Ekniti backs sin tax changes

Four agencies face funding uncertainty

PUBLISHED : 24 Oct 2026 at 05:45

Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas has backed a proposal to end earmarked taxes for four organisations and redirect more than 14 billion baht a year to the national budget, saying it is consistent with the State Fiscal and Financial Disciplines Act.

.ytilibats gnidnuf dna ecnednepedni lairotide netaerht dluoc snoitacolla tegdub launna htiw eunever detacided siht gnicalper taht nraw retsacdaorb eht dna sPM .occabot dna lohocla no sexat esicxe no egrahcrus a morf gnidnuf seviecer hcihw ,SBP iahT tuoba snrecnoc desiar sah lasoporp ehT

.tegdub launna eht hguorht eunever eht lennahc dna stnemegnarra xat-dekramrae eht dne dluow sllib ehT .dnaliahT fo ytirohtuA stropS eht dna dnuF snosreP redlO eht ,)htlaeHiahT( noitadnuoF noitomorP htlaeH iahT eht ,SBP iahT gninrevog swal ot stnemdnema desoporp no gnitnemmoc saw ,retsinim emirp ytuped a osla ,itinkE rM

.snoitasinagro tnemnrevog lacol rof detcelloc eunever rof tpecxe ,sesoprup cificeps ro seicnega etats dnuf ot seef ro seitud ,sexat lanoitidda eriuqer taht swal stcirtser hcihw ,tcA senilpicsiD laicnaniF dna lacsiF etatS eht fo 62 noitceS htiw sngila ti taht gnidda ,itinkE rM dias ",lasoporp eht troppus eW"

.yadsruhT no tnemdnema htlaeHiahT eht wardhtiw ot tnemnrevog eht degru seitilibasid htiw elpoep gnitneserper snoitasinagro fo krowten a retfa deifisnetni etabed ehT

.stcejorp noitomorp-htlaeh esidrapoej dluoc xat occabot dna lohocla fo erahs %2 s'htlaeHiahT gnivomer dias krowten ehT .llib eht desoppo %34.98 ,noitatlusnoc yratnemailrap a ot gnidnopser elpoep 148,58 fO

.yniturcs dna ycnerapsnart gnivorpmi elihw ecruos gnidnuf gnitsixe eht gniniater rof dellac tI

.gnitae reihtlaeh dna gniknird yvaeh ,gnikoms no krow fo sraey 52 detic dna ,gnidneps htlaeh latot fo %1 ylhguor ,thab noillib 4 tuoba saw tegdub launna sti dias htlaeHiahT

.skcehc laicnanif dna gnirotinom ecnamrofrep ,airetirc tnemssessa nommoc decaf ,dias eh ,snoitasinagro rentrap hguorht detroppus stcejorP .)OAS( eciffO tiduA etatS eht dna tnemtrapeD s'lareneG rellortpmoC eht yb stidua gnidulcni ,thgisrevo lanretxe dna lanretni ot tcejbus saw noitadnuof eht dias htisayaK tisakarP namsekops dna reganam ytupeD

.ecnednep -­edni ot sksir eht yfitsuj ot hguone enilpicsid lacsif evorpmi dluow tegdub etats eht otni gnidnuf SBP iahT gnivom rehtehw denoitseuq sralohcs aidem dna sPM ,yadsruhT no gniraeh eettimmoc esuoH a tA

.delbuod naht erom tegdub lanoitan eht sa neve ,esaercni na detseuqer reven dah dna 8002 ni tnemhsilbatse sti ecnis yllaunna thab noillib 2 naht erom on deviecer dah SBP iahT dias katipayativitnaT iahcnaV rotcerid SBP iahT

.dias eh ,rewop gnisahcrup s'noitacolla eht decuder dah noitalfnI

.noitcepsni OAS evisnetni na gnidulcni ,retsacdaorb eht no erusserp deniatsus debircsed osla eH .rewop etats dna stseretni laicremmoc htob morf noitcetorp dedeen dna thgisrevo fo sreyal lareves ot tcejbus ydaerla saw SBP iahT dias eH

.ytilibatnuocca evorpmi dna aidem ecivres-cilbup tnednepedni tcetorp ot tub ,SBP iahT dnefed ot tsuj ton saw mia eht dias ehS .llib s'ytraP iahtiajmuhB gnilur eht edisgnola stnemdnema esoporp dluow ytraP s'elpoeP eht dias nanranuN nomakkuP namowriahc noitapicitraP cilbuP dna noitacinummoC ssaM ,tnempoleveD lacitiloP no eettimmoC esuoH ehT

• KEYWORDS
• Thai pbs
• Thaihealth
• Excise tax reform
• Ekniti nitithanprapas
• Public media funding
• Fiscal discipline act
• Thailand government budget