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A new tax is expected to raise the price of a pack of cigarettes by 6-8 baht from next month.

The Cabinet has approved in principle to give tax breaks to companies or juristic entities that purchase rapid antigen test kits (ATK) for employees.

The new value-added tax for electronic services from abroad (e- service) levied by the Revenue Department became effective on September 1.

A special electronic service (e-service) tax will be collected from online platforms from Wednesday (September 1) onwards.

HÀ NỘI — Tax collection in the first seven months of this year set a record high, driven by robust banking, property, securities and automobile production sectors, but was slowing down as the virus took a toll, according to the General Department of Taxation.

South Korea’s finance chief said on July 11 he had proposed to set tax rates on excess profits of big multinationals at 20 percent in a discussion with his G-20 counterparts over the latest global tax reform.

Finance ministers and central bank governors from G20 economies reached a historic agreement on a new global corporate tax reform plan over the weekend, endorsing a minimum levy on multinational corporations and a reallocation of profits between countries.

The governments move to collect tax on stock trading would affect the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)s competitiveness, Asia Plus Securities (ASPS) said on Wednesday.

South Korea’s business community expressed concerns Friday about a global move toward additional taxes on technology companies that would affect Korean tech giants such as Samsung Electronics and SK hynix.

WASHINGTON - The bipartisan deal on new infrastructure spending that President Joe Biden reached this week with a group of moderate Democrats and Republicans in the Senate represents a significant achievement for the White House, and not only for the roughly $1 trillion it would direct to public works projects if passed into law.

In a bid to ease the burden on people, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha urged the Cabinet on Tuesday to come up with measures to ease debt problems both in the short and long term.

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