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Gary Boyle, Published on 05/06/2024
» The Revenue Department is preparing to amend a law to collect taxes from individuals who have income from abroad, even if that income is not brought into the country.
Gary Boyle, Published on 07/11/2023
» As the smog season draws nearer, Chiang Mai tourism operators are urging the government to speed up the passage of the Clean Air Act to reduce pollution from the agricultural sector.
Gary Boyle, Published on 11/10/2023
» The government is considering revising its 10,000-baht digital wallet handout scheme by excluding wealthy people, Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat said on Tuesday.
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/09/2023
» The military government in Myanmar is demanding that expatriate workers remit at least 25% of their foreign currency income through the country’s banking system, according to local reports.
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 21/11/2018
» The government will plough 63 billion baht into cash handout packages aimed at assisting low-income earners, the elderly and retired officers, but Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has urged both the public and the media not to view this as a populist move aimed at shoring up support ahead of the election.
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 26/12/2017
» The proposal to give tax breaks to tourists in secondary provinces from Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2018 will go before the cabinet today. The move is intended to distribute income to these provinces and make the recovery more broad-based.
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 17/11/2017
» The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) has passed a bill which will provide up to 4 billion baht a year from sin taxes to support the monthly living allowance for the elderly poor.
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/11/2017
» The government's shopping tax break begins Saturday. It will let individual taxpayers deduct up to 15,000 baht of taxable income from the value of goods and services bought until Dec 3.
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 31/10/2017
» A male model shamed on social media for pretending to be poor in order to receive a welfare card says he actually has very little money.
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/10/2017
» Many people drive to work alone every day, but a new mobile app offers to connect travel companions and help share fuel costs.