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1. 1. news | 20/05/2012

   TAXES IN THAILAND XX: VAT Part Two

   Newspaper section: Spectrum

   » Last week we talked about the theory behind the value added tax (VAT) and how it works from the point of view of the average consumer. This week we'll discuss it in a little more depth for those operating businesse...

2. 2. news | 20/05/2012

   Your pension: the harsh realities

   Networth

   By Andrew Wood, Newspaper section: Spectrum

   » One of the most difficult things to predict is the amount of income you will need for your golden years. This is something you should discuss with your financial adviser so that he or she can make detailed calculations a...

3. 3. news | 20/05/2012

   Knowledge essential to rental riches

   Newspaper section: Spectrum

   » Rental yields remained largely unchanged in the first quarter of this year in the downtown Bangkok condominium market, ranging from 3% to 9%, despite prices for new properties rising and no significant growth in the numb...

4. 4. news | 20/05/2012

   As Myanmar opens, donor exit at border puts dreams in peril

   Newspaper section: Spectrum

   » When she heard the foreign donations that paid for her studies were falling drastically, 16-year-old Myanmar migrant Seng Jam Longzaw began to worry that her dream of becoming a nurse was vanishing.

5. 5. news | 20/05/2012

   Youth wasted on beggars' road to Thailand

   Newspaper section: Spectrum

   » Dice roll and cards are dealt every day in the seven casinos along the Poipet-Thai border, but just five kilometres away in the ramshackle village of Kbal Spean, gamblers of a different sort are playing for much higher s...

6. 6. news | 20/05/2012

   I just called to say I'm locked up

   By Frank Lombard, Newspaper section: Spectrum

   » Let's call him Bait. He's a Thai man in his early 30s who recently served five years at Khlong Prem Prison in Bangkok on a narcotics charge. Bait left prison before the floods of November 2011. He says that in ...

7. 7. news | 20/05/2012

   Map Ta Phut locals demand say in industrial safeguards

   By Tunya Sukpanich, Newspaper section: Spectrum

   » Two weeks after two horrific chemical accidents at Map Ta Phut industrial estate left 12 people dead and hundreds injured, many who reside near the estate are still living in fear. They are demanding to know why there we...

8. 8. news | 16/05/2012

   Flood aid refusal 'was self defeating'

   By Parista Yuthamanop, Newspaper section: Spectrum

   » British ambassador Asif Ahmad has offered a forthright critique of the government's handling of last year's flood crisis, saying it should have asked for international help and better communicated information ...

9. 9. news | 13/05/2012

   TAXES IN THAILAND XIX: VAT part one

   Newspaper section: Spectrum

   » Everybody is vaguely aware of the value added tax in Thailand. When you buy something or get the bill in a restaurant, you will see that you've been charged 7% VAT.

10. 10. news | 13/05/2012

    Adjusting to changing UK pension scheme

    Networth

    Newspaper section: Spectrum

    » Changes to the Qualified Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS), in effect since April, have had far-reaching effects on UK deferred pensions being transferred offshore. Interpretation and implementation of these ch...

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