Headlines summary as of 4 February 2021
News Updates related to COVID-19: Newly confirmed case(s) Total Cases Provinces with confirmed cases Discharged from hospital From 15 Dec, totally confirmed cases from clusters 809 22,058 63 14,798 (at 67.09%) 17,821 Local transmission From abroad Being hospitalised/ in field-hospital/ quarantined Confirmed cases in Bangkok Death toll Accumulated cases from active case finding 796 [45 […]
Headlines summary as of 3 February 2021
News Updates related to COVID-19: Newly confirmed case(s) Total Cases Provinces with confirmed cases Discharged from hospital From 15 Dec, totally confirmed cases from clusters 795 21,249 63 14,001 (at 68.89%) 16,217 Local transmission From abroad Being hospitalised/ in field-hospital/ quarantined Confirmed cases in Bangkok Death toll Accumulated cases from active case finding 783 [24(get […]
Headlines summary as of 2 February 2021
News Updates related to COVID-19: Newly confirmed case(s) Total Cases Provinces with confirmed cases Discharged from hospital From 15 Dec, totally confirmed cases from clusters 836 19,618 63 12,514 (at 63.79%) 15,381 Local transmission From abroad Being hospitalised/ in field-hospital/ quarantined Confirmed cases in Bangkok Death toll Accumulated cases from active case finding 832 [ […]
Headlines summary as of 1 February 2021
News · Updates related to COVID-19: Newly confirmed case(s) Total Cases Provinces with confirmed cases Discharged from hospital From 15 Dec, totally confirmed cases from clusters 836 19,618 63 12,514 (at 63.79%) 15,381 Local transmission From abroad Being hospitalised/ in field-hospital/ quarantined Confirmed cases in Bangkok Death toll Accumulated cases from active case finding 832 […]
Taxing Times Ahead – The Removal of the CGT Main Residence Exemption for Australian Expats
By Florian Maier, Managing Director and Phi Ploenbannakit, Director ,Antares Advisory, part of Antares Group As employers are aware, under the Labor Protection Act (“LPA”), the annual working conditions report (Form KorRor. 11) must be submitted to the local labor office that has jurisdiction over the workplace. This mandatory reporting obligation is required if the number […]
Thank you for your donations to the Australian Bushfire Appeal
AustCham Thailand is proud to announce that the Chamber, together with our members and other parts of the Australian-Thai broader community, have conducted a number of events to raise funds for the Australian Bush Fire Appeal. These events together with direct donations received to the Chamber amounted to 1,279,051 THB; these funds will be donated to […]
Employment Conflict Management: To outsource when there is a potential conflict or risk if managed in-house
By Florian Maier, Managing Director and Phi Ploenbannakit, Director – Antares Advisory, part of Antares Group Outsourcing is a solution utilized to allow a company’s personnel to focus on their main tasks when heavy workloads threaten mainstream production or service. In addition, outsourcing can minimize exposure in terms of legal liability towards third parties. Outsourcing […]
Thailand Introduces New Investment and Tax Scheme on International Business Center
By Baker McKenzie and Pornapa Luengwattanakit, Partner, Head of the International Commercial and Trade practice in Bangkok Baker & McKenzie Limited Part I: IBC as promoted by the Board of Investment The Thailand Board of Investment (“BOI“) has repealed its investment promotion policy to promote International Headquarters (“IHQ“) and International Trading Center (“ITC“) businesses on 11 […]
CRS is happening now and creeping around the world
By Paul Gambles, Managing Partner MBMG Group The Common Reporting Standard is part of a collection of international agreements, each carrying its own sinister acronym. These agreements are designed to allow countries to swap information on people’s financial details, including the status of their bank accounts, life insurance policies, investment vehicles and holding companies engaged […]
Merger Control Regime in Thailand – a new M&A barrier?
By Pornapa Luengwattanakit, Partner, Ampika Kumar, Partner and Narumol Chinawong, Associate Baker & McKenzie Limited For decades, Thailand has been known as not having a merger control regime in place, and thus any mergers and acquisitions (“M&A“) in the past were not subject to approval requirements (except for certain industries which are regulated by specific legislation). […]
