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Investment misses public target levels
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 11/02/2020
» A meagre 25 billion baht in investment budget was doled out in the first three months of fiscal 2020, as the months-delayed 3.2-trillion-baht budget bill has yet to be enforced, says a source at the Finance Ministry who requested anonymity.
VAT refund for tourists hiked to B30,000
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 18/10/2019
» The Revenue Department is set to raise the ceiling for value-added tax (VAT) refunds for tourists at downtown agents to 30,000 baht per traveller from 12,000 baht at present.
Decision soon on PPP duty-free issue
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/04/2019
» A legal subcommittee under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) committee is expected to decide whether the bidding process for the duty-free shop concession falls under the newly amended PPP Act by the end of this month.
New land prices unveiled for incoming tax change
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 19/12/2017
» The country's costliest land based on the Treasury Department's new appraisal prices, effective from Jan 1, 2018, is on Silom Road at 1 million baht per square wah, while the cheapest is in Khok Charoen district, Lop Buri, where each sq w is worth a mere 20 baht.
GSB lures street vendors with cheap loans
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 22/09/2017
» The state-owned Government Savings Bank (GSB) is offering 10 billion baht in low-interest rate loans to street food vendors, aiming to reach 20,000 people.
IEAT leases 629 rai for Sadao SEZ
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/08/2017
» The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) will spend 1 billion baht to develop 629 rai of land leased from the Treasury Department in Songkhla province into a special economic zone (SEZ) for rubber and agricultural processing.
Two lease rates for Suvarnabhumi airport
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 22/02/2017
» The Treasury Department has reached an agreement with Airports of Thailand (AoT) to apply two lease rates in a new contract for Suvarnabhumi airport.
AoT urged to open up duty-free
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/01/2016
» The Thai Duty-Free Shop Trade Association has asked Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) to open up the management of pickup centres at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports to new players.
Makkasan plot will host commerce, park
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 03/04/2015
» The Finance Ministry now plans to develop a prime land plot owned by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) in Bangkok's Makkasan area for both commercial and social purposes in a bid to ease public opposition.