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Property tax rethink scheduled
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/04/2015
» A controversial draft bill on the land and buildings tax will be reviewed and is expected to take four months to complete.
SME Bank reserves enough
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/11/2014
» The state-owned Small and Medium Enterprise Development Bank of Thailand (SME Bank) has adequate legal reserves to meet the criteria required by the Bank of Thailand, based on the bank's due diligence.
Sommai upbeat on Thai rating
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/10/2014
» The country's sovereign credit rating is likely to rise in 2015 if reforms proceed as planned, says Finance Minister Sommai Phasee.
Ministry pins hopes on stimulus
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 10/10/2014
» The Finance Ministry forecasts economic growth will come in at 1.7% this year but is pinning its hopes on stimulus measures bumping up the figure to 2%.
Inheritance tax: Bid to ease jitters
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/09/2014
» Finance permanent secretary Rungson Sriworasat yesterday sought to allay jitters over the inheritance and gift tax by saying 10% was the ceiling rate — and the actual rate was likely to be lower.
Pros and cons of inheritance tax being considered
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/08/2014
» The Revenue Department will list the pros and cons of adding three potential payers of inheritance tax for deliberation by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).
Credit discomfort
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/04/2014
» A downgrade of Thailand’s credit rating outlook to negative from stable by major rating agencies including Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s (S&P) is likely if political uncertainty fails to end before their mid-year review, but the nation’s sovereign credit rating is expected to be unscathed.
'Teflon' Thailand keeps ratings intact
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 11/03/2014
» The Thai economy typically rapidly recovers from political unrest, dating back to the 1932 revolution. History is expected to repeat itself this time, meaning the country's credit ratings could again escape a downgrade, said a source at the Finance Ministry's Public Debt Management Office (PDMO).
Economy in danger of stalling
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/02/2014
» Credit rating agencies have voiced concerns that the political impasse could take a toll on investment if it continues, says a Finance Ministry source.
The hole story
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/01/2014
» When our fathers and grandfathers were young, a single satang coin with a circular hole in the centre was enough to buy goods.