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A closer look at the new Thailand-India tax treaty
Business, Lawalliance Limited Company, Published on 23/08/2016
» Businesses are increasingly seeking to avoid tax by exploiting gaps and mismatches in tax rules to artificially shift profits to low- or no-tax locations. Member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have jointly set out action plans to address this problem. Some of these are reflected in the new Thailand-India Double Tax Treaty, which will take effect from Jan 1, 2017, replacing an accord that has been in force for 29 years.
Correcting flaws in the tax system: vote yes or no
Business, Lawalliance Limited Company, Published on 09/08/2016
» The referendum on the draft constitution has been staged successfully and the people have spoken. In the same spirit, perhaps it's time that the Revenue Department listened to the voices of troubled taxpayers and corrected some of its mistakes promptly and transparently.
Complications arising from new stamp duty rules
Business, Lawalliance Limited Company, Published on 26/07/2016
» While stamp duty is a type of nuisance tax that tends to be forgotten, failing to comply with its requirements could have distressing consequences. An instrument that is not properly affixed with stamp duty may be subject to surcharges that could climb as high as 600% of the original duty. As well, it could be prohibited from being used as evidence in a court of law.
Lump-sum payments to departing employees
Business, Lawalliance Limited Company, Published on 12/07/2016
» When employment comes to an end, whether due to retirement, redundancy or voluntary resignation, the employer may need to make a lump-sum payment to the employee. As the lump sum could be all that a retired employee has left to live on, or a fund to be used during the vocational transition, the law helps to ease the tax burden by allowing a special calculation so that it is taxed separately from other income.
Missing inventory and VAT refunds: finding the evidence
Business, Lawalliance Limited Company, Published on 28/06/2016
» In a tax audit, nothing should be asserted by the taxpayer without the ability to verify its accuracy. Such verification is often crucial to a taxpayer's success in withstanding the taxman's challenge.
Tax losses and BoI-promoted businesses: a cautionary tale
Business, Lawalliance Limited Company, Published on 31/05/2016
» All that glitters is not gold. While the tax incentives granted to businesses promoted by the Board of Investment (BoI) are dazzlingly attractive, ambiguities in the statutory provisions often bring about dreadful tax results in the end. Look no further than recent court cases involving carried-forward tax losses sustained by BoI-promoted projects.
E-payment and bank secrecy: what's next
Business, Lawalliance Limited Company, Published on 17/05/2016
» It has long been understood that a taxpayer has the right to a contractual arrangement that will allow him or her to incur the lowest tax cost where possible. Nothing in past constitutions or the new draft requires Thai nationals to choose a transaction that would expose the parties to the heaviest tax burden, as long as the transaction is within the law.
Bad debt write-offs and VAT impact
Business, Lawalliance Limited Company, Published on 03/05/2016
» One tax default can cause a domino effect and lead from one unpleasant outcome to another misfortune. One good example involves erroneously writing off bad debts.
How does the Panama leak affect you?
Business, Lawalliance Limited Company, Published on 19/04/2016
» If not for the Songkran festival, the news that 16 Thai names were on the infamous Panama Papers list might have got more attention. However, more worrisome is the Offshore Leaks Database, first released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in 2013. It exposes the names of more than 750 Thailand-based people and entities, Thai and foreign, that are or have been connected with offshore tax-planning structures, mostly in the British Virgin Islands and Panama.
New tax incentives aimed at summer spending sprees
Business, Lawalliance Limited Company, Published on 05/04/2016
» Once again, Thailand's hot summer has become the season for tax incentives. So much legislation has been coming out lately that it's difficult for taxpayers to ensure timely and accurate compliance.