Tax Section - Doing Business
You will find here a series of summaries providing an overview of useful tax regulations, processes and tax issues for Doing Business in Thailand.
Revenue and expenses in relation to related-party transactions
As mentioned in our technical update for November 2020, the Revenue Department issued Ministerial Regulation No. 369 to set out the rules, procedures, and conditions for Revenue Department officials to adjust corporate taxpayers’ revenue and expenses in relation to related-party transactions that are not at arm’s length. Subsequently, the Notification of the Director-General of the Revenue Department, No. 400 (“Notification No. 400”) was issued in order to provide further clarification on those rules, procedures, and conditions.
VAT imposed on e-services
As approved by the Cabinet on 9 June 2020, the Act amending the Revenue Code (No. 53) to impose VAT on foreign-based operators that provide services to customers not registered for VAT in Thailand was published in the Royal Gazette on 10 February 2021.
Requirement for e-filing of the TP disclosure form
Requirement for electronic filing of the transfer pricing disclosure form. Under the Notification, starting from an accounting period beginning on or after 1 January 2020, a company or legal partnership which is required to file the transfer pricing disclosure form must file the form electronically under the following procedures:
Amendment of debt thresholds for writing off bad debts
The Cabinet recently approved the draft Ministerial Regulation to amend the debt thresholds required for compliance with the conditions of writing off bad debt under Ministerial Regulation No. 186 (M.R. 186).
Tax filing deadline extensions - April 2021
On 28 January 2021, the government extended the deadlines for filing returns for and paying personal income tax, withholding tax, and value-added tax. In addition, on 30 April 2021, the deadlines for filing returns for and paying corporate income tax were extended.