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TAX AND LEGAL RCEP Confirmed: The Formation of Asia Pacific’s Largest Regional Trade Bloc

This article examines the RCEP trade agreement as it stands in late 2019, while also comparing it to the CPTPP agreement.

TAX AND LEGAL As a New Decade Begins, Thailand Seeks a Path Forward

With the economic outlook in Thailand less bright than in years past, we look at how the country can find a new way forward for future business success.

TAX AND LEGAL Finding a Balance, Part 2: How Governments are Setting a Course Forward Despite Rough Seas

As we have seen, Thailand plans to spend money attracting new businesses and tourists, all while lowering personal income taxes. Given such an array of new expenses, the treasury arm of the Thai government would ordinarily come under pressure to balance the budget. Indeed, we have already seen the Ministry of Finance struggling to locate new sources of revenue. Thailand’s Revenue Department has considered plans for imposing taxes on capital gains, casting the tax net wide enough to include on-line operators. Banks will be required to report account holders with high-volume cash transactions in an effort to seal off tax evasion. Plans are in place to increase the tax base – with a target of adding 200,000 new taxpayers per annum.

TAX AND LEGAL Finding a Balance, Part 1: Tax Cuts and Increased Government Spending

As the world’s economic engine slows, countries are moving to stimulate their economies by increasing government spending and cutting taxes to inject cash into the domestic economy. Such actions are intended to boost the economy, and prevent it from stalling.

TAX AND LEGAL Thailand reboots FTA negotiations with trading partners

Now that the political climate in Thailand has stabilised, the government is looking to speed up its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with key trading partners. Plans include resuming negotiations with the EU and UK post Brexit, as well as talks to join major multilateral FTAs. To be successful in these negotiations, Thailand needs to keep in mind the consequences that non-tariff barriers will have on improving trade as a whole.

TAX AND LEGAL Experience and Insights: Regulatory Challenges for Fintech Businesses in Thailand

This is the first article for Experience and Insights, a series of interviews and articles where I discuss best business practices and insights – particularly in matters of finance – with successful thought leaders based in Bangkok. Watewiboon Pumipue is the Founder and CEO of Talad Invoice, Thailand’s first on-line invoice factoring platform. Watewiboon is also a member of the Thai Fintech Association and has worked closely with various government and public agencies such as the Bank of Thailand, the Securities Exchange Commission, the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society on the latest developments in rules and regulations on the emerging fintech industry in Thailand. I recently met with Watewiboon to discuss his business as well as some of the challenges new Fintech companies face in Thailand.

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