Good news for the Thai Spa industry
The Excise Department, Ministry of Finance, Royal Thai Government has announced that spas in Thailand can now be exempt from the 10% excise tax that they previously had to pay. Effective 20th October 2009, the tax is reduced to 0% for spas that are registered with the Ministry of Public Health. Full details can be found on the Excise Departments website at: http://www.excise.go.th/fileadmin/STA/pdf_file/law/spa1.pdf. The bad news is that any tax that is due prior to the announcement still has to be paid.