Thai Tax Strategy Revamp: VAT Hike, Income Tax Cuts Proposed

[chiang mai]

8 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

My take on it, maybe right, maybe wrong, is that they wanted to go after the Thais offshore but included Foreigners so they could not be accused of being racist to Thais. It would be easy to exempt foreigners.

Exactly

[lordgrinz]

So now they dropped the plan, it was just a misunderstanding 😉

[chiang mai]

9 minutes ago, lordgrinz said:

So now they dropped the plan, it was just a misunderstanding 😉

What's been dropped?

[lordgrinz]

2 minutes ago, chiang mai said:

What's been dropped?

 

The PM has pulled the plug on any VAT changes.

[chiang mai]

1 minute ago, lordgrinz said:

 

The PM has pulled the plug on any VAT changes.

Sensible, it would just alienate all the rural poor.

[redwood1]

1 hour ago, lordgrinz said:

 

The PM has pulled the plug on any VAT changes.

 

Great now she can drop the tax changes too....She would not want to alienate any expats...