How will violations against regulations on submission and disclosure of financial statements?

Pursuant to Article 12, Decree 41/2018/ND-CP, violations against regulations on submission and disclosure of financial statements will be penalized as follows:

1. A fine ranging from VND 5,000,000 to VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed in the following cases:

a) The financial statement is submitted less than 3 months after the specified deadline;

b) The financial statement is disclosed less than 3 months after the specified deadline.

2. A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed in the following cases:

a) The financial statement’s contents are not fully disclosed;

b) The financial statement submitted to the competent authorities does not include the audit statement when required by law;

c) The financial statement is submitted 3 months after the specified deadline or later;

d) The disclosed financial statement does not include the audit statement when required by law;

dd) The financial statement is disclosed 3 months after the specified deadline or later.

3. A fine ranging from VND 20,000,000 to VND 30,000,000 shall be imposed in the following cases:

a) The financial statement’s figures are falsified;

b) Provide or publish financial statements which have inconsistent figures within an accounting period for use in Vietnam.

4. A fine ranging from VND 40,000,000 to VND 50,000,000 shall be imposed for one of the following violations:

a) Failure to submit a financial statement to the competent authorities;

b) Failure to disclose financial statements.

5. Remedial measure:

Submit and disclose the audit statement attached to the financial statement mentioned in Points b and d, Clause 2 of this Article.

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