JulinTbg Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Hey Guys, I'm looking for a course in establishing a company/business for my Thai spouse. Anyone have an idea where to look or what to look for? Getting to know the leagal system, papers, taxes. A quick course, not a year(s) long school education. I have good experience in this from my home country, and have read some books on how to do it here in Thailand. But I want my spouse to get more info on the subject before we go ahead with it. Anyone have any information on this? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rakshell Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 The Thai government have lots of small business courses to help nationals get active in the workforce. The Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Industry have these courses among others. If your wife is interested in doing a course, she should do a google search in Thai and see all the government programs that are available. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulinTbg Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 Thanks Rakshell! My wife doing a google search. Thats a good one! At least I know where to look. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Loh Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Julin, trust me you don't need a course to know how to start a business. Most rules and regulations are quite simple and clear. I started my business by just following the guidance provided by the relevent ministries. Took me about 3 months from approving the company name to registration. I now in my 7 years of business. Not sure your wife is Thai citizen. If she is, then you have less problem in fulfilling the foreign 49%/local 51% requirement. However important you get a good lawyer to do all the registration processing. Good luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulinTbg Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 Thanks Eric. We're going ahead with the business anyway. But I want to be as prepared as I can, and thought she could take a course or such, for avoiding unnecessary hiccups and start trouble.. The rules seems quite "clear" to me, but giving her a course would give her(me) a sense of involvement in all of the aspects of this. She is a Thai citizen and the 49/51% seems to be the option we are going for, or maybe all in her name. And like you said, I to, think it's very important to find a good lawyer, who can show us the ropes and the do's and don'ts in all this. It's not a big investment, but that doesn't mean that I don't want it to work for years to come. Thanks for taking the time, Eric. Have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmichaelis0812 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I am in the same situation, American with 20+ years of corporate experience, Thai wife and I'd like to establish a Thai company. Can you drop the name of a good Bangkok law firm for companies? Also, can your provide an idea as to the legal cost of establishing a Thai company? For example, in America, to establish a simple C Corp I will pay as low as 15,000 THB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Loh Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Try this and good luck. Http://www.panwagroup.com/setupcompanythailand.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthemoon Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I am in the same situation, American with 20+ years of corporate experience, Thai wife and I'd like to establish a Thai company. Can you drop the name of a good Bangkok law firm for companies? Also, can your provide an idea as to the legal cost of establishing a Thai company? For example, in America, to establish a simple C Corp I will pay as low as 15,000 THB. I can connect you with a trustworthy lawyer. Please send me PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N47HAN Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 (edited) Sunbelt Asia can help you , I didnt go through them myself when starting up as we are primarily based in Phuket . However a number of friends in Bangkok that own buisinesses did and they were all pretty happy with the service. From recall if your including yourself with WP figure around 80k to 100k. If not and just the company formation circa 30k would be about right for the cost of set up Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Edited August 1, 2014 by N47HAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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