National Assembly�s Standing Committee;Pursuant to Article 1 of the Government�s Decree No. 94/1998/ND-CP of November 17, 1998 detailing the implementation of the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of Export Tax and Import Tax Law No. 04/1998/QH10 of May 20, 1998;
On the basis of the direction of the Prime Minister in the Government Office�s Official Dispatch No. 5519/VPCP-KTTH of October 3, 2002 on automobile taxation;
Consulting the ministries and branches and at the proposal of the General Director of Tax;
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To amend the names, codes and preferential import tax rates of a number of commodity items being automobiles and parts thereof prescribed in the Preferential Import Tariff issued together with Decision No. 1803/1998/QD-BTC of December 11, 1998 of the Finance Minister, which has been amended and supplemented in the Lists amending the names and import tax rates of a number of commodity groups, issued together with the Finance Minister�s Decision No. 29/1999/QD-BTC of March 15, 1999, Decision No. 139/1999/QD-BTC of November 11, 1999, Decision No. 41/2000/QD-BTC of March 17, 2000 and Decision No. 210/2000/QD-BTC of December 25, 2000 into new names, codes and preferential tax rates included in the List amending the names, codes and import tax rates of a number of commodity items being automobiles and parts thereof, issued together with this Decision.
Article 2.- To prescribe the preferential import tax rates for used automobiles which are of a kind designed for transporting cargo and have the maximum gross vehicle weight of 20 tons (Heading No. 8704), and automobiles designed for transporting persons, including used automobiles designed for transporting persons and having a separate luggage compartment (Headings No. 8702 and 8703), which are 50% (fifty per cent) higher than the preferential import tax rates for brand-new automobiles of the same types as prescribed in the current Preferential Import Tariff.
Below is the formula for calculating the preferential import tax rates for used automobiles:
The The preferential
The preferential preferential import import tax rates for
import tax rates for = tax rates for brand-new + brand-new automobiles
used automobiles automobiles of of the same
the same types types x 50%
Article 3.- To change the preferential import tax rates prescribed for 5 (five) forms of automobile assembly prescribed in the Preferential Import Tariff issued together with Decision No. 1803/1998/QD-BTC of December 11, 1998 of the Finance Minister, which has been amended and supplemented in the Lists amending the names and import tax rates of a number of commodity groups, issued together the Finance Minister�s Decision No. 29/1999/QD-BTC of March 15, 1999, Decision No. 139/1999/QD-BTC of November 11, 1999, Decision No. 41/2000/QD-BTC of March 17, 2000 and Decision No. 210/2000/QD-BTC of December 25, 2000 into new preferential import tax rates for various forms of automobile assembly according to each period as follows:
1. From January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003
LISTS OF AMENDED NAMES, CODES AND TAX RATES OF A NUMBER OF COMMODITY GROUPS IN THE PREFERENTIAL IMPORT TARIFF
Codes | Description of commodity group, commodity item | Tax rate (%) |
Heading | Sub-Heading | | |
4011 | | | New pneumatic tires, of rubber | |
4011 | 10 | 00 | - Of a kind used for small cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | 50 |
4011 | 20 | | - Of a kind used for buses or trucks: | |
4011 | 20 | 10 | - - With a width of up to 450 mm | 50 |
4011 | 20 | 90 | - - Other | 5 |
4011 | 30 | 00 | - Of a kind used for aircraft | 5 |
4011 | 40 | 00 | - Of a kind used for motorcycles | 50 |
4011 | 50 | 00 | - Of a kind used for bicycles | 50 |
| | | - Other: | |
4011 | 91 | | - - Having a "herring-bone" or similar tread: | |
4011 | 91 | 10 | - - - With a width of up to 450 mm | 30 |
4011 | 91 | 90 | - - - Other | 5 |
4011 | 99 | | - - Other: | |
4011 | 99 | 10 | - - - With a width of up to 450 mm | 30 |
4011 | 99 | 90 | - - - Other | 5 |
4012 | | | Retreaded or used pneumatic tires; solid or cushion tires; replaceable treads and wheel linings of rubber | |
4012 | 10 | | - Retreaded tires: | |
4012 | 10 | 10 | - - Of a kind used for small cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | 50 |
| | | - - Of a kind used for buses or trucks: | |
