Thai Company Charging 7% Vat To Foreign Companies

[RandolphGB]

If a Thai company does cross-border trade providing services to foreign companies, there should be 7% VAT added to the fees. 

 

Does anyone have experience of being based in Thailand with a Thai company and charging the 7% VAT to foreign companies. Should they pay that fee? Obviously in our native countries we cannot not pay it.

 

But I have the impression that western companies do not want to pay an added 7% directly to the Thai government. 

 

How to deal with an overseas client  that refuses to pay the 7%?

 

Thanks