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Andrew Jackomos and Paul Ashburn, Co-Managing Partners, BDO: Viewpoint
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Viewpoint:Andrew Jackomos and Paul Ashburn The decision of the Full Federal Court of Australia in Chevron Australia Holdings Pty Ltd (CAHPL) v Commissioner of Taxation [2017] FCAFC 62, handed down on April 21, 2017, has drawn considerable interest and may influence the OECD in its development of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) guidance for the application of the arm’s length principle…
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David Lyman, Chairman and Chief Values Officer, Tilleke & Gibbins: Viewpoint
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Viewpoint: David Lyman My family has lived in Thailand since May 1949 and I have been practicing law here since 1967 – that’s 50 years now. Thus, I see Thailand from the perspective of a long-term foreign permanent resident. Let’s take the military coup of May 2014; it’s the 13th coup I have witnessed. It and its predecessors all have much in common: all were conducted, it is said, in order…
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Andrew Jackomos and Paul Ashburn, Co-Managing Partners, BDO: Viewpoint
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Viewpoint:Andrew Jackomos and Paul Ashburn The decision of the Full Federal Court of Australia in Chevron Australia Holdings Pty Ltd (CAHPL) v Commissioner of Taxation [2017] FCAFC 62, handed down on April 21, 2017, has drawn considerable interest and may influence the OECD in its development of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) guidance for the application of the arm’s length principle…
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Thailand moving forward after the 2016 constitutional referedum

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Constitutional reform is not uncommon in Thailand, in fact, the country’s constitution has been rewritten 20 times since absolute monarchy was abolished in 1932, usually following coups or protests ousting military-backed governments. There have been 12 successful coups in the country since 1932. The country’s most recent constitutional reforms began in mid-2014. Thailand’s military-backed…
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Economic incentives encourage foreign investment in Thailand

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With plans to boost foreign investment in key industries, the government announced a series of new incentives and support mechanisms in late 2016 and early 2017. These new measures – many of which will be administered through the Board of Investment (BOI), the government’s investment promotion arm – are set to come into force in the first quarter of 2017. Incentives will be made available…
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Thailand's economic growth strategy focuses on small business

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Accounting for the majority of businesses and a significant source of employment and export earnings, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in Thailand’s economic development. The SME segment has struggled in recent years, however, and currently accounts for the largest proportion of non-performing loans (NPLs), while export-oriented SMEs have struggled to increase…
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Efforts focus on making Thailand a regional financial hub

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An initiative driven by Thailand to develop closer financial integration and cooperation among the Greater Mekong Subregion countries could bolster Bangkok’s position as a capital markets and banking centre. Thailand’s campaign to strengthen fiscal and economic ties with its near neighbours reached a new level in June 2016, when it hosted a two-day summit for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam…
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Thailand works to secure profitable regional trade agreements

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As one of the biggest beneficiaries of rising consumption in ASEAN and the Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV) market, Thailand has seen regional trade become an increasingly critical trade growth driver. Although the country was not a signatory to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement (FTA) – which all but collapsed following the most recent US presidential election…
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Bank financing competes with bond markets in Thailand

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Loan growth in Thailand fell in 2016 as slower-than-anticipated infrastructure spending and weak private consumption weighed on the consumer segment, while corporate lending fell as firms increasingly turned to bond markets for more favourable terms. Outstanding bank loans in Thailand grew by just 2% in 2016 against 4.3% growth in 2015, according to the Bank of Thailand (BOT). The Thai Bankers’…
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Additional spending stimulates economic activity in Thailand

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Thailand’s budgets for 2017 and 2018 will see a significant increase in spending and public investment as the government moves to boost economic growth through infrastructure development, expansion of value-added manufacturing and support for small businesses and the service economy. The 2017 budget forecasts a spending increase of over 20% following the approval of a supplementary spending…