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TAXES IN THAILAND XX: VAT Part Two
Spectrum, Published on 20/05/2012
» Last week we talked about the theory behind the value added tax (VAT) and how it works from the point of view of the average consumer. This week we'll discuss it in a little more depth for those operating businesses who might have to withhold the tax and pay it to the government.
Mother Suu brings excitement and hope to campaign trail
Spectrum, Songpol Kaopatumtip, Published on 25/03/2012
» Clutching a bouquet of roses and a small red flag, Min Min Oo stood in the hot afternoon sun along with about 500 other people, many of them in red T-shirts with the National League for Democracy (NLD) logo. ''We started our trip at 6am. It's exhausting but we don't want to miss this once in a lifetime chance to welcome Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,'' said the 28-year-old graduate student from Kyaikhto town.
Voices of the silent
Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 11/03/2012
» Last Thursday was International Women's Day, an occasion that for a century has served for people to demand greater civil rights, representation and equality; to honour wives, mothers and girlfriends and the accomplishments of women; to call for an end to global hunger and poverty; and, increasingly, to highlight the plight of refugees and the displaced.
Myanmar's rising drug trade
Spectrum, Phil Thornton, Published on 12/02/2012
» Professor Des Ball pushes plates of what is left of a roast duck and barbeque prawn dinner to the side as he spreads a large map across the dinner table and stabs his finger at a point where northern Thailand meets Myanmar.