Bangkok--1 Feb--ICT
The Customs Department launched its new e-tax privilege service to offer one-stop service which helps reduce time-consuming complex procedures and cut document costs. The new tax system service will be available from September onwards.
Mrs. Chantana Yiangsupanon, applied program system specialist of Customs Department's ICT office, said the e- tax privilege system was developed to give convenience to service users and serve present technologies.
The Customs Department is a government agency collecting taxes and give convenience to trade entrepreneurs importing goods for internal consumption or other transactions such as manufacturing, mixing, assembling, etc and exporting them. These entrepreneurs get various types of tax privileges covering bonded warehouse, free zone, duty rebate, exporter's duty and tax compensation, free trade zone, and investment promotion.
Nowadays, different systems are applied to the examination and control of duties and taxes. They are still manually done — officers are in charge of examining entrepreneurs' books. As a result, entrepreneurs are not facilitated to receive their tax privileges. The Customs Department therefore develops the e-formality system to service entrepreneurs and enhance the department's management efficiency. The new e-system is to integrate the department's system to provide one-stop e-tax service for all kinds of taxpayers. It is also to speed up the operations, cut document costs, and reduce redundant procedures.
The e-tax privilege system consists of the following points.
1. The database of entrepreneurs getting duty and tax privileges is used for examining e-import & export formalities in case they are done locally.
2. The control system is to check and follow up with entrepreneurs exercising their rights to get the e-tax privileges.
3. The e-Guarantee is for all types of declaration control documents or complaints happening during the import/export formalities, internal goods transfers and others.
4. The e-Refund system is for for all types of declaration control document or complaints happening during the import/export formalities, internal goods transfers and others.
5. The control system is to cover all types of duty and tax privileges to enforce the laws, regulations and international standards of examination, processing, data analyzing and others.
The e-Tax Incentives project is to enhance the efficiency of Customs Department's management through information and communication technology system, effective since October 2010. The system will completely be in full service by September 2012.