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Development bank poised to drive businesses once again
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/01/2016
» Almost from ashes, the once-ailing Small and Medium Enterprise Development Bank of Thailand (SME Bank) has eventually made an impressive turnaround and looks set to resume its role as a financial institution to drive small- and medium-sized businesses into prosperity.
Somkid tackles root causes of our economic malady
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/10/2015
» The economic malady Thailand has been facing for the past two consecutive years requires the proper remedies to tackle the root causes.
Government must tread carefully with cash-injection scheme
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 03/09/2015
» By launching the emergency economic stimulus package which targets low-income people both in the city and upcountry, the government has sent out a clear message: "There is no need to worry about economic stagnation".
Somkid's economic package avoids reckless populism
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/09/2015
» If Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha worries that people may mistake his 136-billion-baht economic stimulus package for populist measures such as those implemented by the previous administration, he need not do so.
VAT refund scam reveals loopholes in tax law
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/07/2015
» Despite making progress in its probe into a value-added tax refund scam which caused the loss of 4.3 billion baht in state income in 2012-2013, the Revenue Department has still not been able to get back a single baht from the perpetrators.
Transparency key in reshaping state enterprises
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 23/07/2015
» Few, if any, would question a government plan to reform state enterprises, or improve their performance.
Savings fund offers safety net for retirees, the state alike
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 13/08/2015
» As we strive to defuse a political timebomb through the roadmap, the country is about to face a potential social timebomb: the emergence of an ageing society as a result of demographic change.
Sommai says Finance Ministry is plugging loopholes
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/05/2015
» The harsh punishment imposed on a senior tax officer involved in a value-added tax refund scam indicates how determined Finance Minister Sommai Phasee is in his push for the country’s tax reform to close a loophole that has caused tremendous loss of income to the country.
The ‘patient’ isn’t terminal but needs strong medicine
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 05/06/2014
» Before the coup on May 22, Thailand could be compared to a person suffering from painful indigestion, bloated with gas from months of internal conflict between parties intellectually and emotionally divided. It seemed only a matter of time before something gave way.
Fighting corruption while ignoring the rice scheme
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 30/01/2014
» Rice farmers are waiting anxiously for money from the government for their pledged crops. And taxpayers are also feeling that they are being robbed in broad daylight by the government which has defiantly dismissed all the warnings about the flaws of the rice-pledging scheme.