4012 | 10 | 21 | - - - With a width of up to 450 mm | 50 |
4012 | 10 | 29 | - - - Other | 5 |
4012 | 10 | 30 | - - Of a kind used for aircraft | 5 |
4012 | 10 | 40 | - - Of a kind used for motorcycles | 50 |
4012 | 10 | 50 | - - Of a kind used for bicycles | 50 |
| | | - - Other: | |
4012 | 10 | 91 | - - - With a width of up to 450 mm | 30 |
4012 | 10 | 99 | - - - Other | 5 |
4012 | 20 | | - Used pneumatic tires: | |
4012 | 20 | 10 | - - Of a kind used for small cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | 50 |
| | | - - Of a kind used for buses or trucks: | |
4012 | 20 | 21 | - - - With a width of up to 450 mm | 50 |
4012 | 20 | 29 | - - - Other | 5 |
4012 | 20 | 30 | - - Of a kind used for aircraft | 5 |
4012 | 20 | 40 | - - Of a kind used for motorcycles | 50 |
4012 | 20 | 50 | - - Of a kind used for bicycles | 50 |
4012 | 20 | 90 | - - Other | 30 |
4012 | 90 | | - Other: | |
| | | - - Solid and cushion tires: | |
4012 | 90 | 11 | - - - With a width of up to 450 mm | 30 |
4012 | 90 | 19 | - - - Other | 5 |
| | | - - Replaceable treads: | |
4012 | 90 | 21 | - - - With a width of up to 450 mm | 30 |
4012 | 90 | 29 | - - - Other | 5 |
4012 | 90 | 30 | - - - Wheel linings | 30 |
4013 | | | Inner tubes, of rubber | |
4013 | 10 | | - Of a kind used for small cars (including station wagons and racing cars), buses or trucks: | |
4013 | 10 | 10 | - - Suitable to tires with a width of up to 450 mm | 50 |
4013 | 10 | 90 | - - Suitable to tires with a width exceeding 450 mm | 5 |
4013 | 20 | 00 | - Of a kind used for bicycles | 50 |
4013 | 90 | | - Other: | |
4013 | 90 | 10 | - - Of a kind used for aircraft | 5 |
4013 | 90 | 20 | - - Of a kind used for motorcycles | 50 |
| | | - - Other: | |
4013 | 90 | 91 | - - - Suitable to tires with a width of up to 450 mm | 30 |
4013 | 90 | 99 | - - - Suitable to tires with a width exceeding 450 mm | 5 |
8702 | | | Automobiles that can transport 10 persons or more, including driver | |
8702 | 10 | | - With compression ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel): | |
8702 | 10 | 10 | - - Transporting not more than 50 persons, including driver | 100 |
8702 | 10 | 90 | - - Other | 60 |
8702 | 90 | | - Other: | |
8702 | 90 | 10 | - - Transporting not more than 50 persons, including driver | 100 |
8702 | 90 | 90 | - - Other | 60 |
| | | Particularly: | |
| | | + Passenger-transporting vehicles in airports | 50 |
8703 | | | Automobiles and other motor vehicles designed principally for the transport of persons (other than those of Heading No. 8702), including station wagons and racing cars | |
8703 | 10 | | - Vehicles specially designed for travelling on snow; golf cars and similar kinds of cars: | |
8703 | 10 | 10 | - - Vehicles transporting no more than 8 persons, including driver | 100 |
8703 | 10 | 20 | - - Vehicles transporting 9 persons, including driver | 100 |
| | | - Other vehicles with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine: | |
8703 | 21 | | - - With a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1,000 cm 3 : | |
8703 | 21 | 10 | - - - Ambulances | 50 |
8703 | 21 | 20 | - - - Vehicles for transporting not more than 8 persons, including driver | 100 |
8703 | 21 | 30 | - - - Vehicles transporting 9 persons, including driver | 100 |
8703 | 22 | | - - With a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,000 cm 3 but not exceeding 1,500 cm3: | |
8703 | 22 | 10 | - - - Ambulances | 50 |
8703 | 22 | 20 | - - - Vehicles for transporting not more than 8 persons, including driver | 100 |
8703 | 22 | 30 | - - - Vehicles transporting 9 persons, including driver | 100 |
8703 | 23 | | - - With a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,500 cm 3 but not exceeding 3,000 cm3: | |
8703 | 23 | 10 | - - - Ambulances | 50 |
8703 | 23 | 20 | - - - Vehicles for transporting not more than 8 persons, including driver | 100 |
8703 | 23 | 30 | - - - Vehicles transporting 9 persons, including driver | 100 |
8703 | 24 | | - - With a cylinder capacity exceeding 3,000 cm 3: | |
8703 | 24 | 10 | - - - Ambulances | 50 |
8703 | 24 | 20 | - - - Vehicles for transporting not more than 8 persons, including driver | 100 |
8703 | 24 | 30 | - - - Vehicles transporting 9 persons, including driver | 100 |
| | | - Other vehicles with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine: | |
8703 | 31 | | - - With a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1,500 cm 3 : | |
