Apisak ‘could invite trouble for inaction in recovering taxes from Shinawatras’

[snoop1130]

Apisak ‘could invite trouble for inaction in recovering taxes from Shinawatras’

By The Nation

 

 

Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong may find himself in trouble if he fails to recover taxes from the family of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, chairman of the State Audit Commisssion Chaisit Trachoetham told The Nation Wednesday. 

 

Chaisit said that under the Revenue Code, Apisak has the authority to instruct the Revenue Department to restart the tax collection procedure even though the tax collection deadline had passed. 

 

A Criminal Court last year sentenced senior tax officials to three years in prison for helping Thaksin’s children Panthongtae and Pinthongta evade personal income tax payments arising from the sale of Shin Corporation shares in 2006.

 

Following the verdict, the auditor-general asked the finance minister to renew the tax charge against Thaksin’s family.

 

According to the law, tax officials must issue a summons or call up anyone who had filed false or incomplete tax returns for interrogation within five years of the date of filing the tax returns. 

 

Full Story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/business/30308342

 

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[natway09]

The opportunity to jump on this  has now passed or so it seems.

Somebody in authority has been paid good money to ensure the file stays at the bottom of the IN basket.

Not only did Thaksin engineer this by changing the law to evade taxes he has managed to get  away with it

by ensuring the case never surfaced..

The rich get richer in Thailand again this is a blatant case of selling Government assets to Singapore

for pure greed. The underprivileged in Thailand will just remain so as long as a tax department like this

just turns a blind eye

[elgordo38]

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Revenue Department to restart the tax collection procedure even though the tax collection deadline had passed. 

Kind of a neat trick. Just do a reset. 

[Baerboxer]

Tax officials were jailed for 3 years for facilitating a tax avoidance by two people.

 

Why haven't charges been brought against the two individuals who benefited?