Tax-privilege applications from medical firms jump 132%
The number of medical companies applying for Board of Investment (BOI) tax privileges during the first nine months of this year jumped 132 per cent to 65, according to BI secretary-general Duangjai Asawachintachit.
Total value of the projects also soared 75 per cent year on year to Bt15 billion.
She attributed the surge to a response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
From 2018 up to the end of September this year, the BOI has received 129 applications from medical firms with projects totalling Bt30.887 billion in value.
