Customs Department: Owners of 236 luxury cars have dodged tax payments worth over Bt3 million

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Customs Department: Owners of 236 luxury cars have dodged tax payments worth over Bt3 million

BANGKOK, 2 August 2016 (NNT) – The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) Director General Pol Colonel Paisit Wongmuang gave an update on the probe into 548 luxury cars owners who have allegedly reassembled their cars to evade paying taxes. 

The officials concluded that the owners of eight such vehicles – all Mercedes Benz cars – had dodged tax payments worth over three million baht. 

The DSI and Customs Department officials will meet soon to assess overdue taxes and fines linked to the criminal proceedings. This could result in a total tax bill reaching 12 million baht. 

The move follows a DSI request for the Customs Department to consider collecting extra taxes under the Customs Tariffs Decree from the owners of 236 cars.

-- NNT 2016-08-02

[Artisi]

Why collect now, not at the time? 

[Don Mega]

6 minutes ago, Artisi said:

Why collect now, not at the time? 

because the vehicles came in dodgy to avoid tax

[Artisi]

It was a rhetorical question. 

[Berty100]

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Owners of 236 luxury cars have dodged tax payments worth over Bt3 million

So they dodged taxes for only about 13.000 Baht per car? Something wrong with that figure, as usual.

[MaxLee]

And the smoke screen monkey business continues as usual.... Dear accomplices of those nasty nasty influential tax evaders. Just build a human wall around your influential superiors and the DSI won't ever bother you anymore...

[ezzra]

 

You have no one else to blame, Look inside your department sir, your rotten and corrupted to the hilts personal that allow all this to happened

with their full knowledge and approval for the right cuts......

[Johnniey]

3 million baht, big deal. 

[NongKhaiKid]

If things could be trusted to be handled properly it would be easy enough to work out a full and punitive monetary figure then give the owners a payment deadline failing which the vehicles will be legally confiscated and auctioned off or used by custom officials which ever is most appropriate.    

[Johnniey]

Tax evasion  - only happens in Thailand. Come on bashers.

[NongKhaiKid]

1 minute ago, Johnniey said:

Tax evasion  - only happens in Thailand. Come on bashers.

This thread is about Thailand and no one is suggesting it doesn't happen elsewhere.

[Johnniey]

Just now, NongKhaiKid said:

This thread is about Thailand and no one is suggesting it doesn't happen elsewhere.

Thanks for pointing out the bleeding obvious. Do you think this is big news for Thailand? Have you any idea the way Customs works?

 

[NongKhaiKid]

3 minutes ago, Johnniey said:

Thanks for pointing out the bleeding obvious. Do you think this is big news for Thailand? Have you any idea the way Customs works?

 

Yes I do having had problems with their  '  enforcement  '  procedures.     A minor problem but an effort to squeeze money out of the situation.

And you  ?

[Johnniey]

3 minutes ago, NongKhaiKid said:

Yes I do having had problems with their  '  enforcement  '  procedures.     A minor problem but an effort to squeeze money out of the situation.

And you  ?

Well I don't understand how you think it is big news.

Yes, I imported goods, mostly fine foods, for 20 years. Did you speak to them in Thai? If not, they'll eat you  alive.

[kalbo123]

3 mil. Baht? is that per car?

 

[Artisi]

22 minutes ago, Johnniey said:

Well I don't understand how you think it is big news.

Yes, I imported goods, mostly fine foods, for 20 years. Did you speak to them in Thai? If not, they'll eat you  alive.

Yes he did speak in Thai, Lunch box Thai. 

[Caveat Emptor]

1 hour ago, Johnniey said:

3 million baht, big deal. 

So tax evasion and possibly questionable behaviour in Customs isn't worth bothering about or is it because it's so commonplace it's acceptable  ?

[clockman]

The second most corrupt department, and never investigated!

[Remus1830]

Seems to be something wrong here must mean 3 million per car. Also it mentions cars reassembled then it becomes tax avoidance not evasion which in many countries is a legal loophole. 

[StefanBBK]

Don't quite follow the Math. 8 cars= 3 million. That averages to 350,000 per car. Must be some very cheap cars. Thought import taxes are much higher. 

Or is it just the difference between imported and taxed parts, vs. Assembled car? Thought the parts are also highly taxed....

[ChrisY1]

There were over 500 vehicles some time ago......did the rest get stolen??

[klauskunkel]

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Customs Department: Owners of 236 luxury cars have dodged tax payments worth over Bt3 million 

The officials concluded that the owners of eight such vehicles – all Mercedes Benz cars – had dodged tax payments worth over three million baht. 
 

I can't quite reconcile the two statements.

[SOTIRIOS]

...is this a joke....around 12,000 baht per vehicle....only...???

[12DrinkMore]

5 hours ago, Berty100 said:

So they dodged taxes for only about 13.000 Baht per car? Something wrong with that figure, as usual.

Try reading the article and not just the headline, which although is correct "more than" is a bit misleading.

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The officials concluded that the owners of eight such vehicles – all Mercedes Benz cars – had dodged tax payments worth over three million baht. 

 

[Don Mega]

8 hours ago, kalbo123 said:

3 mil. Baht? is that per car?

 

I have friend who bought a car which look to be legit paperwork wise, even had a greenbook.

turn out it is dodgy and was confiscated, they <insert gumbyment dept here> gave him a bill of 2.8 million baht to be paid before he could get it back