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Hoteliers back review of tax structure

Operators push return to using revenue as a reference

An aerial view of high-rise buildings in Bangkok.

Hotel operators are in agreement with the Bangkok governor, who has urged the government to review the tax structure, which now uses land value as a benchmark rather than revenue.

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt said revenue from tax collection significantly dropped after the country implemented the new land and building tax based on land value, replacing a tax structure that used business income as the reference.

Marisa Sukosol Nunbhakdi, president of the Thai Hotels Association (THA), said hotel operators would agree if the government were to revert to the previous method of tax collection…

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