Instructions for declaring personal income tax online for foreign workers ending their work contracts in Vietnam?

According to regulations in  d.3 Clause 6 Article 8 Decree 126/2020/ND-CP If a foreign individual finishes a working contract in Vietnam, declare a tax settlement with the tax authority before leaving the country.

In case there is no time to go to the tax office to declare, individuals can declare personal income tax through online form

Personal income tax declaration is done according to the following steps:

Step 1: Go to the personal income tax declaration page through the website of the Vietnam General Department of Taxation using the following link: https://canhan.gdt.gov.vn/

After entering the declaration page, log in to your personal account.

In case the foreign worker does not have an account, please register

In case the employee has a posting account, select the item "Log in" and fill in the information fields "Tax code" and "Test code" > select "Continue"

Next, the employee needs to enter personal information in the corresponding information fields including:

- Tax code

- Tax code issuance date

- Provincial/City tax authority

- Tax administration agency

After completing the information, click on the "log in" box to continue.

Step 2: Select item "Tax finalization" and "Online declaration".

Individuals need to declare full information as required by the section. For items marked with an (*), individuals are required to fill them out in full.

In case of self-finalization of personal income tax, choose declaration 02/QTT-TNCN - personal income tax finalization declaration is issued attached. Circular 80/2021/TT-BTC.

After that, the individual continues to select the case for declaring their tax finalization according to the instructions in section "The case of tax finalization".

Step 4: Proceed to declare tax payment information on the tax declaration form. After filling in the information, select “Complete declaration”.

Step 5: Select XML output

Click select "dump XML" to download the completed sample declaration file to your computer.

Step 6: Select "Submit declaration"

Select “Submit declaration” then enter “Test code” to authenticate the submission of the declaration and click select "Continue".