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Thailand software and digital-service tax relief: check SME eligibility, DEPA listings, payment dates, accounting periods and the THB 300,000 expenditure cap.
From 1 November 2026, partnership and limited-company registration applications move to DBD Biz Regist. Prepare company details, signing authority and identity verification.
If the Thai police call, issue a summons or ask you to attend a police station, first confirm your role, the case stage and the charges. This guide explains suspects’ rights to a lawyer and interpreter, statements and bail preparation during a police inquiry.
Winning a judgment in Thailand does not mean payment arrives automatically. This guide explains the 10-year enforcement period, applications, debtor asset inquiries, seizure, attachment, mortgages and payment priority.
If a customer in Thailand has not paid for goods, first check the parties, orders and payment terms, delivery records, outstanding balance and correspondence. This guide explains how to organise them and why WeChat, LINE and email records should retain their complete context and originals before assessing a demand, negotiation or litigation.
Before a BOI project obtains an FBC, check whether section 12 applies and match the promotion certificate and amendments, actual activities, company information and proposed attachments. This guide separates DBD’s listed attachments from internal preparation and explains why submission, review, payment, approval and e-FBC download need distinct records.
If you suspect fraud in Thailand, preserve payment and communication records promptly, explain whether you want the authorities to investigate and pursue criminal responsibility, and ask Thai counsel to check the offence, jurisdiction and complaint deadline. Certain compoundable offences have a three-month complaint period. A promise to repay is a reason to assess the deadline now, rather than leave it until negotiations end.
The notification, ingredients, labels and promotional claims need to be consistent. A notification number does not mean that every claimed effect has been endorsed. Packaging from another country should not simply be reused without checking Thai requirements.
Listing status alone is insufficient. Thai financial reporting standards define the scope for non-publicly accountable entities (NPAEs). Matters requiring particular checks include publicly traded equity or debt securities, a public offering in progress and certain institutions whose principal business involves managing public assets. Determine the applicable standards from public accountability, legal form and actual activities.
Requirements for the proposed manufacturing activity, premises and product classification need separate examination. Registration or licensing at one level should not be taken to mean that every product and all business activities have completed market-access procedures.
A registration certificate records registered matters. A legal opinion addresses project requirements and analyses particular Thai-law issues against reviewed materials. Financing, acquisitions, group compliance and listing preparations have different needs. First identify who will use the opinion and the questions it must answer.
Not necessarily. First determine whether the operator is a foreigner as defined by the Foreign Business Act, then assess each actual activity and applicable market-access route. Shareholding is important information, but it does not alone answer whether every activity requires a foreign business licence (FBL).