8703 | 31 | 10 | - - - Ambulances | 50 |
8703 | 31 | 20 | - - - Vehicles for transporting not more than 8 persons, including driver | 100 |
8703 | 31 | 30 | - - - Vehicles transporting 9 persons, including driver | 100 |
8703 | 32 | | - - With a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,500 cm 3 but not exceeding 2,500 cm3: | |
8703 | 32 | 10 | - - Ambulances | 50 |
8703 | 32 | 20 | - - - Vehicles for transporting not more than 8 persons, including driver | 100 |
8703 | 32 | 30 | - - - Vehicles transporting 9 persons, including driver | 100 |
8703 | 33 | | - - With a cylinder capacity exceeding 2,500 cm 3: | |
8703 | 33 | 10 | - - - Ambulances | 50 |
8703 | 33 | 20 | - - - Vehicles for transporting not more than 8 persons, including driver | 100 |
8703 | 33 | 30 | - - - Vehicles transporting 9 persons, including driver | 100 |
8703 | 90 | | - Other: | |
8703 | 90 | 10 | - - - Ambulances | 50 |
8703 | 90 | 20 | - - Vehicles for transporting not more than 8 persons, including driver | 100 |
8703 | 90 | 30 | - - Vehicles transporting 9 persons, including driver | 100 |
| | | Particularly: | |
| | | + Prisoners-carrying vehicles | 10 |
| | | + Funeral vehicles | 50 |
8704 | | | Motor vehicles for cargo transport | |
8704 | 10 | 00 | - Tippers, dump trucks designed for use in narrow roads and alleys | 100 |
| | | - Other, with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel): | |
8704 | 21 | | - - G.v.w not exeeding 5 tons: | |
8704 | 21 | 10 | - - - Pick-up vehicles with double cabin, of a type for transporting both passenger and cargo (principally for cargo transport), with a load capacity (for both passenger and cargo) of 950 kg or more | 100 |
8704 | 21 | 90 | - - - Other vehicles for cargo transport | 100 |
8704 | 22 | | - - G.v.w exceeding 5 tons but not exceeding 20 tons: | |
8704 | 22 | 10 | - - - Exceeding 5 tons but not exceeding 10 tons | 60 |
8704 | 22 | 20 | - - - Exceeding 10 tons but not exceeding 20 tons | 30 |
8704 | 23 | | - - G.v.w exceeding 20 tons: | |
8704 | 23 | 10 | - - - G.v.w exceeding 20 tons up to 50 tons | 10 |
8704 | 23 | 90 | - - - Other | 0 |
| | | - Vehicles with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines: | |
8704 | 31 | | - - G.v.w not exceeding 5 tons: | |
8704 | 31 | 10 | - - - Pick-up vehicles with double cabin, of a type for transporting both passenger and cargo (principally for cargo transport), with a load capacity (for both passenger and cargo) of 950 kg or more | 100 |
8704 | 31 | 90 | - - - Other vehicles for cargo transport | 100 |
8704 | 32 | | - - G.v.w exceeding 5 tons: | |
8704 | 32 | 10 | - - - G.v.w exceeding 5 tons but not exceeding 10 tons | 60 |
8704 | 32 | 20 | - - - G.v.w exceeding 10 tons but not exceeding 20 tons | 30 |
8704 | 32 | 30 | - - - G.v.w exceeding 20 tons up to 50 tons | 10 |
8704 | 32 | 90 | - - - Other | 0 |
8704 | 90 | | - Other: | |
| | | - - G.v.w not exeeding 5 tons: | |
8704 | 90 | 11 | - - - Pick-up vehicles with double cabin, of a type for transporting both passenger and cargo (principally for cargo transport), with a load capacity (for both passenger and cargo) of 950 kg or more | 100 |
8704 | 90 | 19 | - - - Other vehicles for cargo transport | 100 |
8704 | 90 | 20 | - - G.v.w exceeding 5 tons but not exceeding 10 tons | 60 |
8704 | 90 | 30 | - - G.v.w exceeding 10 tons but not exceeding 20 tons | 30 |
8704 | 90 | 40 | - - G.v.w exceeding 20 tons up to 50 tons | 10 |
8704 | 90 | 90 | - - Other | 0 |
| | | Particularly: | |
| | | + Vehicles designed for transporting frozen goods | 30 |
| | | + Vehicles designed for transporting garbage | 30 |
| | | + Vehicles designed for transporting money | 50 |
| | | + Tank trucks, vehicles designed for transporting acids or bituminous gases | 10 |
| | | + Vehicles designed for transporting wet concrete | 30 |
8705 | | | Special-purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for transporting person or cargo (for example, breakdown lorries, crane lorries, fire engines, concrete-mixing vehicles, road sweepers, water-spraying vehicles, repair vehicles, X-ray vehicles) | |
8705 | 10 | 00 | - Crane lorries | 10 |
8705 | 20 | 00 | - Drilling derrick vehicles | 10 |
8705 | 30 | 00 | - Fire engines | 0 |
8705 | 40 | 00 | - Concrete-mixing vehicles | 30 |
8705 | 90 | | - Other: | |
8705 | 90 | 10 | - - Road sweepers | 10 |
8705 | 90 | 90 | - - Other | 10 |