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Tree bank loan amount rises
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/08/2018
» The state-owned Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) has raised the maximum loan amount under its tree bank scheme to 80% of collateral value from 50% to attract more people to grow high-value trees.
Customs targets online shoppers
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 23/08/2018
» Online shoppers who buy from retailers abroad will soon be able to pay import duty online and have packages sent to their homes as the Customs Department is expanding its focus to small incoming packages.
Apisak touts VAT payback plan for welfare recipients
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/08/2018
» Recipients of the government's welfare scheme who buy goods at Thong Fah Pracha Rat shops from Oct 1 to Dec 31 will get a VAT refund, says Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong.
Govt looks to B3bn windfall from online VAT revenue
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 18/07/2018
» The Revenue Department plans to reap 3 billion baht in annual VAT payments from the 80-90 major international online service providers with a presence in Thailand.
Measures mulled for plastic waste
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/07/2018
» A subcommittee tasked with plastic waste management wants to accelerate its schedule, with the goal of at least halving the use of plastic and foam in five years instead of 20.
State investment slower than targeted
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 13/07/2018
» Government organisations disbursed 47% of the 577 billion-bath investment budget in the first nine months of fiscal 2018, well short of the target, the Comptroller-General's Department announced on Friday.
Welfare cards to be issued to another 1.1m people
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 12/07/2018
» The Finance Ministry plans to distribute welfare cards to 1.1 million more people who missed the previous registration of the poor, and they include people with disabilities and bedridden patients.
Farm incomes on the rise
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 28/06/2018
» Farm incomes rose 9% year-on-year in May, the highest in 13 months, and grassroots consumption is likely to rise in the future, according to the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO).
Environmental tax could cut e-waste
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 28/06/2018
» The Finance Ministry has floated the idea of imposing an environmental tax in a bid to reduce electronic waste.
New tax to encourage B20 use
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/06/2018
» The Excise Department is imposing a tax on B20 biodiesel that is 82 satang lower than the B7 tax in a push to make the former’s retail price three baht per litre cheaper than the latter’s, says a senior official.