Thailand is a booming business hub in Southeast Asia. It attracts local and international companies with its strategic location, strong infrastructure, and skilled workforce. Moreover, the country offers appealing tax advantages that foster business growth and investment.
In this article, we’ll explore Thailand’s tax incentives for businesses, outlining their benefits and eligibility criteria.
Sometimes companies can make costly tax-related mistakes. That’s why companies in Thailand should be aware of issues that may result in surcharges, fines or investigations by the Ministry of Finance.
This article will show you common tax mistakes that businesses in Thailand often make.
In September 2022, Thailand launched a new 10-year visa, known as a Long Term Resident Visa (LTRV), designed to attract high potential foreigners who would like to relocate to Thailand long-term.
After three years of delays due to COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand’s first law on personal data protection (PDPA) officially entered into force on June 1, 2022.
The PDPA (Personal Data Protection Act) aims to regulate how personal datas are collected, used, disclosed, transfers, and provides a safeguard against abuses of the right to privacy of a date subject.
Your company is growing and you want to hire a new Thai employee? The problem is that you don’t understand how you should pay him/her, nor what you should pay as social contributions? We give you all the answers in this article.
Thailand is one of the fastest-growing economies in Southeast Asia being the second-largest business to consumer e-commerce market in the region after Indonesia (Economic Research, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank).
Thanks to its strategic location, stable economy, business-friendly environment and cost-effective labor, Thailand offers foreign investors a lot of benefits to make it one of the region’s most attractive to establish a business and make important connections (read our article).
Thailand has been a cash-driven society for many years. But over the past 8 years the payment systems landscape has changed massively and presented consumers with a number of alternative ways to pay for goods and services.
According to the Law on Foreign Trade in Thailand, certain types of activities are reserved only for Thai citizens. As a result, foreign entities or firms who wish to do business in Thailand in one of the prohibited classes of business, have to obtain a foreign business license. “The Foreign Business Act (FBA), B.E. 2542 (1999) is enacted to govern business operations and activities involving foreign nationals and entities”.
The Thai government has approved measures to encourage investment in special economic zones (SEZs). The purposes for developing the SEZs include the acceleration of border trade, increasing border security, promoting the greater distribution of income, and enhancing Thailand’s competitiveness in the ASEAN Economic Community.
