Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that officers of the Economic Crime Division under the leadership of Pol Maj-Gen Maitri Chimcherd had arrested twenty six people in August for not paying excise and revenue tax. 

 

190 million baht in excise and 310 million in revenue tax was owed was owed to the state across the 26 cases.

 

Shops, juristic persons and importers have been warned to pay their excise duties and taxes immediately. 

 

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If the police and generals were arrested on unpaid tax on undeclared income and 'gifts' the country would be in right Chaos

Well it's a start, keep going

Do he and his team get a share of the spoils.......Lamborghini already on order?

I'm thinking Jo Ferrari must fit in here somewhere.

2 minutes ago, bdenner said:

I'm thinking Jo Ferrari must fit in here somewhere.

Is he the one in the middle with something over his head?

Only 26 ....... they must do better ,there are so many out

there and the Government really needs some cash coming in.

regards worgeordie

Tip of the Iceberg; there are millions avoiding Taxes, many of them sitting in Parliament !

2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

If the police and generals were arrested on unpaid tax on undeclared income and 'gifts' the country would be in right Chaos

Chaos? Probably the exact opposite????

2 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Tip of the Iceberg; there are millions avoiding Taxes, many of them sitting in Parliament !

The same could be said for small business.  But TiT.

Wonder if 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

officers of the Economic Crime Division under the leadership of Pol Maj-Gen Maitri Chimcherd

 

get a bounty like Joe Ferrari, who is said to have garnered 400 million baht legally impounding luxury cars, for which their owners had avoided the taxes on these cars.

 

 

 

2 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Tip of the Iceberg; there are millions avoiding Taxes, many of them sitting in Parliament !

Same around the globe

Well, if you look at the various two-tier taxation and excise tax levy - it becomes clear. 

A bottle of local firewater like Lao Khao costs somewhere around 120 Baht for a litre. 

A bottle of Campari (less alcohol) costs more than double of what it costs in, i.e. Laos; all the while the Laotians are taxing the booze on the way in, i.e. the gap is anything between 450 and 600 Baht a one litre bottle. 

If the local stuff would be taxed the same way round as the imported, the country would either become very rich in tax income ........ or considerably less booze would be consumed. As the latter serves the higher-ups in keeping the masses close to intoxicated, the local booze MUST be much cheaper than the imported stuff. 

In addition it allows certain officer to ask for bribes and protection money for keeping the lid on the huge pot of corruption manure!