E-business tax targeted to fill govt coffers

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The Revenue Department estimates its annual tax revenue growth will triple to 15% after the e-business tax, a levy on any online transaction that takes place in Thailand regardless of the e-commerce operator's location, comes into force.

Mr Prasong is upbeat about the tax revenue target of 1.93 trillion baht.

The department's tax revenue has increased 5% or 100 billion baht a year on average, but the growth pace will be 15% or 300 billion once the e-business tax is enforced, said Prasong Poontaneat, the department's director-general.

The department will conduct a second hearing of the draft e-business tax this month to measure public opinion before proposing it for cabinet approval.

The draft bill requires online vendors who use a domain name in Thailand and have a payment system in baht, or transfer money from here, to pay the tax.

Electronic media operators who earn income from advertising and website rental will be responsible for withholding tax and remitting it to the Revenue Department.

The draft bill for the e-business tax has set a ceiling rate of 15%, but the applicable rates will vary depending on the nature of the business.

Full story: https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/ne ... ll-coffers

Does this mean that everything you buy online in Thailand (Lazada etc), will go up by 15% ?
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We are already paying 7% vat.......... :cuss:
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Not on everything, if you buy from Lazada or e-bay etc there is no tax, plus you don't pay VAT on many casual purchases here such as markets including in a bar as they do not do tax returns or tax payments.
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To facilitate the e-tax system, the department will need to invest 2.3 billion baht to install a big data analytics system.
Well, if their "data analytics system" works in the same way as most Goverment IT systems I would not worry too much about it!
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StevePIraq wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:22 pm Not on everything, if you buy from Lazada or e-bay etc there is no tax,
Isn't that exactly what they're trying to implement - a tax on online purchases?
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buksida wrote:The Revenue Department estimates its annual tax revenue growth will triple to 15% after the e-business tax, a levy on any online transaction that takes place in Thailand regardless of the e-commerce operator's location, comes into force.

Mr Prasong is upbeat about the tax revenue target of 1.93 trillion baht.

The department's tax revenue has increased 5% or 100 billion baht a year on average, but the growth pace will be 15% or 300 billion once the e-business tax is enforced, said Prasong Poontaneat, the department's director-general.

The department will conduct a second hearing of the draft e-business tax this month to measure public opinion before proposing it for cabinet approval.

The draft bill requires online vendors who use a domain name in Thailand and have a payment system in baht, or transfer money from here, to pay the tax.

Electronic media operators who earn income from advertising and website rental will be responsible for withholding tax and remitting it to the Revenue Department.

The draft bill for the e-business tax has set a ceiling rate of 15%, but the applicable rates will vary depending on the nature of the business.

Full story: https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/ne ... ll-coffers

Does this mean that everything you buy online in Thailand (Lazada etc), will go up by 15% ?
So, if I want to buy something from Tesco online it will be 15% more expensive than if I go into a store and buy? Hurray for Thailand 4.0! I think there could be a bit of feedback coming the "government's" way.

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"The Revenue Department estimates its annual tax revenue growth will triple to 15% after the e-business tax, a levy on any online transaction that takes place in Thailand regardless of the e-commerce operator's location, comes into force." Regardless of location, it says, but...
" The draft bill requires online vendors who use a domain name in Thailand and have a payment system in baht, or transfer money from here, to pay the tax." So this implies not regardless of location, and adds other conditions.

Seems like foreign traders will be excluded. Will customs start assessing every incoming packet?
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buksida wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:43 pm
StevePIraq wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:22 pm Not on everything, if you buy from Lazada or e-bay etc there is no tax,
Isn't that exactly what they're trying to implement - a tax on online purchases?
My point was referring to RobCars post stating we already pay 7% VAT
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