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New land taxes will hit owners, NATION
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Wichit Chaitrong
The Nation (Thailand)
06-11-2001
The Finance Ministry is poised to introduce new housing and land taxes
in an attempt to raise an extra Bt8 billion a year, a source from the ministry
has said. The new levies are expected to hit the pockets of home- owners,
who are currently exempt from housing tax payments. Introduction of the
tax is all but a certainty, the only thing that remains to be determined
is when Finance Minister Somkid Jatusripitak will submit the new tax proposal
to the Cabinet, said the source.
Local governments are to administer the taxes, with rates being set at
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