Move comes amid drop in tax collection
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is planning to investigate landowners who are growing fruit and vegetables on their undeveloped land in the capital to avoid paying taxes on vacant plots.
Speaking after a meeting of BMA executive officials on Monday, Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt said in Ratchathewi district alone, the BMA should be able to collect about four million baht in land taxes each year.
However, as many landowners in the district have planted fruit and vegetables on their vacant plots to make it look like they are using it for agricultural purposes, the BMA was only collected about 300,000…
