Thailand expects to collect global minimum corporate tax from Jan 2025
Thailand’s corporate tax is currently set at 20%
THAILAND expects to implement a global minimum corporate tax of 15 per cent on multinational companies from January 2025, its finance minister said on Friday (Dec 13).
The government will urgently issue a law on the tax collection, Pichai Chunhavajira said on a local television programme.
His comments came after a Reuters report indicating that the Cabinet on Wednesday approved draft legislation to collect the global minimum corporate tax.
Under new rules being shepherded by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a minimum 15 per cent tax will be charged on multinationals with an annual global turnover of more than 750 million euros (S$1.1 billion), regardless of their location.
Thailand’s corporate tax is currently set at 20 per cent, but companies receiving incentives from the Thailand Board of Investment can get an exemption of up to 13 years.
Vietnam’s parliament approved the minimum global tax rate last year.
Indonesia, South-east Asia’s largest economy, Malaysia and Singapore have also said they will implement the minimum tax rate in 2025.
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