Tax Section - Doing Business

You will find here a series of summaries providing an overview of useful tax regulations, processes and tax issues for Doing Business in Thailand.

Toyota warns about impacts of Thailand tax reform

Thailand may benefit from a Toyota relocation from Japan to Korea. However, Toyota warned that the Thai government must be careful not to make any dramatic change to policy guidelines that would hurt the local automotive industry, especially tax restructuring that might push up car production costs.
Toyota expressed concern after hearing reports that Thailand’s Revenue Department were working on a new automobile excise tax structure

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Thai Revenue Department - Payment by Tax Smart Card

The Revenue Department has set up an alternative payment method, the ‘Tax Smart Card’. Although in theory this could be of benefit, the conditions of use make it unlikely to take off as a popular alternative to the current methods.

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Thailand’s Insurers want Tax Incentives for Listing

Life and non-life insurance companies are asking the Finance Ministry to waive merger and acquisition taxes and reduce corporate income tax as incentives to list on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.

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New Tax Incentives for Regional Operating Headquarters in Thailand

Generous tax incentives are now available for companies eligible to register Regional Operating Headquarters (‘ROH’) in Thailand. When comparing to the previous ROH scheme, the requirements to be a qualified ROH are less strict are will attract more ROH to Thailand.

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Tourist Industry Tax Incentives - CIT

Following on from the tax incentives as detailed in Tourist Industry Tax Incentives - PIT, corporate income tax incentives relating to the tourist industry have also been enacted.

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