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Student Loan Fund short B19bn
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 30/03/2024
» The Student Loan Fund (SLF) needs to request state support worth 19 billion baht for lending to students in fiscal 2025, marking the first such request since 2018.
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Student Loan Fund's bad debts set to gradually ease
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 01/02/2024
» The Student Loan Fund's (SLF) bad debts, tallying 100 billion baht, should gradually reduce after the fund adjusts the calculation method for debt repayment, says fund manager Chainarong Kajchapanan.
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Nation aims to be upper-income by 2027
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 03/10/2023
» The government will turn Thailand into an upper-income country within four years, says Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
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The untouchable tax
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 04/09/2023
» Since the introduction of value-added tax (VAT) in Thailand in 1992, no government has dared to increase the rate because of concerns regarding the economic impact, the greater burden in terms of living expenses, and most importantly how politically unpopular such a move would appear.
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Department plans to study a sodium tax
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/08/2023
» The Excise Department is planning a study of sodium tax collection measures after the success of the "sweet tax" on sugar-sweetened beverages implemented in 2017 to shift consumer and industry behaviour towards making healthier choices, says director-general Ekniti Nitithanprapas.
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How Thailand's welfare state could change
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 28/06/2023
» For the past few decades, many countries have been working towards providing "healthcare for all", including equity in access to healthcare and healthcare financing.
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SMEs urged to look beyond Thailand
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 28/11/2022
» The courage to venture to overseas frontiers and easier access to loans are the key factors to facilitate small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) becoming exporters, according to lenders and industry leaders.
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Exim Bank chief offers advice to exporters
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/10/2022
» The depreciation of the baht will not continue to benefit local exporters in the long term because of the currency's volatility, according to Export-Import Bank of Thailand (Exim Bank) president Rak Vorrakitpokatorn.
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Two new lotteries to launch this year
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 08/06/2022
» Two new government-run lotteries will be launched this year in a fresh bid to stamp out illegal lotteries and overpriced tickets, Charnkrit Dejvitak, an assistant to the PM’s Office, revealed on Tuesday.
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Balancing act in bid to raise revenue
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/01/2022
» The government is inching towards imposing taxes on some products and ending tax waivers to ensure fiscal stability and expand the tax base.
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