Thailand is one of the most beautiful countries in Asia to live in. There are many islands and resorts there that can blow your mind and take your breath away. Moreover, the Bangkok area is experiencing many improvements and developments, particularly the development of the MRT and BTS systems around the area. This means that...Read More

Thailand’s land laws are undeniably restrictive to foreign ownership except for condominium properties. The Condominium Act of Thailand allows foreigners to purchase a condominium property within the prescribed limitations. But even as purchasing a condo is the easiest way for a foreigner to own a property in Thailand, if they are not careful, they might...Read More

The Thailand Revenue Code (Tax Law) spells out the terms of taxation imposed to businesses, individuals and properties in accordance with the provisions of Thailand Laws. Chapter 4 of said Revenue Code or Tax Law specifies the stipulations on Value Added Tax. Value Added Tax or VAT is an assessment tax which applies to all...Read More

Are you a foreigner who wants to buy a property in Thailand? While Thailand is known to be openly encouraging and inviting foreign nationals to consider retirement in their country, their restrictive land laws seem to be discouraging legitimate and qualified retirees from other countries from taking the offer.Read More

In general, the property laws and regulations of Thailand are patterned after the western countries in much the same way that the Thailand Civil Code is based on the mainland European civil law system. Thai property laws are in effect considered western. Ownership of land in Thailand is governed by the Land Code BE 2497...Read More

Some marriages see the benefit of having prenuptial agreements. This is usually the case when one or both parties have properties they want to protect from being considered as part of the conjugal property when a couple gets married. If a spouse has businesses that involved other people, the spouse may elect to keep those...Read More

The global economic climate and investment environment have undergone a drastic change since the 1997 financial crisis. This prompted the Board of Investment to adjust the country’s investment promotion policies and criteria for granting tax privileges in order to respond to the current and future economic and investment situation.Read More

Thailand is one of the countries in Asia that legally allows divorce, that is, dissolving the marriage by the judgment of a court on one of the 12 grounds for divorce as stipulated in Section 1516 of the Civil and Commercial Code or by the Amphur or local municipality office in Thailand. The divorce proceeding...Read More

Domestic violence is a universal social problem. It happens in almost every country, even in the most progressive ones. Thailand is no exception to this sad reality and global pandemic. Numerous cases of domestic violence may have caused the passing of the first ever Domestic Violence Law in 2007 aimed at protecting victims who suffer...Read More

As in other country’s airline carriers, passengers have certain and specific rights against the airline in the event of flight delays, cancelled flights, or other similar cases, not caused by the passenger. In Thailand, there are common areas of concern where passenger’s rights ought to be honored by the Thai Airline Carrier.Read More