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Are you a foreign tax resident in Thailand? Here are the pending changes in tax legislation regarding foreign sourced income that you need to be aware of.
New Hotel Regulation: More Opportunity and More Protection
Are you a foreign tax resident in Thailand? Here are the pending changes in tax legislation regarding foreign sourced income that you need to be aware of.
Thailand five months free tourist visa for Chinese and Kazakh to boost Thai economic
Are you a foreign tax resident in Thailand? Here are the pending changes in tax legislation regarding foreign sourced income that you need to be aware of.
Welcomed changes to Company Law – Mergers without new Company creation or liquidation
On 1 January 1925, the Civil and Commercial Code (‘CCC’) of Thailand became effective and introduced various rules and procedures concerning for the legal affairs and rights of natural and legal ‘persons’ covering areas such as family law, inheritance law, contract law, property law, corporate law, commercial law and more. With respect to companies, the […]
Are you ready for PDPA?
The Personal Data Protection Act or PDPA will come into force on 1 June 2022. With the introduction of the Act so close, your organisation should be preparing for its requirements. However, if your company hasn’t yet started preparing for the PDPA’s requirements, we suggest below four steps which could jumpstart the compliance process. Let’s […]
Legal Updates: New Lending Services for Trade and Investment Support Offices (TISOs) and International Business Centres (IBCs)
The change in the scope to increase what TISOs and IBCs can do is very welcomed. These categories of business can now lend funds (in accordance with the exchange control regulations) to related companies both locally in Thailand and overseas.
The perfect location
Thailand’s economy and markets are rapidly developing, not least because it is geographically placed in the centre of Asia where more than half of the world’s population reside. This makes Thailand a perfect location from which to operate a global finance centre or position a holding company or park the global headquarters. This realisation has […]
The golden age of investment
Against the backdrop of temporary Covid-19 measures being introduced to protect and stabilise the economy of Thailand, the Government has also launched a whole raft of great investor-business incentives to dramatically boost the economy going forward, including years of being able to earn tax-free profits. The numerous incentives have created an air of excitement and […]
Legal Updates: Thailand Approves New Measures to Attract Skilled and Wealthy Expats
The epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) has been severed and protracted from 2020 until today. As a result, the Thai government has implemented strict epidemic prevention and lockdown measures to prevent the spread. Consequently, gross domestic product (“GDP”) and domestic investment are greatly reduced. Intending to inject foreign money into an economy and to […]
Legal Updates: Extending the Enforcement Period for Another 3 Years to Modify the Non-Qualifying Building for Hotel Business
On 6 August 2021, the Ministerial Regulations Prescribing Qualifications of Other Types of Building Used in Hotel Business Operation (No.3) B.E. 2564 (2021), issued by the Ministry of Interior, was announced in the Royal Thai Government Gazette in order to extend the period for the buildings which does not meet the requirement for obtaining a Hotel License but provides accommodation service on a short-term basis, which basically deemed […]
