Proposed Improvements in Tax Administrative Practice

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Jirasak Rodjun

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           The efficiency in tax legislation encourages efficiency of taxation. The simplicity and certainty of tax laws are supposed to be the characteristics of efficient tax legislation. Tax authorities make statements to help administer tax legislation, helping reduce confusion and difficulty in applying the tax law and support legal certainty and simplicity. In this article, I examine the efficiency in the Thai tax legislation via administrative practice by the tax authorities. In Thailand, the Revenue Department has made statements including departmental notifications, departmental clarifications, and departmental instructions. I opine that in order to enhance efficiency in the Thai tax legislation via administrative practice, the tax authorities should not exercise their power beyond the strict letter of the law in explaining, interpreting and applying tax law via various statements. In addition, the tax authorities should consult parliamentary materials and explanatory memoranda (if any) to help interpret ambiguous legislation. There should also be provisions in the Thai Taxation Acts to stipulate conditions for applying and giving formal pre-transaction and post-transaction rulings.

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Rodjun, J. (2020). Proposed Improvements in Tax Administrative Practice. Journal of Criminology and Forensic Science, 6(1), 198–212. retrieved from https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/forensic/article/view/224885
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