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Officials take aim at fuzzy accounting
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 31/07/2014
» The Revenue Department will give accounting firms a checklist for screening client tax filings to prevent understatement of profits and underpayment of corporate income tax.
Tax reform aims to cut income gap
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 30/07/2014
» The National Council for Peace and Order has instructed the Finance Ministry to seek tax measures that can foster social fairness and bridge income disparities while boosting revenue for government coffers, says a ministry source.
RS awaits compensation
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/07/2014
» The Comptroller-General's Department has set up a committee to consider compensation to RS Plc for providing free live broadcasts of all 2014 Fifa World Cup matches.
Ministry to cut on state agency perks
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/07/2014
» The Finance Ministry has asked all state enterprises to cut compensation and entertainment allowances for their board members to appropriate levels in a move to comply with the junta’s policy on state enterprise reform.
Megaproject budget cut
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/06/2014
» The infrastructure development budget will be trimmed to 2.4 trillion baht from the 3 trillion baht earlier proposed by the transport strategy committee after the high-speed train projects are certain to be put on ice.
Coherent investment plan urged
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/06/2014
» Funding sources for the proposed 3-trillion-baht infrastructure development plan will top the agenda in today's meeting of the Public Debt Management Office (PDMO), State Enterprise Policy Office (SEPO), the Budget Bureau and the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB).
B80bn to pay rice farmers
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/05/2014
» The Finance Ministry plans to borrow about 80 billion baht to pay off rice farmers within one month to fulfil an order from National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) head Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha.
SME credit guarantee boost eyed
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 23/05/2014
» The Finance Ministry is in talks with an international institution about coming together to provide additional credit guarantees covering up to half the value of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) loans in a bid to dispel lender concerns about bad loans and encourage them to extend new ones.
Evading taxes shortchanges the nation's potential
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/04/2014
» Boosting the tax base has been on the horizon of policymakers for years. After all, only 10 million people file tax returns out of a population of 67 million. Simple maths suggests that whether out of ignorance or intention, there are plenty who simply are not meeting their civic duties.
BAAC walks hat in hand
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 22/04/2014
» The caretaker government is again desperately seeking fresh funds to pay its overdue debt to rice farmers, as 2-3 billion of the 20-billion-baht budget plus income from recent rice sales is expected to be paid out in the coming days.