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# Nguyễn Thị Hạnh

> Eighteen years in accounting, six of them at an audit firm before opening the office in 2014. Signs off every financial statement before it is filed.

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Chief accountant, founder

“I read financial statements on paper with a pencil, because every number needs someone who answers for it.”

Hạnh graduated in accounting in 2008 and went straight into an audit firm. In six years there she audited dozens of small and mid-sized companies, from consumer goods distributors to builders. What stayed with her was not the big errors but the ledgers nobody could follow because too many people had kept them.

In March 2014 she opened Sổ Sách Sáng with five clients. Twelve years later the office has five people, and there is one job she still does herself: reading and signing off every financial statement before it is filed.

## Who she works with

Hạnh looks after a small group of foreign-owned companies directly, where the owner needs someone to explain Vietnamese books in English and to deal with the independent auditor each year. She also takes the difficult cases: a company facing a tax inspection, books abandoned for several years, or an owner who wants to understand why a cost was disallowed. Her consultation slots are on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

## A habit

Every financial statement gets printed. She checks three numbers first: the cash balance against the bank’s confirmation, the VAT still payable against the returns filed, and the retained earnings carried over from last year. If those three agree, the rest is usually sound. If one is off, she calls whoever prepared it straight away rather than leaving a note for tomorrow.

During the 2025 year-end, that check turned up late-payment interest from 2022 that a client’s previous accountant had never recorded. The amount was small, but had the tax office found it first, it would have meant a full afternoon of explanations.

## What she is learning

Some foreign-owned clients have asked about reporting under international standards, so this year she is studying IFRS on Wednesday evenings. She is also rereading the Tax Administration Law 108/2025/QH15 with Quân, one chapter a week, so the whole office reads it the same way.

![Portrait of a Vietnamese woman in a white blouse sitting and smiling against a grey background](/_astro/team-1.DkQRmEiV_1wrpP9.jpg)

Focus

Signing off financial statements, Foreign-owned companies, CIT finalisation, Clean-up before tax inspections

Languages

Vietnamese, English

Education

Bachelor of Accounting, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH); Vietnamese practising accountant licence

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## Articles by Nguyễn Thị Hạnh

22/09

[Outsourced or in-house accountant in Vietnam: the full cost compared](/en/blog/outsourced-or-in-house-accountant)

12/03

[Household business tax in Vietnam 2026: who files, how much, when](/en/blog/household-business-tax-vietnam-2026)