Customs to scrap order requiring Thai travelers to declare valuable items

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Customs Department will scrap an order that requires Thai travelers leaving the country to declare their personal belongings that they intend to bring out of the country so that they will not be taxed upon arrival.

 

The requirement has come under heavy criticism by travelers because the procedure of declaration at the departure points of the international airports are complicated and time consuming.

 

For instance, a traveler must present two sets of photos of the valuables that he/she wants to bring out of the country and to bring them back such as cameras, video recorders and laptop computers.  The customs officials will issue him/her a receipt which will be shown upon arrival of the traveler to customs officials in order that the items will be exempted from taxation.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/customs-scrap-order-requiring-thai-travelers-declare-valuable-items/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-04-05

Another totally stupid burdon for travellers....I hope thais fight against this !

 

9 minutes ago, manhood said:

Another totally stupid burdon for travellers....I hope thais fight against this !

 

As the rule has just been scrapped ??????

4 hours ago, webfact said:

will scrap an order

Wait for it ...

"Customs department director-general Kulit Sombatsiri said that the scrapping of the order 60/2560 was meant to make Thai travelers feel comfortable when they travel during the Songkran festival."

Isn't this "order" an NCPO Order which can only be rescinded or amended by the NCPO. Customs can claim whatever it wants.

Will the "scraping" be temporary - only during Songkran?

Possible caveats:

• Personal items which are brought back that are exempted for tax must altogether cost less than 20,000 baht, for instance 200 cigarettes and one litre of liquor.
• If a traveler brings back an item which costs more than 200,000 baht, the customs official on duty has the discretion to tax the traveler.

 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The Customs Department will scrap an order that requires . . . .

That's the order that was dreamed up last month and which seemed likely to achieve nothing but delays and inconvenience.

And now, only one month of delays and inconvenience down the line, the Customs Dept decide to scrap it . . . sounds like the Junta are really getting their act together, to avoid any possible vote-losing that the ill-conceived order would incur.

Prayut will no doubt be telling today's PR briefing that it's just another clever bit of 'one-finger-raising' to his growing number of critics. His joke of the day continues to reach new laughter limits.

The one thing that amazes me, about amazing Thailand, is the amount of rules and regulations, that can be made, and a day later, canceled. 

23 minutes ago, fakename said:

The one thing that amazes me, about amazing Thailand, is the amount of rules and regulations, that can be made, and a day later, canceled. 

Have you been in the British Army?  ????

Wait for it ...
"Customs department director-general Kulit Sombatsiri said that the scrapping of the order 60/2560 was meant to make Thai travelers feel comfortable when they travel during the Songkran festival."
Isn't this "order" an NCPO Order which can only be rescinded or amended by the NCPO. Customs can claim whatever it wants.
Will the "scraping" be temporary - only during Songkran?
Possible caveats:

• Personal items which are brought back that are exempted for tax must altogether cost less than 20,000 baht, for instance 200 cigarettes and one litre of liquor.
• If a traveler brings back an item which costs more than 200,000 baht, the customs official on duty has the discretion to tax the traveler.

 

I read Thai laws to them about the 200,000 one time last year but they would not listen. The item less than 10,000 baht, I had receipts, was still fleeced 2 thousand under threat of seizure!

They are a corrupting influence!

Well, the meanwhile deceased friend of Mr Prawit would be more than delighted to read; it would have allowed him to buy even more wrist watches of value