Frequently asked questions

Which taxes does Hoang Minh Man advise on?

Corporate income tax, value added tax, foreign contractor tax, personal income tax for payroll structuring, and the documentation requirements around related-party transactions. He also advises on the preferential regimes available to smaller enterprises under the current CIT framework.

Can he support us during a tax audit or inspection?

Yes. Audit support is one of the most requested services: preparing the file before inspectors arrive, attending sessions alongside your accounting team, drafting explanations, and negotiating findings. Positions he has documented in advance are defended far more easily – which is the point of documenting them.

Does he prepare tax filings directly?

IVLF reviews and advises rather than replacing your accounting function. Companies keep their bookkeeper or outsourced accountant; Hoang Minh Man checks the sensitive filings before submission and answers the questions your accountant cannot. For special filings – finalisations, incentive claims, ruling requests – he prepares the documents himself.

What does a retainer cost?

Monthly retainers are priced by company size and transaction volume, confirmed as a fixed fee in writing. Most clients find the retainer costs less than a single penalty it prevents.

Why clients work with Hoang Minh Man

Tax advice is only useful when it survives an audit, and Hoang Minh Man builds every position with that day in mind. Trained in accounting at the Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City and through the ACCA advanced programme, he combines the technical rigour of a professional accountant with the practical instincts of someone who teaches the subject – he lectures ACCA F6 (Taxation) at the ACE the Future training centre, which keeps his knowledge current and his explanations unusually clear.

Clients bring Hoang Minh Man their recurring tax and accounting questions: CIT and VAT positions, invoice compliance, related-party documentation, and the accounting treatment of unusual transactions. Foreign-invested companies particularly value his ability to explain Vietnamese tax practice in terms a regional finance director can act on.

How an engagement with Hoang Minh Man works

Most relationships run as a monthly advisory retainer: a fixed fee covering review of filings before submission, written answers to tax questions within agreed response times, and a quarterly health check of the company’s tax position. One-off engagements – a tax due diligence, a ruling request, support through an audit or inspection – are scoped and quoted in writing before work begins.

When a matter crosses into legal territory – a transfer pricing dispute, a restructuring with tax consequences, an M&A tax clause – Hoang Minh Man works in the same room as IVLF’s lawyers, so the client receives one integrated answer rather than a tax memo and a legal memo that disagree.

To discuss a tax or accounting matter with Hoang Minh Man, use the contact details in this profile or the contact page.