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[pants]

Recently I heard that a girl left Vietnam and the school she had been working at taxed her final pay massively. I was told there is a law that if you work for less than 180 days since January, and then leave, then these huge tax penalties apply. I want to leave at the end of the month but i'm worried that my final pay, which i desperately need, will be subject to this tax.

Does anyone have any definite information about this? Thanks...

[Mr Wind-up Bird]

The law is that for the first 6 months you work in Vietnam, you're taxed at 25% instead of the usual 10%, the difference being reimbursed to you should you stay longer. Those schools that follow the law should tax your firat 6 monthly pay packets at 25%, then reimburse you the 15% difference at the end of the 7th month. I only know of 2 schools, SEAMEO and Apollo, that do this. The idea behind the law is to stop foreigners coming in, making a packet in 6 months & then clearing off having contributed little to the local economy.

I've never heard of anyone having their final pay packet docked though, which sounds a bit naughty. If in doubt, check with the school ASAP!

[pants]

Thanks Mr Wind-Up Bird. I actually work for a 'good school' and so far that's what has happened. (25% in the first six months and now 10%) But I seem to be surrounded by hysteria. I think she must have worked for a dodgy school, can't recall the name of the place today.
Hope you're not spending too much time in dry wells, if you know what I mean...( if you don't get the reference feel free to think I'm crazy).

[Blade]

[Micro67]

To make sure your move to Việtnam goes smoothly you should request your criminal record and have it notorized before leaving home.

My understanding is that this requirement for a work permit is starting to be enforced and not having it could cause another unneccessary headache.

[H5N1]