Customs to improve tourists VAT refund procedures with electronic system

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Customs Department has joined hands with the Immigration Bureau to electronically link the entry and exit data of foreigners with the tourists VAT refund scheme to improve services.

 

The Customs Department’s Director General Ekniti Nitithanprapas, together with the Chief of the Immigration Bureau Pol Lt Gen Sompong Chingduang, have signed an agreement on the immigration data link to improve the speed and accuracy of tourists VAT refund approval procedures.

 

This electronic data exchange uses blockchain technology to provide secure connections and access from participating stores, making it even more convenient for tourists to file for VAT refunds.

 

Over the past year, there were 2.6 million tourists who filed for VAT refunds on their purchases worth 46.654 billion baht in total. The improved VAT refund process will help boost tourists spending, with maximum security protection implemented to protect their data.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2020-01-17

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The most negging is with the system is that you have to have the purchased item/s in your hands to present on demand to the officials in order to qualify for the refund, something that present a problem with large or awkward items...

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Customs to improve tourists VAT refund procedures with electronic system

This is 2020 right?

12 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

This is 2020 right?

Wrong 2563 felling old????

1 hour ago, sammieuk1 said:

Wrong 2563 felling old????

I don't think by 2563 they will still be up to speed!