REGULATING THE USE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
On June 25, 2012, the Ministry of Finance issued the Circular No. 105/2012/TT-BTC amending and supplementing the Circular No. 15/2011/TT-BTC dated February 09, 2011 of the Ministry of Finance guiding the establishment, organization, operation, management and use of scientific and technological development Fund of the enterprises.
Under this Circular, the fund is used to develop science and technology of enterprises in Vietnam and do scientific and technological research for businesses' Vietnamese-based scientific and technological operations. Specifically, the fund is used for equipping facilities for businesses’ scientific and technological operations (construction of laboratories, trial facilities, machinery and equipment for research and development); buying machines, equipment to renovate the direct use technology in production; paying the cost for training human resources in science and technology field as regulated by Law.
Such a science and technology development fund is only used for businesses' Vietnamese-based scientific and technological operations. Businesses must not use the fund for non-scientific/technological purposes in Vietnam or for scientific and technological projects that have been financed by a different source of capital.
Annually, enterprises must write a report on using the fund and listing the data on the amount of money set to send to the tax office where enterprises register to pay the enterprise income tax.
The deadline for submission of the report is at the same time with the time to submit reports on the settlement of enterprise income tax.