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Excise Department preps salt tax roadmap
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 18/02/2025
» The Excise Department has laid out a roadmap for the imposition of a salt tax (sodium tax), which would start with snack foods, which are known to possess little to no nutritional value.
Thailand's proposed salt tax to be a tiered system
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 26/12/2024
» The planned "salt tax" is expected to materialise within the next year, with implementation in the form of a tiered system based on sodium levels.
Taxes on salt and fat considered
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 05/11/2024
» The Ministry of Finance is studying the feasibility of imposing taxes on products containing salt and fat as a preventive health measure.
Land tax teeters
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 30/10/2020
» The persistent pandemic crisis at home and abroad is a decisive factor in whether the long-awaited land and building tax, which is the Fiscal Policy Office's (FPO) brainchild of 25 years, will produce the desired impact or not.
Salt tax aims to change behaviour
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/10/2019
» Instant noodles, snacks and seasoning powder have been targeted for taxation on salty foods, with the Excise Department likely to apply World Health Organisation (WHO) guidance on dietary sodium intake capped at 2,000 milligrammes per day as a benchmark to determine the levy rates.
Tax on high salt content dusted off
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 10/09/2019
» The Excise Department has unveiled an old plan to tax salty foods by setting a ceiling at 2,000 milligrammes per day of sodium as a benchmark to determine the levy rates, a senior official says.
Finance Minister doubts sodium tax
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 04/12/2018
» Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong has raised an eyebrow at the Excise Department's proposed tax on salty foods, saying it is insufficient as written as a lot of effort would be required for the enforcement of a minimal levy amount.
Excise rejig could boost electric vehicles
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 19/11/2018
» The Excise Department could revise its tax structure for conventional cars by tightening greenhouse gas emission limits in a push to encourage electric vehicle (EV) production and usage in Thailand.
Salt, sugar, grey hair a perfect health storm
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/11/2018
» A changing diet in past decades has seen Thai people grow accustomed to consuming too much sugar and salt, negatively impacting their health. This has led to more cases of non-communicable diseases (NCD), heart problems, high-blood pressure and diabetes in state hospitals, which is placing a heavy burden on government spending.
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.