payment receipts for fees and charges, and any amendments or supplements thereto (if any).

3. During the implementation process, if there are any difficulties, organizations and individuals are requested to promptly report to the Ministry of Finance for research and supplementary guidance.