Noppadon Pattama said Tuesday that Thaksin has appointed a team of lawyers to fight the case and that the team will lodge an appeal with the department's appeal committee. He was speaking after a tax notice was put up in front of the house of Thaksin's former wife, Khunying Potjaman na Pombejra. Procedures dictate that if the appeal committee stands firm on the tax-collection demand and the former premier is still not happy with the decision, he may appeal to the tax court within 30 days. He referred to earlier decisions by the department and Central Tax Court not to pursue the taxes from Thaksin's children Panthongtae and Pinthongta. He has avoided invoking the all-powerful Section 44 of the interim charter to deal with the Thaksin tax issue as it is one that can be handled through regular legal channels.

Source: Bangkok Post March 28, 2017 21:06 UTC