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Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/06/2015
» Since value-added tax (VAT) was introduced in 1992, there have been several cases of false refunds, but the offenders, especially the big fish, always managed to slip through authorities' fingers.
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/05/2014
» Former finance minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong gave the greenlight for two foreign banks to establish subsidiaries before he was removed from the position by a court order over the unconstitutional transfer of the National Security Council chief Thawil Pliensri, says a ministry source.
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 26/04/2014
» Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd (SMTC) have met the Bank of Thailand's qualifications for licences to upgrade their local branches to subsidiaries, says a Finance Ministry source.
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/04/2014
» The government’s revenue collection for the 2014 fiscal year is expected to fall at least 50 billion baht short of its target due largely to the faltering economy and overestimated excise diesel tax, an informed source at the Finance Ministry said.
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/02/2014
» The caretaker government is struggling to find funds to pay rice farmers after it once again failed to pressure the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives to use its liquidity to pay rice farmers, says a senior BAAC official.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/02/2014
» The caretaker government has secured a loan of 17 billion baht from the Government Savings Bank (GSB), which will be used to distribute overdue payments to rice farmers.
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 10/02/2014
» E-auctions of big projects worth a combined 66 billion baht have stalled on concerns that such bidding under a caretaker government may be unconstitutional, says the Comptroller-General's Department.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/01/2014
» Imagine this scenario. You want to remodel your kitchen with some new cabinets, floor tiles and appliances, which your contractor will do for 50,000 baht and two days' work.
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 23/12/2013
» The liquidity-crunched rice pledging scheme is approaching a critical juncture, as the caretaker government may need to put on hold any activity associated with it until the next government is formed.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 28/11/2013
» For much of the past decade, our political agenda has seemingly been frozen in the past. Rather than debate where we are and where we want to go, the focus of the country's main political parties can be simplified into two diametrically opposing positions: How to bring Thaksin Shinawatra home on one hand, and how to erase his influence from policymaking once and for all on the other.