Company Vat Required For All Work Permit All Over Thailand?

[TravelerEastWest]

Company VAT required for all work permit all over Thailand?

In Bangkok I was told that my small company needed a VAT license and monthly payments for my work permit to be renewed.

Then I was told that in some areas of Thailand the rules that are followed are different and as long as your revenue is low enough that you don't need a VAT license and you will not need one for a work permit.

1) Is the above true?

2) Is the requirement in bangkok to have a VAT license a law or just a Bangkok office requirement?

Thank you.

[Sunbelt Asia]

We have heard of cases in Koh Samui where they did not require vat.

In Bangkok it's always required. There is no written law but they made it a defacto law by always requiring it.

[sunbelt][/sunbelt].