Thailand
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Overseas suppliers of electronic services and electronic platforms, whose total income is 1.8 million baht per year from providing electronic services to customers who are not registered as a VAT payer in Thailand, must register for VAT, submit VAT declarations and pay VAT.
These rules are effective starting from September 1, 2021, which is the date of the introduction of the regime.
The list is not complete.
To determine whether an electronic service is used in Thailand, service providers or electronic platforms can rely on the customer’s information that they routinely obtain in the normal business activity to determine where the electronic service is used. Such information can be one of the following information about the customer:
The VAT registration form shall be filled and submitted electronically via the Simplified VAT System for e-Service (SVE) on the Revenue Department’s website.
Documents required for VAT registration:
Company
(1) Certificate of incorporation, officially translated in English and containing entity name, date of incorporation, and country of incorporation. The document must be notarized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, notary public or other agencies that are authorised to notarize documents based on the law of the country where the business person is incorporated.
(2) Certificate of tax residency in the country of incorporation (optional).
Individual
(1) A copy of the personal’s valid passport (only the first information page showing the passport holder’s name, photo, and passport number) or a copy of the personal’s valid national ID card.
(2) Certificate of tax residency in the country where the individual is a tax resident (optional).
All documents must be uploaded to the SVE on the Revenue Department’s website. When the VAT registration is complete, the VAT registrant will be notified of the VAT registration via SVE and the list of VAT registrants on SVE will be announced on the Revenue Department’s website.
The appointment of a representative is not a prerequisite for registration.
VAT returns shall be filed from the 1st to the 23rd of the following tax month. VAT return shall be filed every month even though electronic service providers and electronic platforms have no income from the operation of the business in that tax month.
In case that a VAT operator has filed a VAT return and later found that it was incorrect, the VAT operator shall submit an additional VAT return.
VAT can be paid in Thai Baht via SVE through one of the following channels:
| Offence | Penalty |
| Doing business without VAT registration | A fine twice the tax due in tax month for the duration of failure to comply with such provision, or 1,000 Baht per month, whichever is greater |
| Late filing of VAT returns | A fine twice the tax due in tax month |
| Filing incorrect tax return affecting the amount of tax due | Fine for the affected amount of tax |
In addition to the above, criminal fines may be imposed.
Overseas electronic platforms shall register for VAT in Thailand when the following criteria are met:
An electronic platform operator will be liable to pay VAT on behalf of Overseas electronic service providers if the service providers provide electronic services through a platform with continuous processes starting from offering service, receiving payment of service and delivering service. If an electronic platform operates all the three processes and meets the income threshold for VAT registration in Thailand, the platform operator is required to register for VAT, file VAT returns, and pay VAT to the Revenue Department on behalf of all service providers who have provided electronic services through the platform.