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News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 13/08/2015
» As we strive to defuse a political timebomb through the roadmap, the country is about to face a potential social timebomb: the emergence of an ageing society as a result of demographic change.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 23/07/2015
» Few, if any, would question a government plan to reform state enterprises, or improve their performance.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/07/2015
» Despite making progress in its probe into a value-added tax refund scam which caused the loss of 4.3 billion baht in state income in 2012-2013, the Revenue Department has still not been able to get back a single baht from the perpetrators.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 11/06/2015
» Bad policies formulated by previous governments including the previous government's rice scheme have left the country in financial trouble, owing some 720 billion baht.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/05/2015
» The harsh punishment imposed on a senior tax officer involved in a value-added tax refund scam indicates how determined Finance Minister Sommai Phasee is in his push for the country’s tax reform to close a loophole that has caused tremendous loss of income to the country.
Oped, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 30/04/2015
» If the Thai economy can be likened to an aeroplane, it is flying with some engines in trouble.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/04/2015
» Public uproar forced the Prayut Chan-o-cha government to put its controversial land and buildings tax on hold. But without new sources of tax revenue, the country's fiscal health is facing serious risks.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 26/06/2014
» Will we finally see a reckoning over what is right and wrong? The National Council for Peace and Order wants us to believe so. Among the flurry of recent orders and policy reviews was a directive to the Finance Ministry to submit a comprehensive plan for tax reform by next month.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 05/06/2014
» Before the coup on May 22, Thailand could be compared to a person suffering from painful indigestion, bloated with gas from months of internal conflict between parties intellectually and emotionally divided. It seemed only a matter of time before something gave way.
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/05/2014
» There are fears the political chaos will sink the Thai economy. As political tensions have dragged on for over six months, people are starting to feel the country is trapped in a deadlock.