Starting January 1, 2026, evading traffic fines will become significantly harder as Decree 296/2025 takes effect.
Under the Law on Handling Administrative Violations, deducting a portion of salary or income is not a new penalty but a measure to enforce compliance with penalty decisions. This measure is only applied when individuals fail to voluntarily comply with the decision within the legal timeframe.
Specifically, violators have 10 days from receiving the penalty decision to pay the fine (unless the decision specifies a longer period). Filing a complaint or lawsuit does not suspend the obligation to pay the fine, except in special cases as prescribed by law.
Only after this period, if the individual still fails to comply, may the competent authority apply coercive measures, including deducting a portion of salary, income, or pension.
A notable new feature of Decree 296/2025, effective from January 1, 2026, is the detailed and stringent procedure for salary and income deduction.
Accordingly, after the deadline for executing the penalty decision has passed without voluntary compliance, the authorized person will take the following steps:
First, request information. The individual subject to coercion, the employer, or the income management agency must provide information about salary, income, or pension within 3 to 5 working days, depending on the case. The provided information must be accurate and legally accountable.
Second, verify income. The authority issuing the coercion decision is responsible for verifying relevant information to ensure the deduction is applied to the correct individual under the right conditions.
Third, issue the coercion decision. Within 2 working days of confirming all information, the authorized person must issue a decision to deduct a portion of salary or income.
This decision must clearly state the legal basis, details of the individual subject to coercion, the salary or income payer, the amount to be deducted, the implementation timeframe, and the State Treasury account receiving the fine.
Salary deduction is not applied immediately upon a traffic violation but is the final step in a series of measures to ensure compliance with penalty decisions. In reality, this measure has existed in the law for many years, but only now has a detailed, unified procedure for its implementation been established.
Decree 296/2025 also clearly assigns responsibilities to both the violator and the employer, while requiring authorities to strictly adhere to timelines and verification procedures, avoiding abuse or unnecessary impact on workers’ lives.
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