The Ministry of Finance has directed all retailers in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Hai Phong to trial the issuing of e-invoices from cash registers using tax authorities’ data system, with a focus on key fields such as restaurants, hotels, supermarkets, and jewelry stores.

The move is aimed at curbing revenue losses and improving compliance.

Nearly 4,000 businesses nationwide are set to roll out e-invoices generated from cash registers by March.

Of these, 805 have registered to use e-invoices created from cash registers and obtained approval from tax authorities. Of their more than 85.38 million e-invoices, 544 from cash registers have been sent to the tax authorities’ system.

As of January 31, tax authorities had received and processed more than 2.8 billion e-invoices.

Implementation of e-invoices is a major breakthrough for the tax sector, contributing to transforming management and organization at tax authorities and reforming administrative procedures, creating favorable conditions, cutting costs, and increasing enterprise productivity.