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Treasury touts stalled Mo Chit project
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 03/02/2026
» The Treasury Department is moving ahead with the long-delayed land development project at the old Mo Chit bus terminal site, which has dragged on for more than 30 years, with a conclusion expected by September.
New retirement lottery scheme slammed by critics
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 03/10/2025
» Critics are arguing the new government's proposed online lottery for retirement savings is a weaker tool for building savings than the previous administration's "retirement lottery" programme.
Ministries eye concessions for Bangkok train lines
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/09/2024
» The Finance Ministry and Transport Ministry have begun exploring the idea of acquiring the concessions for seven electric train lines, valued at roughly 500 billion baht, to bring them under state ownership.
Mo Chit Complex contract soon
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/02/2021
» The Treasury Department is preparing to sign a contract for the Mo Chit Complex project worth 26 billion baht, after 25 years of delays, says director-general Yuttana Yimgarund.
Pure alcohol tax gets pro tem waiver
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 10/03/2020
» The Excise Department has temporarily exempted tax levied on pure alcohol while the government has unlocked the requirement to free 3 million litres of alcohol left over from energy usage to encourage the manufacture of alcohol-based hand sanitisers to meet strong demand amid Covid-19 fears.
Finance Ministry scraps travel cash for tourists
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/04/2019
» The Finance Ministry has scrapped a plan to hand out travel allowances in cash worth 1,500 baht each to about 10 million people for travelling in any of 55 second-tier provinces, part of a scheme to promote domestic tourism in areas not regularly visited be them.
Instability threatens economic growth
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/04/2019
» Without decisive winners from the March 24 poll, there are fears that political instability will affect the country's economy. Such concerns are understandable given that three parties, namely the pro-military Palang Pracharath Party, and Pheu Thai Party and Future Forward Party (which brand themselves as the anti-regime camp), are engaging in a post-election tug of war.
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.
VAT refund on up to B20,000 in store
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 01/12/2018
» The Finance Ministry plans to offer a value-added tax (VAT) refund to shoppers who spend up to 20,000 baht from Feb 1 to 15 next year in a bid to boost domestic spending amid murky economic prospects.
State project spend up 60%
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 18/10/2018
» State enterprises' investment budget disbursement for the eight months through August surged 60% from a year earlier, thanks largely to accelerated investment of large projects and PTT Group, says the chief of the State Enterprise Policy Office (Sepo).