Governor Chatchat reveals that Bangkok collected taxes more than the target. Ready to discuss the PM2.5 dust problem with the government.
(4 Sept. 2023) Mr. Chatchart Sitthiphan, Governor of Bangkok Chaired the meeting of the Bangkok Executive Committee No. 19/2023 and revealed after the meeting that This year's revenue collection is quite good as of August 31, 2023. Overall, Bangkok has collected 91,319,809,630.11 baht (representing 115.59 %) from the estimate. 79,000,000,000 baht. It is expected that by the end of this year, taxes should be collected up to 97,000 million baht. If you look at the details. We collect land and building taxes quite well, approximately 11,000 million baht. It can be seen that the collection is more efficient than last year because we have accelerated the creation of a database and sent tax receipts to up to 1 million people now. The income that Bangkok collects itself is approximately 19,000 million baht, with the income that other government agencies collect. Collected approximately 72,000 million baht, with the most revenue collected by other government agencies being Value Added Tax 37, 285 million baht, which VAT has 2 parts: divided by trading points and divided by population. Currently, there is a certain number of people registered in Bangkok. But the hidden population is close to 10 million people. It must be discussed whether the population registration is consistent with the actual population. In order to get a budget that is more consistent with reality. Car tax Collected up to approximately 17,000 million baht, there are still people who have not paid yet, approximately 1,000 million baht. Currently, Bangkok has an MOU with transportation to speed up the collection of additional taxes in this area.
In terms of tax collection in each district There were 7 agencies that exceeded the target in collecting taxes: 1. Revenue Division 2. Lat Krabang District 3. Lat Phrao District 4. Suan Luang District 5. Chatuchak District 6. Nong Chok District 7. Huai Khwang District, but there were some districts that collected less than the target. For example, Don Mueang District can collect only 38%. The reason is because the Ministry of Finance has changed the method of calculating tax assessments, causing taxes on large plots of land from before to be able to be collected at a certain rate. However, when the calculation method was adjusted, the tax collection decreased. Therefore, in these details, we have the revenue department study 2 issues: 1. Adjusting the method for calculating the appraised value will result in a loss of income that should be how much? 2. Agriculture that is not intended to be used. That is, how much agriculture is done to reduce taxes? This matter is one of the matters that need to be discussed with the government to determine what recommendations are given.
? Prepare to discuss dealing with PM2.5 dust with the government.
Governor Chatchat further said that The matter that needs to be discussed further will be PM2.5 as it is close to the high dust season. Next week there will be a meeting to discuss with the Pollution Control Department on dealing with PM2.5. Currently, we have information such as where the dust comes from and what measures are being taken. What is the forecast like? Including new criteria, different colored bands which will be more intense. We have planned to discuss with the government. Because many parts we cannot control and we believe that this is a top priority of the government. .
Source: Thai News Agency