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Agency to monitor growing scam threat
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/10/2025
» The National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) has committed to regularly monitor and report on scam-related crimes, which have emerged as a growing social threat.
Ministry to review welfare card rules
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/10/2024
» The Finance Ministry plans to review the eligibility criteria for state welfare cards, taking into account the planned increase in the minimum wage.
Authorities nab fake VAT invoice gangs
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/02/2024
» The Revenue Department is developing a data analytics system for entrepreneurs to enter the tax payment system and avoid counterfeit tax invoices, says director-general Kulaya Tantitemit.
New criteria for welfare eligibility
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 20/11/2021
» The Ministry of Finance is proposing new criteria for state welfare eligibility based on the total earnings of family members, which should not exceed 200,000 baht per year, according to Deputy Finance Minister Santi Promphat.
Number of poor people to reach 15m next year
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/11/2021
» The number of the poor in Thailand is expected to increase to 15 million next year from the current level of almost 14 million because of the impact of the prolonged Covid-19 outbreak, said Deputy Finance Minister Santi Promphat.
Finance Ministry mulls handouts for farmers
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 10/04/2020
» The Ministry of Finance on Thursday met to hash out details of a planned cash handout for almost nine million farmers to inject liquidity into the economy amid the slowdown brought on by the Covid-19 outbreak.
Raised in Thailand, but courting success in Hong Kong
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 12/02/2020
» Building a successful startup is the dream of every entrepreneur, but only a few are able to achieve it, with startups established outside the founder's home country being even rarer.
Customs grab B90m in tax dodge items
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 11/09/2019
» Ninety million baht's worth of brand-name products were seized in tax evasion cases between last October and last month, the Customs Department says.
Customs spots June surge in smuggled goods
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 11/07/2019
» The trade value of brand-name products smuggled into Thailand surged in June, partly motivated by bigger profits from the firmer baht, says a Customs Department official.
Excise wants levy on salty, fatty ingredients
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/11/2018
» The Excise Department plans to tax ingredients that are sources of salt as part of efforts to impose levies against products that are harmful to health, its chief says.