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Phuket Business: Midyear tax filing deadline tomorrow
PHUKET: Tomorrow, August 31, is the midyear tax return filing deadline for both companies and individuals who have generated income in Thailand during the first six months of 2012 – regardless of where or how payments were made. The Revenue Department website states: “A company [or individual] is obliged to estimate its annual net profit [or net income] as well…
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Phuket Business: Capitalizing on world illiquidity
PHUKET: There have been several investment strategies, with great results, that I have been relying on recently. They are filling the gap left behind as banks are forced to shore up their capital bases and thus forgo many of their traditionally lucrative and profitable businesses. One of these strategies – legal financing – I have written about several times. Another…
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Laguna Phuket announces expansion plan
PHUKET: A lavish dinner to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Laguna Phuket was held on Friday, where Chief Executive of Laguna Resorts & Hotels Ho Kwon Ping (known as KP Ho) gave a preview of upcoming expansion plans for the group. A new mixed-use development overlooking a west-coast beachfront lagoon between the Dusit Thani Resort and upcoming Outrigger Laguna Beach…
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Phuket Business: The ultimate island view
PHUKET: What do you get when you cross a remote controlled helicopter with a camera? A helicam of course. Helicam is also the name of the Phuket-based company that has been hovering over the island for the past eight years. And what do you get when you have eight years of aerial shots of Phuket? An opportunity to create a…
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Phuket Business: Mid-year tax filing deadline approaches
PHUKET: Companies and individuals who generated income in Thailand during the first six months of 2012 – regardless of where or how payments were made – have until August 31 to file their midyear tax return. In this first article, we will go over the basics of regulations and procedures for filing and paying income tax in Thailand. Next week,…
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Phuket tourism roadshow in Japan “well received’
PHUKET: Recently returned from a week-long tourism fact-finding tour in Japan, Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha has told the media that the “Amazing Thailand in Japan” roadshow impressed the Japanese tour operators in the three cities they visited. Organized by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and coordinated by the Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (PPAO) and the Phuket Tourist Association (PTA),…
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Emirates to launch Dubai – Phuket daily flight service
PHUKET: Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, continues its network expansion with the announcement of the start of daily services to Phuket in Thailand. Phuket, the largest island in Thailand, will, from December 10, become Emirates’second destination in Thailand. To be serviced by a three-class Airbus aircraft, flight EK378 will depart Dubai at 12:45pm and arrive at Phuket…
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Phuket Business: Football Club sales steady
PHUKET: Business was steady for Phuket FC during the first half of the 2012 season, with the club’s accounts revealing nearly a million baht in revenue. Accounts for the 18-team Thai Yamaha One soccer league (Division 1), recently released by league’s mother company, Sponsor Thai Premiere League, show that Phuket FC generated a gross revenue of 976,830 baht from March…
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