Thông tư 16/2010/TT-BTC

CIRCULAR

ON AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE FINANCE MINISTRY’S CIRCULAR NO. 120/2002/TT-BTC OF DECEMBER 30, 2002, GUIDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GOVERNMENT’S DECREE NO. 89/2002/ND-CP OF NOVEMBER 7, 2002, ON PRINTING, ISSUANCE, USE AND MANAGEMENT OF INVOICES

Pursuant to the June 3, 2008 Law No. 17/2008/QH12 on Promulgation of Legal Documents, and its guiding documents;
Pursuant to the June 3, 2008 Law No. 13/2008/QH12 on Value-Added Tax, November 29, 2006 Law No. 78/2006/QH11 on Tax Administration, and their guiding documents;
The Finance Ministry amends and supplements the Finance Ministry’s Circular No. 120/2002/TT-BTC of December 30, 2002, guiding the implementation of the Government’s Decree No. 89/2002/ND-CP of November 7, 2002, on printing, issuance, use and management of invoices as follows:

Article 1. To amend Point 5, Section I, Part B of the Finance Ministry’s Circular No. 120/2002/TT-BTC of December 30, 2002, guiding the implementation of Decree No. 89/2002/ND-CP as follows:

“5. Invoice originals: Each invoice must have at least 3 originals; in cases of using invoices with 2 originals, the approval of the tax office is required; each original shall be used as follows: original 1: For archive; original 2: To be handed to the customer; and original 3: For internal use. For invoices in the form of stamp, ticket or card, an appropriate number of originals may be used provided that it is approved by the tax office.”

Article 2. This Circular takes effect on the date of its signing. Any problems arising in the course of implementation should be promptly reported to the Ministry of Finance for consideration and appropriate amendment and supplementation.