CIRCULAR

GUIDING THE USE OF CAPITAL AND THE ACCOUNTING OF PRINCIPALS AND INTERESTS OF THE GOVERNMENT BONDS FOR NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION AT THE ENTERPRISES

In furtherance of the Government’s Decree No. 34/1999/ND-CP of May 12, 1999 stipulating the issuance of the 1999 government bonds for national construction, the Ministry of Finance issued Circular No. 56/1999/TT-BTC on May 12, 1999 guiding the implementation of such Decree.
Particularly for the enterprises, the Ministry of Finance hereby provides the following additional guidance:

1. For the State enterprises, Circular No. 56/1999/TT-BTC of May 12, 1999 that: "the State enterprises must not use the State budget capital and funds to purchase government bonds" shall be understood as: the State enterprises must not use the money allocated by the State budget for the performance of their public-utility tasks, for national reserve, reserves for price stabilization or capital for achievement of other designated objectives of the State which has been allocated by the competent agencies for the purchases of government bonds.

The State enterprises may use the capital under their management to purchase government bonds as stipulated in Article 7 of the Law on the State Enterprise and Article 10 of the Government’s Decree No. 59/1999/ND-CP of October 3, 1996 on the Regulation on financial management and business cost-accounting applicable to State enterprises.

2. All government bonds purchasers specified in Article 2 of the above-said Decree No. 34/1999/ND-CP (including the enterprises of all economic sectors) shall be exempt from tax on income generated from the national construction government bonds interest.

3. The government bonds interest amounts shall be accounted into the annual financial operation income of the enterprise (particularly for the commercial banks and credit institutions, such amounts shall be accounted into their turnovers) according to the following formula:

Total government bonds interests 60 (months) of government bonds in the year

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The interest to inflation actually repaid through five years

4. The government bonds principals and interests shall be accounted as follows:

Debit: Account 221- Long-term securities investment (2212)

Credit: Accounts 111, 112...

Debit: Account 221 - Long-term securities investment (2212)

Credit: Account 711 "Income from financial operations".

The enterprises shall open specific accounts for monitoring the government bond interests.

Debit: Accounts 111, 112

Credit: Account 221, Long-term bond investment (2212).

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5. This Circular takes effect 15 days after its signing.

THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE




Tran Van Ta