Revenue Dept has no plan to collect tax from donations to temples

 

 

The Revenue Department has dismissed as groundless a report widely shared in the social media that the department plans to collect tax from temples and other religious organizations.

 

The department also made it clear that those who make donations to temples or other religious organizations are not required to deduct taxes when they make the donations.

 

The department clarified that the E-donations programme which is now being developed by its programmers was intended to provide convenience to the donors to temples or other religious organizations in a way that they will not have to keep the receipts of their donations as an evidence to claim tax refund.

 

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/revenue-dept-no-plan-collect-tax-donations-temples/

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-10-28

Money laundering needs an urgent crackdown.

I wonder how many billions of baht are laundered through these temples each and every year. There is a reason why so many temples - including some of their residents - appear extraordinarily (not to say un-Buddhist) wealthy, even filthy rich.

3 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

I wonder how many billions of baht are laundered through these temples each and every year. There is a reason why so many temples - including some of their residents - appear extraordinarily (not to say un-Buddhist) wealthy, even filthy rich.

Not just here but in many Thai temples across the world. £28.000+ in one day was given to a temple in London just last week, I wonder where that will end up and some nice new cars these monks drive.