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Tax Ruling on IT Services by an Overseas Company
Keywords: Mazars, Thailand, Tax, VAT, WHT, IT, Revenue Department
20 November 2013
In order to provide such services, the two parties communicated and coordinated with each other via telephone and e-mail. Company B did not send any of its employees to Company A and the payment of the service fees was made directly to Singapore.
According to the facts as stated above, the Revenue Department ruled that the service fee derived by Company B was categorised as a business profit. Therefore, this amount of income was not subject to corporate income tax. Company A was not required to withhold tax on this payment.
In respect of VAT, the Revenue Department rules that payment in respect of such services was paid to a company incorporated outside Thailand which has no active business operations in Thailand. The services are provided outside Thailand but used in Thailand. Therefore, Company A was required by law to remit the VAT on such payment to the Revenue Department.