{"id":3427,"date":"2021-12-08T11:17:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T04:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pl-partners.vn\/?p=3427"},"modified":"2023-01-12T15:40:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T08:40:48","slug":"is-tet-bonus-subject-to-social-insurance-contribution-and-personal-income-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pl-partners.vn\/en\/is-tet-bonus-subject-to-social-insurance-contribution-and-personal-income-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Is &#8220;Tet bonus&#8221; subject to social insurance contribution and personal income tax?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #282828;\">Being one of the benefit regimes besides salary, allowance, KPI bonus, etc., <strong>&#8220;Tet bonus&#8221;<\/strong> is also believed to be a great concern for employees. Currently, enterprises are not obliged to give Tet bonus by the law, and Tet bonus can be in cash or in kind depending on each company&#8217;s bonus regulation. This is only seen as an amount with the purpose of encouraging employees&#8217; morale. However, many employees, even employers, still get confused about whether the Tet bonus they receive will be included in the payment of social insurance and personal income tax or not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #282828;\">PL &amp; Partners would like to deliver to readers the analysis and answers to the above questions as follows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3187\" src=\"https:\/\/pl-partners.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Thuong-tet-co-phai-dong-BHXH-va-Thue-TNCN-hay-khong.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pl-partners.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Thuong-tet-co-phai-dong-BHXH-va-Thue-TNCN-hay-khong.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pl-partners.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Thuong-tet-co-phai-dong-BHXH-va-Thue-TNCN-hay-khong-269x188.jpg 269w, https:\/\/pl-partners.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Thuong-tet-co-phai-dong-BHXH-va-Thue-TNCN-hay-khong-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pl-partners.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Thuong-tet-co-phai-dong-BHXH-va-Thue-TNCN-hay-khong-43x30.jpg 43w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #282828;\">Tet bonus is known as a form of bonuses specified in<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> Article 104 of the Labor Code 2019<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #00000; background-color: #faecd7;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>\u201c<\/em><strong><em>Article 104. Bonuses <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>1. A bonus is a monetary amount, asset, or other type of benefit provided by an employer to reward employees based on production or business outcomes or the performance of the employees.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>2. The regulation on bonuses shall be decided and publicly announced at the workplace by the employers after consultation with employees&#8217; representative organizations at the grassroots level where such organizations exist.<\/em><em>\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_row\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ed1c24;\"><strong>Is<\/strong> <strong>Tet bonus<\/strong><strong> required for social insurance<\/strong> <strong>payment?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #282828;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Clause 2, Article 5 of the Law on Social Insurance 2014<\/span> stipulates that the compulsory social insurance contribution rate shall be calculated based on an employee\u2019s MONTHLY SALARY.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #282828;\">In which, monthly salary to be calculated as social insurance premiums from 01\/01\/2021 is stipulated in <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Clause 26, Article 1 of Circular 06\/2021\/TT-BLDTBXH<\/span>, including <em>job- or position-based salary;<\/em>\u00a0<em>salary-based allowance<\/em> to compensate factors such as working conditions, job complexity, employee\u2019s living condition, and employment attraction, and <em>a<\/em><em>dditional amounts <\/em>which can be determined as specific amounts in addition to the salary agreed upon in the labor contract, and are regularly paid in each period of salary payment (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Circular No. 10\/2020\/TT-BLDTBXH<\/span>).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828;\">Also in Clause 3, the amounts not included in social insurance contributions include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #282828;\"><strong>Bonus<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #282828;\">Invention awards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #282828;\">Mid-shift meal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #282828;\">\u2026.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #282828;\">=&gt; From the above provisions, Tet bonus of employees shall <strong>NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE EMPLOYEE\u2019S SALARY AS THE BASIS FOR SOCIAL INSURANCE PAYMENT<\/strong>. Therefore, employees shall not be liable for deducting Tet bonus to pay social insurance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ed1c24;\"><strong>Is Tet bonus<\/strong><strong> required for personal income tax payment?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #282828;\">Incomes subject to personal income tax are <u>wages, remunerations, and other amounts of similar nature<\/u><u> paid<\/u><u> in cash or in kind<\/u><u>, and allowances.<\/u> (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Clause 2, Article 2 of Circular 111\/2013\/TT-BTC<\/span>).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #282828;\">Tet bonus in <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Article 104 of the Labor Code 2019<\/span> mentioned above is provided by an employer for his\/her employees on the basis of the business performance or the employees\u2019 performance, as a result, it shall be considered as INCOME OF SIMILAR NATURE OF WAGES AND REMUNERATIONS.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #282828;\">Besides, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Point b, Clause 2, Article 3 of the Law on Personal Income Tax<\/span> stipulates that allowances which are NOT SUBJECT TO PERSONAL INCOME TAX, include: <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>those paid under legal provisions on preferential policies for people with meritorious services; national defence and security allowances; hazard or danger allowances for working in business lines or jobs at places where exist hazardous or dangerous elements; allowances for attraction of labor, area allowance specified by law; allowances for sudden difficulties, allowances for occupational accident or disease, maternity paid in a lump sum or child adoption allowances; allowances for loss of capacity for work, lump sum pension, monthly survivorship allowances, severance and job-loss allowances specified in the Labor Code, other allowances paid by the Social Insurance, and allowances not having the nature of salary, wage according to the Government\u2019s regulations<\/em><\/span> =&gt; Tet bonus is <strong>NOT INCLUDED\u00a0IN<\/strong> the list of allowances exempt from Personal Income Tax.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #282828;\">Thereby, it can be seen that the Tet bonus is an income that has the nature of wages and remunerations, and is not included in the list of allowances that are exempt from PIT. Therefore, Tet bonus is a taxable income and employees are responsible for paying tax in accordance with the law.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ed1c24;\"><strong>PL <\/strong><strong>AND<\/strong> <strong>PARTNERS<\/strong><strong> LAW FIRM<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Head<\/strong><strong>quarters<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">46<sup>th<\/sup> Floor, Bitexco Financial Tower, No. 2 Hai Trieu, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>O<\/strong><strong>ffice:<\/strong><\/span><\/em> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lot 1.16 Viva Riverside, 1472 Vo Van Kiet, Ward 3, District 6, HCMC<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Hotline:<\/strong><\/span><\/em> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">093.1111.060<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Email:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/info@pl-partners.vn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">info@pl-partners.vn<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Facebook:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PLLaw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">www.facebook.com\/PLLaw<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Website:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/pl-partners.vn\/\"><em>www.PL-PARTNERS.vn<\/em><\/a><em> \u2013 <\/em><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoidapluat.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em>www.HOIDAPLUAT.net<\/em><\/a><em> \u2013 <\/em><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thutucphaply.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em>www.THUTUCPHAPLY.org<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #e3f1fa; height: 72px;\" border=\"1\/2pt\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 72px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; text-align: justify; height: 72px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 16px;\">The article is based on the current legal regulations at the time of writing, and it may no longer be valid or relevant at the time you read it due to changes in the law. 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