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Manufacturing plastic products from recycled plastic

Manufacturing plastic products from recycled plastic

Manufacturing plastic products from recycled plastic

Thailand is strengthening its role as a leading global hub of plastics manufacturer, with makers placing greater emphasis on value-added and environment-friendly products. The Thai plastics industry is growing consistently, and demand in the vigorous domestic economy is the key driver.

 

To promote sustainable growth in the plastics industry together with protection of the environment, the BOI classifies projects in the manufacture of eco-friendly plastics as priority activities of special importance to the country. Therefore, these are given maximum investment incentives.

 

The only condition that a business needs to follow in order to become a manufacturer for plastic products from the recycled plastics is that it must have plastic forming process using domestic plastic raw materials only.

 

The incentives that can be given to this project are those under A4 category which includes:

  • 3 years of corporate tax exemption
  • Exemption of import duties on machinery
  • Exemption of import duties on raw materials used in the production for exports
  • 100% foreign business ownership
  • Permit to own land
  • Permit to bring skilled workers and expert to work into the Kingdom.

 

If you are planning to register your business in Thailand, please do not hesitate to contact MSNA for more information. We are experienced in BOI application, setting up a company, getting Foreign Business Certificate, visa and work permit application.

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Opening a Business in Thailand

Opening a Business in Thailand

Opening a Business in Thailand

Do you want to open a company in Thailand but don’t really know how to proceed or the process might seem difficult? Do not worry, we at MSNA can give you the best solution.

The procedures depend on the type of company that you will set up. Let’s discuss it in details.

 

A. Registering a Thai company with 51% shares held by Thai shareholder

Pros:

  • Your company can do business right after registration.
  • The process is much easier because you don’t need to get special license.

Cons:

  • If you want to hire foreigners to work, your company must have 2 million Baht capital and hire 4 Thai employees in order to apply for one work permit.

How to register:

  • You need at least 3 shareholders (if you have 2 foreigners, then you need 1 Thai).
  • The number of shares to be held by Thai must be at least 51%. This Thai shareholder must show proof of funds (at least 6 months update of bank statement showing enough money to buy the amount of shares they will hold).
  • Please read the steps here

 

B. Other options:

If new Thai limited company will be doing only export activities from Thailand or manufacturing goods in Thailand, then it can be foreign majority owned without obtaining a Foreign Business License.

  • Get BOI certificate (Board of Investment)

Pros:

  • It would be fine if you don’t have a Thai partner as long as your business activity falls under any category of eligible activities for BOI promotion.
  • Tax exemption such as corporate income tax, tariff exemption or reduction on import machinery and raw material (depending on the company’s activity).
  • Non-Tax privileges such as permission to own land, permission to bring foreign expert to work on the promoted projects, exemption on foreign ownership of companies and exemption from work permit and visa rules.

Cons:

  • Not all activities are eligible to obtain a BOI certificate. Please checkout Foreign Business law here 
  • If your company’s activity is not in this list, you will need to get Foreign Business License.

How to register:

  • The process to get BOI is summarized here

 

Registering a business in Thailand can be troublesome but we at MSNA can make it convenient for you. Contact us now for initial consultation.

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Manufacture of Hard Disk Drive

hdd manufacture

Manufacture of Hard Disk Drive

Since the last decade, Thailand has been the biggest manufacturer of hard disk drives. Thailand offers low cost, literate, high quality labour and national infrastructure that facilitates the export market. The big digital companies are now manufacturing their products in Thailand to take advantages of these benefits. Some of the conditions and incentives that could help you are listed below.

 

BOI Activity 5.4.6 Manufacture of hard disk drive

Conditions:

– The areal density of hard disk drives must not be less than 2,000 gigabits per square inch.

–  The cost of refurbishment of existing machines shall be regarded as an investment and will be taken into account in the calculation of corporate income tax exemption cap. The original cost of existing machines shall not be regarded as an investment.

 Incentives:

  • An exemption of corporate tax for 8 years.
  • Exemption of import duties on machinery
  • Exemption of import duties on raw materials used in production for export
  • 100% foreign ownership
  • Permit to own the land
  • Permit to bring skilled workers and experts into the Kingdom

 

Get in touch with us so we can help you set up your BOI Company in Thailand.

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Thailand Investment Promotion for Software Park Business

Software park

Thailand Investment Promotion for Software Park Business

As the digital way of life has now been touching all corners of the Thai society, the software industry is a very crucial driver for the country’s technological, social and economic development. With a very competitive market, Thailand is a very attractive software investment location for its skilled and affordable workforce, with programmers with a strong suit. If you are planning to invest in a Software Park business in Thailand, then the conditions and incentives below might help you.

