EXCLUSIVE Thailand weighs new transaction tax on securities trades-sources

BANGKOK, July 5 (Reuters) – Thailand is considering introducing a tax on share sales by individual investors on its stock exchange to generate additional revenue, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The government is studying the possibility of ending a tax waiver, which has been in place since 1991, on securities sales on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (.SETI), two sources said.

The tax of 0.11% on equities sales would apply to investors with a volume of more than one million baht ($31,140) per month, a source said.

“The government wants to find ways to generate more revenue, but this plan could spook investors,” the source said.

The idea is similar to a Tobin tax that is applied on financial transactions akin to those in India and Taiwan.

The Thai bourse did not respond to a request for comment.

“It’s part of the government’s tax reform agenda,” another source familiar…