Le Ha has been selling clothes on Facebook “for years”, but is under stress right now after receiving a summons from the Hanoi Taxation Department. Vien Viet Hung of the Hanoi office said his department had the identity and telephone numbers of 13,422 Facebook traders. According to the law, only online sellers with revenue above 100 million dong a year will be subject to taxation. “What if I tell the truth while other Facebook sellers lie about their revenue? In other countries, buyers make payments via banks, so it’s not difficult to identify the revenue from online business.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 25, 2017 06:11 UTC