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A closer inspection of negative income tax
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/08/2024
» The first vision statement by former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, after 17 years away from Thailand, has garnered interest on several points, including the proposal of a negative income tax (NIT).
SMEs urged to look beyond Thailand
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 28/11/2022
» The courage to venture to overseas frontiers and easier access to loans are the key factors to facilitate small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) becoming exporters, according to lenders and industry leaders.
Exim Bank chief offers advice to exporters
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/10/2022
» The depreciation of the baht will not continue to benefit local exporters in the long term because of the currency's volatility, according to Export-Import Bank of Thailand (Exim Bank) president Rak Vorrakitpokatorn.
GSB preps B5bn for jobless
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/09/2021
» Government Savings Bank (GSB) plans to launch a soft loan package worth 5 billion baht next month to help the unemployed, aiming to create 100,000 jobs, says president and chief executive Vitai Ratanakorn.
Scheme projects B26bn for low-income earners
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/01/2019
» Career training under the government's welfare and subsidy scheme should help boost the income for 1.56 million recipients by a total of 26 billion baht, says a senior official at the Finance Ministry.
Job skills for poor gets boost
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/01/2019
» The Finance Ministry aims to spend 3 billion baht more to fund a proposed extension of the government's occupational training programme for the poor holding state welfare cards and receiving monthly living allowances.
Finance claims job training success fighting poverty
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 18/12/2018
» Job training under the government's welfare and subsidy scheme managed to boost annual income for 30,000-40,000 recipients to exceed the scheme's 100,000 baht-threshold, says a senior official at the Finance Ministry.
Scant few eligible for VAT return scheme
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/12/2018
» A meagre 360,000 of the 11.4 million recipients of the government's welfare and subsidy scheme for the poor are entitled to value-added tax (VAT) payback in the first month after the tax incentive scheme started last month.
Welfare VAT scheme falls flat
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/11/2018
» The government's value-added tax (VAT) payback scheme for welfare smart cardholders is getting a lukewarm response, as only a handful of merchants have participated in the programme.
Ministry says 5% growth possible
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/07/2018
» Thai GDP growth of 5% is likely this year if the global economy's performance and state spending outpace expectations, the Finance Ministry says.