COVID-19 impact

A message from Managing Partner regarding Covid-19

The COVID-19 situation in Thailand is very volatile, as the outbreak in March 2020 was brought under control quickly, followed by a few months without any local infections, which was then followed by an unexpected outbreak in December 2020. At Mazars, we are fully aware of the current situation and have now implemented our business continuity plan.

Mazars donated to Bangkok Community Help Foundation to fight COVID-19

Rob Hurenkamp and Blake Dimsdale, partners at Mazars in Thailand, acting as representatives of the firm, made a donation to Friso Poldervaart, one of the co-founders of the Bangkok Community Help Foundation, on 6 August 2021.

OECD Guidance on Transfer Pricing implications of Covid-19 pandemic

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On 18 December 2020, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) issued the much-awaited guidance on Transfer Pricing implications of Covid-19 pandemic that provides broad principles for taxpayers in reporting the financial periods affected by the pandemic and for tax administrations in evaluating the implementation of taxpayers’ Transfer Pricing policies.

Covid-19 business impact update

The COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant impact on business sectors and the overall economy of the country. Due to the ongoing disruption during the crisis, businesses need to stay agile and adapt their business strategy to survive and turn this crisis into an opportunity.

To assist you with your business decisions, we have addressed some of the key issues that many businesses are facing at the moment.

Employment matters

Stay up to date on employment matters news, and government regulations in light of COVID-19 to prepare your business during this uncertain situation.

Force Majeure and COVID-19

The term ‘force majeure’ is defined broadly in the Thai Civil and Commercial Code as an event that is unforeseeable, unpreventable, and unavoidable for an affected party, but no list of such events is provided.

Travel provisions

As a result of the continuing effects of the COVID-19 outbreak abroad, announcements issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) on banning incoming flights to Thailand are still enforceable except for state or military aircraft, emergency landings, landings for technical aircraft without any passengers disembarking, humanitarian and medical relief flights, repatriation flights, cargo aircraft landings, and certain passenger flights.

Reductions in the Social Security Fund (SSF) contribution rates

Reductions in the Social Security Fund contribution rates for both employees and employers were published in the Royal Gazette on 13 April 2020, 14 September 2020, 30 December 2020, 5 February 2021 and 28 May 2021.

Benefits from the Social Security Office

The Ministry of Labour announced two Ministerial Regulations on 17 April 2020 and on 30 December 2020 to allow the SSO to pay benefits to the employee in case of dismissal, resignation, work suspension due to quarantine or observing quarantine and work suspension due to COVID-19 whether by the government order or not.