Gov’t to collect unpaid taxes on cars imported as trucks

A Daewoo Matiz car, one of the two models that have been imported into the country as trucks.

It is necessary to collect the tax arrears in order to ensure fair competition between car importers, local news website VnExpress cited the ministry as saying Sunday.

As of September last year at least 36 companies had imported 549 cars of two models - Kia Morning and Daewoo Matiz - into Vietnam.

The cars had their rear seats removed and were registered as vans so that the importers could avoid paying luxury and value added taxes.

The General Department of Vietnam Customs said it is working with the Ministry of Public Security to find out who bought these cars and for what purposes they did so.

Thanh Nien 

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