 

Conditions:

  • Project must have high-speed fibre-optic main communication system throughout the area.
  • The main telecommunication system must have a high-speed cable from the software park to domestic and international telecommunication centre.
  • Continuous back-up of electricity supply must be installed.
  • The total area must not be less than 5,000 square meters.

 

Incentives to set up a software park in Thailand promoted by the board of investment are:

  • An 8 year exemption from corporate income tax
  • Exemption of import duties of machinery such as computers and software
  • Exemption of import duties on raw materials used in production for export
  • 100% foreign ownership
  • Permit to own the land
  • Permit to bring skilled workers and experts to work in Thailand.

 

For further queries, please feel free to read the Thailand BOI information and contact MSNA to help you with your BOI company registration.

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BOI Promotion for Nanotechnology Development

Nanotechnology Development

 

BOI Promotion for Nanotechnology Development

Thailand Board of Investment sees the crucial benefits to Thailand in promoting the nanotechnology industry. If your business can meet these conditions, it is definitely worthwhile to pursue the BOI application.

Conditions:

  1. Target technology development procedures shall be used as a base for the manufacturing process or service provision in the target industry as approved by the BOI.
  2. There must be a technology transfer with an educational institution or research institute as approved by the BOI e.g. Technology Research Consortium.
  3. Project located in a science and technology park promoted by the BOI or one that is approved by the Board will receive an additional 50 percent reduction in a corporate income tax for 5 years after the end of its corporate income tax exemption period.
  4. Project may apply for merit based incentive and be granted the corporate income tax exemption for not exceeding 13 years.
  5. Project shall be granted import duty exemption on goods.

 

Here are the benefits of getting BOI promotion for your business in the nanotechnology industry

  1. Exemption from corporate income tax for 10 years without cap on the income tax you can save.
  2. Exemption of import duties on new machinery that you may need to import for your new business.
  3. Exemption of import duties on raw materials used in production for export.
  4. 100% foreigner ownership of your business
  5. Your BOI promoted company can own land that you will use only for your promoted business activity.
  6. Your company will be able to get a lot of work permits for your skilled workers and experts.

MSNA Group can help you set up your BOI company in Thailand with ease. Talk to us today.

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BOI Promotion for Manufacture of Medicine

Manufacture of Medicine

 

BOI Promotion for Manufacture of Medicine

Thailand Board of Investment offers incentives and benefits for businesses within the medicine manufacturing industry. In order to qualify for the benefits, medicine manufacturing operations must meet certain conditions as set forth below.

 

The BOI conditions and incentives are summarized below:

  • Conditions:
  1. For conventional medicine projects, such promoted projects must achieve GMP standard prescribed by PIC/S within two years from the full operation start-up date.
  2. For traditional medicine projects, such promoted projects must achieve GMP standard within two years from the full operation start-up date.
  3. For the improvement of existing projects, existing machinery can be used in the promoted project but its value shall not be included in the investment amount eligible for corporate income tax exemption.

 

  • Incentives are A3 category:
  1. Exemption from corporate income tax for 5 years.
  2. Exemption of import duties on new machinery.
  3. Exemption of import duties on raw materials used in production for export.
  4. 100% foreigner ownership.
  5. Permit to own land.
  6. Permit to bring in skilled workers and experts to work in the Kingdom.

Let MSNA Group help you in setting up your BOI company in Thailand.

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BOI Promotion for Manufacture of Metal Products or Metal Parts

Manufacture of Metal Products or Metal Parts

 

BOI Promotion for Manufacture of Metal Products or Metal Parts

The Board of Investment provides incentives and benefits for doing business in Thailand within the metal manufacturing industry. In order to qualify for the benefits, the project must have metal forming process continuing from iron/steel casting process (using induction furnace) or iron/steel forging process, i.e. machining and stamping within the same project. Incentives for doing business in the manufacturing of metal products or parts includes corporate income tax and import duty exemptions.

 

The BOI incentives granted to the business of Manufacture of Metal Products or Metal Parts are summarized below:

  1. Exemption from corporate income tax for 5 years.
  2. Exemption of import duties on new machinery.
  3. Exemption of import duties on raw materials used in production for export.
  4. The company can be owned 100% by foreigners.
  5. You can own land enough for your business use.
  6. Getting many work permits for your skilled expat employees.

