🇹🇭 Thailand · Tax System

Corporate tax, VAT/GST, personal income tax, capital gains, and filing obligations.

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Thailand's taxes are run by the Revenue Department: personal income tax, corporate tax and VAT. Tax residence (180+ days) affects how foreign income is taxed, and recent rules changed the treatment of remitted foreign income.

Thailand's taxes are administered by the Revenue Department: personal income tax, corporate tax and VAT. Residence affects how foreign income is taxed.

  • The Revenue Department administers income tax, corporate tax and VAT.
  • Tax residence (180+ days) affects taxation of foreign income.
  • VAT applies to most goods and services.

Official authorities

Frequently asked questions

When am I a Thai tax resident?

If you are in Thailand 180 days or more in a tax year; residence affects how foreign income you bring into Thailand is taxed.

How is foreign income taxed?

Rules on remitted foreign income have tightened recently — verify the current treatment, as the timing of remittance can matter.

What is the VAT rate?

Thailand levies VAT on most goods and services; the rate has been held at a reduced level for years.

Official-information aggregation, not legal advice. Always verify on the authority's own site.

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