Reduced tax on wine has it happened anywhere on Phuket island?

[bokningar]

As in title, any change in price yet?

Was some news about this many month ago, but I cant remember reading any news about it after that.

Would be nice if it happened and I can find nice value red wine now when I'm here for a few month again.

[jas007]

1 hour ago, bokningar said:

As in title, any change in price yet?

Was some news about this many month ago, but I cant remember reading any news about it after that.

Would be nice if it happened and I can find nice value red wine now when I'm here for a few month again.

Supposedly, wine priced at lease than 1000 baht is not taxed.  Not that you can find fine wine at those kind of prices, but you can try.

[Cardano]

Simple answer......if it has then the only people who've benefited is the retail chain and not the consumer. Which is not what was intended but par for the course here.

[Upnotover]

I think prices have reduced.  Champagne used to be 4k+ and now there are many choices 2.5-3k.  Perfectly drinkable reds can be found in 7-11 for 350-500 and not "fruit wines".  That was not the case before.

[nong38]

Wine previously 399 down to 359 in Makro yesterday.

[spidermike007]

It appears to have been a meaningless gesture, as there are national, provincial and local taxes, in addition to vat and other forms of taxes, they total 360%, so a small reduction is not going to affect the retail price. We've seen the wine prices have not come down at all and it's still virtually impossible to get an excellent bottle of wine here at a decent price. Single Vineyard Sonoma Pinots that I pay $50 to $60 for in the US can't be found here, and if they were available they would be 10,000 baht.

 

Thailand has deliberately sabotaged their wine market with stunning ignorance, and have suppressed what could potentially be a multi-billion dollar industry and an outstanding way to attract the affluent tourists, as always very backward thinking on the part of the government. 

[ronster]

They will be keeping it at same price until all old stock is sold probably 😄