The director general of Revenue Department will be asked to clarify whether it is possible for people who receive company shares to avoid paying income tax, by issuing promissory notes without specifying the exact date on when the payment for or the profits earned thereon are to be made.
People’s Party MP Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn said today that he will soon seek an explanation from Pinsak Suraswadi, the director-general of Revenue Department, over the promissory note issue.
During the censure debate on Monday, Wiroj accused Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra of dodging tax payments over the shares, worth 4.4 billion baht, she received from five of her family members. In return, she issued nine promissory notes, without specifying the date of the payments or the interest to be charged. The income tax is estimated at about 218 million baht.
Wiroj asked what the Revenue Department would do if other people, who received shares in such a manner and did not want to pay income tax, followed the example of the prime minister.
