Thailand Moderatly Free Economy

January 24 2012 Categories: Doing Business In Thailand, Thailand Business No comments yet

As every year the Heritage Foundation has published its world index of economical freedom for 2012. This is certainly one of the indexes where I would like Thailand to be ranking higher. So how is Thailand ranked in terms of economics freedom?

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Starting a Business in Thailand (2): The Restaurant

January 23 2012 Categories: Doing Business In Thailand, Thailand Business No comments yet

If you want to start a restaurant in Thailand the first question you will have to ask yourself is: May a foreign investor legally open a restaurant in Thailand? The answer is No, Restaurant and Bar business are services activities under the Foreign Business Act List 3 which activities may be exercised by foreign investors only upon applying and receiving a Foreign Business License. The only exceptions are US Citizens who benefit of the US Amity Treaty and may operate a restaurant under a 100% US form.

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Originally posted 2009-11-05 02:44:17.

Doing Business in Thailand: Dealing with Thai People

January 23 2012 Categories: Thailand Business, Understanding Thailand No comments yet

Should you be wary to do business with Thai people?

Not really because Thai people are honest. There are always exceptions of course but as a foreigner coming to do business in Thailand you have to be more wary of citizens from your own country than from Thais.

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Originally posted 2009-07-24 04:10:21.

Thailand BOI: Promoted Activities: Agriculture Products

January 23 2012 Categories: Thailand BOI, Thailand Business No comments yet

What are the agricultural activities eligible for promotion?

As you already know the Board of Investment is the agency in charge of promoting certain sectors of Thai economy. As such the BOI role is among other to determine:

What are the activities which are eligible for promotion

What are the conditions attached to said promotion

What are the privileges attached to said business activity

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Originally posted 2009-08-03 07:05:20.

Thailand BOI: Promoted Activities: Metal, Machinery,Transport

January 23 2012 Categories: Thailand BOI, Thailand Business No comments yet

What are the activities eligible for promotion under section 4 of the BOI list?

Reminder: As you already know the Board of Investment is the agency in charge of promoting certain sectors of Thai economy. As such the BOI role is among other to determine:

What are the activities which are eligible for promotion

What are the conditions attached to said promotion

What are the privileges attached to said business activity

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Originally posted 2009-08-05 14:46:31.

Thai Corporate Documents – The Memorandun of Association

January 23 2012 Categories: Thailand Business, Thailand Company Registration No comments yet

In a previous post I explained step by step the formalities to incorporate a Thai Limited Company. Many readers have contacted me to request whether I could also post the english translation of Thai Limited Company documents for information. Today and the next few days I will post the translations of the main corporate documents of a Thai Private Limited company. Please note that this is an unofficial translation only.

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Originally posted 2009-09-03 14:40:40.

Doing Business in Thailand: Bar Business End of an Era?

January 23 2012 Categories: Thailand Business No comments yet

The Pattaya Mail reported today that, according to sources from several police divisions a serious crackdown on Bar Businesses would begin next month that would target GoGo bars, Beer Bars, Gay Bars and any other bars which are charging bar fines to the customers to let their employees leave work early. Now according to the Pattaya Mail, the police “suspects that many of these rendezvous are sexually related”.

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Originally posted 2010-01-22 14:27:04.

Company Criminal Liability: May a Company be Prosecuted?

January 22 2012 Categories: Thailand Business, Thailand Company Registration No comments yet

While companies are juristic persons and cannot be as such subject to the punishment of imprisonment it does not mean that a company may not be prosecuted for a criminal offence in Thailand. To the contrary, companies may be prosecuted the same way as individuals.

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Originally posted 2009-12-15 10:20:04.

Buying a Business: what are your options?

January 22 2012 Categories: Doing Business In Thailand, Thailand Business No comments yet

An investor that desires to buy a business in Thailand will have several options as follows:

1. Acquisition of Shares

2. Transfer of the Entire Business Assets

-          with immediate liquidation of the transferor company

-          without liquidation of the transferor company

3. Amalgamation

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Originally posted 2009-09-11 06:14:37.

Business Registration: Company Registration Step by Step

January 22 2012 Categories: Thailand Business, Thailand Company Registration No comments yet

The private limited company is the legal vehicle that is the most commonly used by foreign investors in Thailand and we will hereinafter review the formalities of registration of a private limited company. In this article we will only review the conditions of incorporation of a Private Limited Company to the exclusion of nominees and Thai/foreign shareholders ratio which are discussed in other posts. [This post replace our previous post on the subject “How to register a company step by step”.

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Originally posted 2009-10-20 07:09:45.