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Grasping the VAT nettle
Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/11/2025
» The proposal to raise value-added tax from 7% to 8.5% in 2028, and to 10% in 2030, by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas is a display of political courage rarely seen in a political landscape where politicians are quick to spend money in the name of "economic stimulus" but stay mum when asked how to finance the schemes.
Taking on parks graft
Oped, Editorial, Published on 21/07/2025
» For a decade, Hat Noppharat Thara–Mu Koh Phi Phi National Park, especially the world-famous Maya Bay, has stood as a jewel of natural heritage tarnished by corruption. Despite repeated public outcries and half-hearted reform efforts, fee leakages and graft run wild.
A fine state of affairs
Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/02/2023
» After several years of talks on enforcing traffic-ticket fine payments, the Royal Thai Police (RTP) and the Department of Land Transport (DLT) finally signed a memorandum of understanding on Feb 8 to share electronic data on traffic violations and the issuance of traffic tickets by the police.
Fuel tax cut needed
Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/10/2021
» The price of oil is a notorious headache for governments around the world. Now, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is reaching for the pill bottle with the global price of oil having risen sharply from US$20 per barrel last year to over $80 this week.
Good start on digital tax
News, Editorial, Published on 06/09/2021
» Over the past few years, concerns have been raised that the traditional tax structure is unable to catch up with rapid growth in the digital economy. Digitalisation has weakened the ability of governments to collect tax as a result of cross-border transactions.
Public key to cleaner air
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/04/2021
» The decision by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to ditch two clean air bills this week came at an ill-opportune time. In the northern region, firefighters are still battling against forest fires which have been blamed for toxic smog and a surge in local health complaints.
Preventable marine deaths
News, Editorial, Published on 05/06/2018
» At the very moment Thailand has begun to worry about massive imports of mostly dangerous foreign waste, the most dramatic proof possible exposes one of the country's most dangerous exports. Marine biologists on the weekend released details and highly disturbing photographs of the death last week of a pilot whale in the Gulf off Songkhla province. An autopsy by the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) after the animal drifted ashore and died on the beach showed the cause of death. It either starved or strangled on more than 80 large plastic bags.