Mr Wissanu's assurances the government would collect the tax came after his meeting with the Revenue Department which has been assigned to explore legal avenues to collect the tax. The Revenue Department demanded the siblings pay several billion baht in personal income tax assessed on their sale of Shin Corp shares. Based on the ruling, the Office of Auditor-General (OAG) asked the Revenue Department collect the 12 billion baht in tax from Thaksin. He said the office is ready to do the tax evaluation if the Revenue Department is not. Mr Noppadon said the Revenue Department is a tax specialist and he hoped that the officials concerned would strictly adhere to the law.

Source: Bangkok Post March 15, 2017 21:45 UTC