(Bangkok Post file photo)The government has ordered the Revenue Department to expedite efforts to collect 12 billion baht in tax from former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra over the Shin Corp share sale by the March 31 deadline. Also Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said the Revenue Department and the OAG still differ as to whether the tax can be collected from Thaksin. The case went to the Central Tax Court which ruled in the siblings' favour and the Revenue Department did not appeal against the ruling. As a result, the siblings were not subject to the tax, the tax court said. Based on the ruling, the OAG asked the Revenue Department to collect the 12 billion baht from Thaksin instead, saying the revenue law has room for the department to extend the five-year time frame.

Source: Bangkok Post March 14, 2017 19:41 UTC