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Crypto traders subject to 15% capital gains tax
Profits from cryptocurrency trading are now subject to a 15% capital gains tax, according to a source from the Finance Ministry. The ministry recommends investors identify their income from cryptocurrencies when filing taxes this year to avoid legal penalties.
Source – The Bangkok Post
Thailand’s COVID 19 alert level raised to 4 amid increasing infections
Thailand’s COVID 19 alert has been raised from Level 3 to Level 4 today (Thursday), with more restrictive measures to be announced in the near future, according to Public Health Permanent Secretary Kiattibhoom Vongrachit.
Source – Thai PBS World
High season ends early
Tourism operators in popular destinations face more cancellations as the prolonged suspension of the Test & Go scheme is dampening enthusiasm for the remainder of the high season.
Source – The Bangkok Post
Test & Go, nightlife resumption decision at key meeting on Friday
The future of the Test & Go program for air travelers and reopening of night entertainment are key issues to be thrashed out at a meeting on Friday, officials said on Wednesday.
Source – The Bangkok Post
The deadline for arrivals under Thailand Test and Go scheme may be extended to mid-January
Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today (Thursday) a proposal will be made at the Centre for COVID 19 Situation Administration (CCSA)’s meeting tomorrow whether the January 10th deadline, for foreign tourists with the “Thailand Pass” to enter the country through the Test and Go scheme, can be postponed to January 15th.
Source – The Bangkok Post
Pattaya hotels to open as isolation facilities for COVID 19 patients
The administration of Bang Lamung district in Thailand’s Chon Buri province, which includes Pattaya, is making preparations to convert hotels into “hospitels” with a capacity to accommodate 2,500 COVID-19 patients initially if daily infections continue to rise steadily.
Source – Thai PBS World
The Phuket Sandbox News Report
Governor touts ‘Sandbox v2’, targets key problems to keep Phuket tourism open
Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew is targetting a slew of problems in the hope of launching ‘Sandbox v2’ so that tourism to Phuket may remain open and continue to generate much-needed incomes for people living on the island.
More Moderna is on the way for fourth booster shots
The budget has been approved to purchase 60,000 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine which will be used to provide a fourth booster shot for Phuket residents later this month.
Phuket scrambles for ‘hospitels’ to keep tourists out of hospitals
Phuket health officials are scrambling to identify some 780 rooms at hotels across the island to serve as ‘home isolation’ rooms for tourists infected with COVID-19 but suffering only mild symptoms of infection, instead of having the infected tourists admitted to hospitals.
Source – The Phuket News – The Thaiger
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00:00 – The Nationwide daily COVID report
02:16 – Crypto traders subject to 15% capital gains tax
04:48 – Thailand’s COVID-19 alert level raised to 4 amid increasing infections
08:35 – Hospitality High season ends early
14:45 – Test & Go, nightlife resumption decision today – Deadline for arrivals under Thailand’s ‘Test and Go’ scheme
20:09 – Pattaya hotels to open as isolation facilities for COVID 19 patients
21:29 – The Phuket news report
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