Let’s discuss your Thailand’s business plan today. Contact MSNA Group for expert advice in setting up your BOI company.

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BOI Promotion for Plant or Animal Breeding

BOI Promotion for Plant or Animal Breeding

 

BOI Promotion for Plant or Animal Breeding

The BOI provides incentives and benefits for doing business in Thailand within the plant or animal breeding industry. This incentive aids those companies that are not eligible for biotechnology activity. In order to qualify for the benefits, plant or animal breeding operations must meet certain conditions as set forth below.

 

The BOI conditions and incentives are summarized below:

  • Conditions:
  1. Projects must have research and development activities.
  2. For breeding of sensitive plants according to the policy of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, projects must have Thai nationals holding shares not less than 51 percent of the registered capital.
  3. Projects must have expenses for salaries for R&D personnel of at least 1,500,000 baht per year.
  4. Projects located in the science and technology park promoted by BOI or one that is approved by the Board will receive an additional 50 percent reduction of corporate income tax for 5 years after the end of its corporate tax exemption period.
  5. Revenue derived from plant propagation after plant breeding in the project shall be regarded as revenue of promoted projects, except for the propagation of cassava.

 

  • Incentives:
  1. Exemption from corporate income tax for 5 years.
  2. Exemption of import duties on new machinery.
  3. Exemption of import duties on raw materials used in production for export.
  4. 100% foreigner ownership.
  5. Permit to own land.
  6. Permit to bring in skilled workers and experts to work in the Kingdom.

Contact MSNA Group to set up your BOI company in Thailand now.

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Thailand BOI for Digital Service and Software Platforms

BOI software platform

 

Thailand BOI for Digital Service and Software Platforms

The BOI provides incentives and benefits for doing business in Thailand within the expanding digital services industry. Such business operations include:

  • Software platform
  • Managed service
  • Digital architecture design service
  • Digital services such as FinTech, DigiTech, MedTech, AgriTech, etc.

 

The BOI conditions and incentives are summarized below:

  • Conditions:
  1. The project must hire digital specialists
  2. The project must have capital investment (excluding cost of land and working capital) not less than 1,000,000 baht.
  3. It must include digital service processes as approved by the Board.
  4. The project with an investment of 10 million baht or more (excluding cost of land and working capital) must be certified with ISO 20000 or other quality standard certificate as approved by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology within 2 years from the full operation start-up date, otherwise the corporate income tax exemption shall be reduced by 1 year.
  5. Revenue derived from sales or the provision of services that are directly related to a promoted digital service business shall be regarded as revenue of such promoted business.
  6. Projects must gain approval from the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society before applying for investment promotion.

If you work with MSNA Group in applying for the BOI promotion, we will walk you through the process and make it very easy for you to write the details for the BOI application. You may want to read some of our BOI testimonials from our clients that we help get the investment promotion.

If you get the BOI for this business, the benefits are as follows:

  1. Corporate income tax exemption for 5 years
  2. Exemption of import duties on new machinery.
  3. Exemption of import duties on raw materials used in production for export.
  4. 100% foreigner ownership.
  5. Permit to own land.
  6. Permit to bring in skilled workers and experts to work in the Kingdom.

Contact MSNA Group now to start the BOI process.

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Cloud Service Business in Thailand

In a more and more digitalized world, the use of cloud services is in great demand as never before. If you find yourself wishing to bring your cloud services business to Thailand and take advantage of the benefits associated with the BOI promotion, we will be more than happy to assist you in Thailand BOI company registration.

To be qualified for Thailand BOI promotion and to receive the numerous benefits in form of incentives, below are the conditions to meet:

  1. Must be located in at least 2 data centers in Thailand that are certified with ISO/IEC 27001 (data center).
  2. Must have connections among all related data centers with speed of at least 10 Gbps for each connection, with backup connections at the same speed.
  3. Must be certified with ISO/IEC 27001 (cloud security) and ISO/IEC 20000-1 (cloud service).

As a company in the cloud services business, the Thai government acknowledges your importance of activities and categorizes the sector of great significance and value. The incentives under Thailand BOI includes the following.

Activity-based Incentives

  • 8-year Corporate Income Tax exemption (without cap) + merit based incentives
  • Exemption of import duties on machinery
  • Exemption of import duties on raw materials for use in production for export
  • Non-tax incentives

With a long and multifarious track record in setting up companies for foreigners and the detailed knowledge about Thailand BOI company registration, we are looking forward to giving you advice and helping you to get your company set up here.

Let us assist you to establish your business in Thailand and contact us here.

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