The Latest Breaking News from The Revenue Department

Officials from the Revenue Department and the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department (HR and CE), accompanied by the police, on Monday removed the board announcing the restriction of devotees from offering worship in the Kanakasabhai mandapam at Sri Natarajar temple in Chidambaram.

Starting this month, the exchange of financial information should help combat transnational tax evasion, says director-general of the Revenue Department Lavaron Sangsnit.

As the general election draws near, implementing collection of a new tax is an extremely sensitive issue and almost unheard of as a political tactic.

The controversy about a 1,000-baht departure tax on outbound Thais and foreign residents is only a legally obliged opinion survey and the tax will not be imposed, the Revenue Department said.

Thai outbound travellers and foreign permanent residents in Thailand have been asked for their opinion on a government departure tax of 1,000 baht in an attempt to prevent locals from spending excessively abroad, with the Revenue Department announcing online public hearings this week.

The Madras High Court has agreed that it was illegal on the part of former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami to have laid the foundation stone in October 2020 for construction of Kallakurichi Collectorate complex on 34.817 acres of land owned by Ardhanareeswarar temple

Donations to education, sports and social development will only gain a double tax deduction if they are made via an electronic channel, said Vinit Visessuvanapoom, deputy director-general of the Revenue Department.

The Revenue Department is using artificial intelligence (AI) to examine tax payments, enabling deeper scrutiny and preventing tax evasion, says director-general Lavaron Sangsnit.