Tax Relief Measures for Digital Asset Trading
The Cabinet, on 8 March 2022, has approved in principle drafts Royal Decree under the Revenue Code regarding VAT exemption (No. ..) B.E. …. (“Royal Decree”) and Ministerial Regulation (No. ..) B.E. …. (“Ministerial Regulation”) issued under the Revenue Code regarding VAT and income tax exemption as proposed by the Ministry of Finance.
These drafts Royal Decree and Ministerial Regulations are measures to relieve the tax burden for people in trading digital assets by exempting VAT for transferring of cryptocurrencies or digital tokens in digital asset exchanges and transferring of digital currencies issued by the Bank of Thailand (“BOT”) as well as exempting personal income tax from the benefit of transferring of cryptocurrencies or digital tokens from the profits earned.
The main points of these Royal Decrees and Ministerial Regulation are as follows:
- The drafts Royal Decree is applied for VAT exemption for transferring of cryptocurrencies or digital tokens in digital asset exchanges approved by the Minister of Finance and VAT exemption for transferring of digital currencies under the development and trial program for public sector usage issued by the BOT, starting from the 1st date of the next month that the Cabinet has granted its approval until 31 December 2023.
- The draft Ministerial Regulation is applied for personal income tax exemption on profits obtained from transferring of cryptocurrencies or digital tokens in digital asset exchanges approved by the Minister of Finance in the amount equal to losses in the same fiscal year (the other words, profits – losses = amount of income for tax calculation), starting from 14 May 2018 onwards, in which rules, procedures and conditions announced by the Director-General of the Revenue Department will be applied.