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Cabinet Meeting of 1 September 2026: Key Measures Affecting Business in Thailand
At its meeting on 1 September B.E. 2569 (2026), held in Hat Yai and chaired by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, the Cabinet took a number of decisions of interest to businesses operating in Thailand. At its meeting on 1 September B.E. 2569 (2026), held in Hat Yai and chaired by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, the Cabinet took a number of decisions of interest to businesses operating in Thailand.
What the 25 August Cabinet Means for Business in Thailand
At its meeting on 25 August B.E. 2569 (2026), the Cabinet took a number of decisions of consequence to commercial enterprises operating in Thailand. None has yet entered into force. This alert sets out the substance of each measure and its present legal status, the distinction between a resolution of the Cabinet and an enforceable instrument being material to any assessment of timing.
Thailand's Digital Compliance Trail: How TDAC, TM.30 and 90-Day Reporting Now Connect
For many years, a foreign employee's compliance records in Thailand existed in three separate places. The arrival card was held at the port of entry. The TM.30 notification of residence, where filed, was held at the local immigration office. The 90-day report was held elsewhere again. The three records were rarely compared, and an omission in one seldom affected the others.
New Bank Statement Requirements From 1 August 2026
The Department of Business Development (DBD) has issued Order of the Central Partnership and Company Registrar No. 2/2569, effective 1 August 2026, imposing additional documentary requirements on company and partnership registrations involving foreign participation. The Order targets the arrangement Thai law has prohibited for decades but which enforcement long tolerated: Thai nationals holding shares as nominees so that a business under foreign control appears Thai-majority.
What the 11 August Cabinet Means for Foreign Investors, In-House Counsel, and Financial-Services Firms in Thailand
The Thai Cabinet met on Tuesday 11 August B.E. 2569 (2026), chaired by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. One decision asks you to act this quarter: a government push on multi-factor authentication that now reaches the private sector. The rest are directions and drafts to track, not obligations that bite today, and the most consequential of them, a roadmap to reform 26 Thai laws including the Foreign Business Act, will play out over years.
BOI Promotion for Software and Platform Businesses in Thailand
Thailand's Board of Investment (BOI) offers technology businesses its most valuable package: 100% foreign ownership, corporate income tax exemption of up to eight years, and streamlined visas and work permits for founders and specialists. Since the BOI restructured its digital category under Announcement No. Sor. 2/2567 (2024), however, approval turns on a substance test that many applicants discover too late. Eligibility is not written into the application; it is built into the business.
What the 27 July Cabinet Means for Taxpayers, Digital-Economy Investors, and Exporters in Thailand
What the 27 July Cabinet Means for Taxpayers, Digital-Economy Investors, and Exporters in Thailand Standfirst: This week's Cabinet session set the tax and technology baseline for the year ahead. It approved in principle another year of the reduced 7 percent VAT rate to 30 September 2027, cleared income-tax relief for fishing-boat buy-back compensation, and noted, in draft, a national Big Data and artificial-intelligence strategy that signals where public money and procurement will flow.
What the 21 July Cabinet Means for Taxpayers, Landowners, and China-Facing Businesses in Thailand
The 21 July session, chaired by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, was quieter than the two before it: no migrant-workforce rescue, no ministry restructuring. Its weight sits in three places: a draft Royal Decree doubling the tax deduction for supporting the Social Enterprise Promotion Fund, a land-use amendment for two Chiang Mai districts, and the follow-through machinery for the fifteen Thailand-China agreements signed during the Prime Minister's visit.
Thailand's Long-Term Resident (LTR) Visa After the 2025 Reforms: Who Now Qualifies
This article sets out who qualifies for the LTR visa today, what the visa offers, and what applicants should prepare.