The Chartpattanakla Party has proposed a tax restructuring under which people earning 40,000 baht or less a month as a salary or for freelance work would enjoy an income tax cut.
Party leader Korn Chatikavanij said on Monday people in this income bracket made up about half of the country’s 4-million-strong income tax-paying workforce. They were the group most committed to paying income tax and deserved financial help from the government in terms of income tax reduction.
The Chartpattanakla Party saw four reasons for reducing income tax for this group.
First, the cost of living, which includes…
