Virus outbreak delays tax collection on high-salinity foods, non-alcoholic beers

By THE NATION

 

 

The Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak has delayed tax collection on products and foods with high salinity and non-alcoholic beer, since officials are concentrating on tackling the virus situation, Excise Department director-general Pachorn Ananta-silpa said.

 

For the tax on salinity, a late meeting considered the sodium consumption ceiling, and the Public Health Ministry specified that people should consume not more than 2,000 milligrams of sodium per day.

 

“Also, the meeting talked about the calculation of daily consumption of sodium per meal, in order to calculate the amount on a scale of product units,” Pachorn said.

 

Meanwhile, the meeting on non-alcoholic beer tax took into consideration the related definition and the proper tax rate, since academics said tax collection would increase the price of the non-alcoholic variety to the same rate as normal beers.

 

“We have given an assurance that the tax rate of non-alcoholic beers will be lower than the 28 per cent of normal beers and even lower than the 14 per cent tax on sugary drinks,” Pachorn said.

 

“We do not want the number of new consumers of non-alcoholic beers to increase, nor do we want them to consume normal beer as well,” he added.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30382291

 

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Don't worry just double the tax on wine to make up the shortfall ????

I see the tax department are now doctors is that a promotion or what?

We don't want them to drink beer...but we want the tax money.

6 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak has delayed tax collection on products and foods with high salinity and non-alcoholic beer, since officials are concentrating on tackling the virus situation, Excise Department director-general Pachorn Ananta-silpa said.

Can someone please explain how the Excise Department are affected by the virus?

 

Apart from having a bit of free time on their hands due to lower than predicted revenue the virus is a health issues not a tax issue, as the virus does not pay tax. Surely this is a great time to introduce some new taxes as the populace is distracted, then the politicians can call for the taxes to be lowered or waived as the people cannot afford the new price rise.

What outbreak? I read earlier that there is no outbreak in Thailand, just everywhere else in the world

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak has delayed tax collection

Something not under control... ohhhh dear

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak has delayed tax collection on products and foods with high salinity and non-alcoholic beer, since officials are concentrating on tackling the virus situation

The tax collectors are tackling the virus situation...

Yup, that should help

 

Unclear is the relation between the virus situation and tax collection, but yes, this is Thailand and, as the saying goes "Mysterious are the ways of the East"! 

In Thailand they blame everything on something else than their own incompetence.

Now Corona has done it. And Corona is heavily taxed.

Clearly, the education system in Thailand does not teach analytical thinking.