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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.
Department plans to study a sodium tax
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/08/2023
» The Excise Department is planning a study of sodium tax collection measures after the success of the "sweet tax" on sugar-sweetened beverages implemented in 2017 to shift consumer and industry behaviour towards making healthier choices, says director-general Ekniti Nitithanprapas.
Sugary drinks keep their fizz despite tax
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/03/2023
» The third stage of the excise tax hike for sugar-sweetened beverages comes into effect on April 1 after a six-month government postponement expires.
Excise tax on salty foods proposed
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/11/2021
» The government is inching towards the introduction of an excise tax on salty, processed foods, says Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith.
Excise delays levy process
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 18/02/2020
» The Excise Department has put on hold a process to consider levies on salty food and non-alcoholic beer until the Covid-19 epidemic is under control, its chief says.
Excise eyes levy on non-alcoholic beer
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/01/2020
» The Excise Department is considering tariff rates on both non-alcoholic beer and non-beverage alcohol before forwarding the issue to the cabinet for approval by the second quarter of 2020.
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.