Government

Budget spending surpasses state target

Public investment budget disbursement has surpassed the target by three percentage points for the 10 months through July, according to the Comptroller-General’s Department.From October 2018 to July this year, state agencies have taken out 442 billion baht of the 553 billion in the investment budget ...

Wichit Chantanusornsiri

Government confident Welfare Cards can bolster economy

The Government Spokesperson has reiterated the state welfare card program contributes to the stabilization of the Thai economy, directly helps members of the public, and stimulates public spending.Keep watching ...

Govt should first tackle livelihood problems: Suan Dusit Poll

Tackling the problems of people’s livelihoods is the most important of the government’s 12 urgent policies outlined to parliament on July 25, according to the result of an opinion survey carried out by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.Keep reading ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

Department studies income tax cut

The Revenue Department is studying two options for the government’s personal income tax cut campaign promise — one an outright 10-percentage point cut across tax brackets and the other a 10% cut across brackets.For the cut by 10 percentage points, individual taxpayers who are liable ...

Wichit Chantanusornsiri

US supports Thailand’s role as regional leader, says Pompeo

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who will be visiting Thailand for Asean meetings later this month, says Washington hopes for transparency and good governance in the newly formed Cabinet under Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.“We support transparency and good governance around the world and will ...

The Nation Reporter

Uttama eyes tax adjustments

Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana on Saturday pledged to consider adjusting income tax and corporate tax to bring the two rates closer.The maximum bracket for income tax is 35% while that of the corporate tax is 20%, he said.The impact of any adjustments to these taxes, ...

Wichit Chantanusornsiri

PM wins poor transparency marks

The outgoing Prayut Chan-o-cha government has a number of achievements to its name that lacked scrutiny, which raises the question of transparency, according to the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).After five years in power, the government ruled with few checks and balances, TDRI president Somkiat ...

Mongkol Bangprapa & Aekarach Sattaburuth

How to engage China and Japan constructively

At the moment, China and Japan are planning to work together on at least 52 business projects in third countries in the region, encompassing both the Indian and Pacific oceans. Certainly, these projects provide tangible ways for Asia’s two largest economies to foster mutual trust ...

Kavi Chongkittavorn

Nationwide probe into school lunch fraud ordered

The Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) has ordered educational service area offices nationwide to review free lunch programmes for kindergarten and primary students at schools under their responsibility after allegations of corruption re-surfaced.Keep reading ...

Dumrongkiat Mala

Govt urged to push Indo-Pacific plan

Former permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sihasak Phuangketkeow has urged Thailand, the current chair of Asean, to expand the remit of the East Asia Summit (EAS) to push forward the so-called Asean Outlook on the Indo-Pacific.Keep reading ...

Thana Boonlert

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