Disowning Lawmakers’ Proposal, Govt Says No VAT Increase in 2018

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Disowning Lawmakers’ Proposal, Govt Says No VAT Increase in 2018

 

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Image: Peter Hellberg / Flickr

 

BANGKOK — The rubber stamp parliament’s proposal for a VAT increase next year was shot down by the government on Saturday.

 

While the interim parliament’s committee on economics argued that raising value-added tax from the current rate of 7 percent to 8 percent would help boost the nation’s coffers by at least 60 billion baht, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said the government will not consider it.

 

“The government has not come up with this idea,” Wissanu told reporters while attending a conference at Banyan Tree Hotel on Saturday.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2017/05/20/disowning-lawmakers-proposal-govt-says-no-vat-increase-2018/

 

 

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[Dap]

Riiiiiight  

[tomwct]

That's good!

[Srikcir]

19 hours ago, rooster59 said:

“The government has not come up with this idea,”

Snicker!

What about "rubber stamp" do people not understand?

[baboon]

41 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

Snicker!

What about "rubber stamp" do people not understand?

'Right you lot - Propose a VAT increase for us to turn down and earn a couple of brownie points with the great unwashed.'

Edited May 21, 2017 by baboon