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(1) Micro and small businesses with an income of less than 250 million riels per year are subjected no obligations
I have previously stated this principle on the one-year anniversary of the Royal Government. Micro and small businesses with an income of less than 250 million riels per year […] when they are registered into the system, they are not subjected to any obligations. HE Kong Vibol (of the tax and excise department) is here. Let me state it again. When the informal economy sector enters the system, and their income is less than 250 million riels per year, they are not obligated (to pay anything) […] if we calculate it in dollars, it is more than 60,000 dollars. I (have learnt) that when asked, the most feared thing is – “what will be the obligation, (if we register in the system)?” Everyone is worried about being taxed. So (businesses with an income of less than) this amount (250 million riels per year) will not be obligated (to pay anything) […]
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(2) Build a database to provide targeted, rapid, and effective support to the informal economy
(Building a database that will provide targeted, rapid, and effective support to the informal economy, especially during times of crisis, is beneficial) as was the experience of the past COVID-19 pandemic time. In short, in order for the government to be able to help you in a targeted and timely manner, by knowing who you are? Where you are? What you do, and what you need help with? This is (a rule) to (provide) effective support […]
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(3) Registering in the digital platform system is to benefit with help, without additional burden and on voluntary basis without coercion
In short, the preparation and implementation of the digital platform to register informal economy workers is to help, and not to be an additional burden for them. This is based on the principle of complete voluntary participation, without coercion. For what you (listened) this morning, and you don’t remember, just keep in mind these two points – this digital registration system – firstly, helps, not harms, not imposes additional burden, and secondly, it will be a voluntary acceptance, without coercion. You can study more what are the results and what are the benefits in detail about the institution and additional work, because we regularly issue training policies. As I said the important thing is to know who you are, where you are, and what do you need? […]
(4) Informal economy workers are at higher risk than formal ones
A few years ago, we needed to provide assistance in the health sector for the threat of pandemic disease such as COVID-19. Now, in the health sector, we are helping with interventions, the introduction of economic policy programs, training programs for children of poor people, health coverage programs, health services, and other benefits. In the future, we can issue more policies that can orientate assistance to the targeted beneficiaries (when) we know how many, in which province, and what we need to help, especially in the context of unbeknown disaster, because informal economy workers are always at higher risk compared to those who are firmly established in the formal economy […]
(5) Digital registration platform helps the government know you and you know the entrance point
In the six priority policies of the 7th legislative term Royal Government, there are talks about the informal economy. The informal economy is large. In order for you to come and register, we have conducted studies how to make sure you are interested in registering to benefit like others. We learn that there are still some concerns, especially the question – “if I register, what will happen?” We have delivered understanding for the obligation to comply, as well as the obligation to tax. The main thing is the policies of the Royal Government provides assistance to the targeted groups through communications. In short, if you don’t know where you are, you don’t know how to help. If you don’t know which entrance point to enter, you don’t know how to call the government for help. So, this registration helps the government know you and you know the entrance point to benefit. This is a simple explanation of the organization of this digital platform […]
(6) Digital platform reduces complexity, costs and ensures accuracy
Why did we create a digital platform? (1) to reduce the complexity of registration; (2) to reduce costs/costs; and (3) using a digital system can ensure accuracy and no complexity. Therefore, we must pay attention to creating a hotline or a rapid response system to help solve problems. Let us not put machines and human in the rapid response system […] (if you put people in place to answer) questions, asking people and giving answer right away, would be more efficient […] either online or at a gateway somewhere […]
Furthermore, (the response team should) explain the benefits, because the important thing is the first stage. The first ones to enter really benefit, know how to use the system, they would definitely spread the word […] please pay attention to the monitoring, resolution and implementation mechanisms of the digital registration platform. Let us make the system simple. Don’t make it too complicated […] this is a voluntary thing […] and it will be the success of implementing the policy “think big, act small”, that I have said […]
(7) Please visit the community/organize a forum to explain to the people
I would urge the ministry concerned to visit the community or organize a forum to explain everything to the people […] in the past, whenever we were planning something for the public benefit, there were people who pretended to be concerned institutions representatives and took money from people in exchange for their services, and in this case the registration (of informal economic sector in the digital platform). Please remember that the Prime Minister has announced that no money is taken for the registration process […]
Please help the provincial and capital administrations to spread the word […] and be very careful with this digital online system […] pay attention to the implementation of all these tasks and implementing measures to ensure consistency, not to create confusion, according to the voluntary principle, to provide results in a timely manner, and to try to prevent exploitation in all forms, especially from groups who would take advantage of the process, especially […] relating to personal data […]
(8) Comprehensive information prevents misapplication, loss of confidence in the system and in new policies, especially in the early stages I would like to emphasize these points and ask the Ministry to pay attention to cooperating with other partner institutions to disseminate information widely, especially the capital and provincial administrations. Please help spread the word because the informal economy is the population in the capital and provinces. In some provinces, there are already groups of people in the informal economy, such as PassApp operators, small traders, and self-employed people. Please use this mechanism to disseminate information and ask the Ministry to meet (the community/organize forums) because providing information is important. Comprehensive information helps prevent misapplication that causes loss of confidence in the system and in new policies, especially in the early stages […]./.