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 […]
Update from the Thai Revenue Department regarding the Transfer Pricing Disclosure Form

On 28 March 2022, the Thai Revenue Department (“TRD”) published a Notification of Ministry of Finance regarding TPDF filing deadline extension for FY 2020. Moreover, the TRD also recently issued additional explanation and Q&A for the Transfer Pricing Disclosure Form (“TPDF”) on its TRD website. We have summarised key points as follows: TPDF filing deadline extension […]
Tax Flash: PND 50 / TP Disclosure Form

Filing an annual Corporate Income Tax Return (PND 50) A company or juristic partnership, having its accounting period ended 31 December 2021, is required to submit its audited financial statements and corporate income tax return (PND 50) to the Thai Revenue Department (TRD) within 150 days following the end of the accounting period i.e., on […]
Internet services now subject to VAT in Thailand

The domestic tax legislation of most countries has been written from the standpoint that a business requires to be in the country and have a base from which to operate from in order to serve its customers. Such legislation never imagined that any company could be located in another country and sell to mass customers […]
AGM 2022 : No Flexibility on the AGM Deadline this Year

Last year, 2021, the Department of Business Development (DBD) has granted flexibility regarding the deadline for holding the mandatory Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) in light of the disruption caused by the COVID-19 crisis. However, in this year, 2022, there is no such flexibility anymore. According to the guidelines for filing of the financial […]
Update on Country-by-Country Reporting Submission Deadline Extension and Channels

According to the Notification of the Director-General of the Thai Revenue Department (TRD) regarding Corporate Income Tax no. 408 dated 30 Sep 2021, Thai taxpayers who are a part of Multinational Enterprise (MNE) groups with total consolidated revenue of at least THB 28 billion are obliged to submit the Country-by-Country Report (CbCR) to the TRD […]
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.
In step with BEPS transfer pricing rules

Thailand is currently going through a period of rapid improvement and development which is creating opportunities and benefits for foreign businesses. Improvements are being made in many areas, including changes to its tax laws to implement certain international tax standards. Notably, Thailand has adopted the OECD’s Inclusive Framework on ‘Base Erosion and Profit Shifting’ (BEPS) […]
Update on Information Exchange and Transfer Pricing Disclosure Form

On the path to enforce the Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR) requirements in Thailand, there are a few developments regarding the TP rules in Thailand over the past month including the development of information exchange and the newer version of the Transfer Pricing Disclosure Form (TPDF).
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 […]