He urged the sector to continue its roll out of information technology use in tax management to ease the burden for taxpayers.
Earlier this year the Vietnamese government set a target to reduce the ratio of tax arrears to less than 5% of total government income and earn revenues 3% higher than the goal set by the National Assembly.
In addition to simplified tax procedures, the government will also oversee a reduction and simplification of 50% of business rules as well as halving the list of goods subject to inspection.
The Prime Minister also asked the tax sector to work with other agencies to formulate a scheme on tax management for the informal sector.