PUBLISHED: 1 Oct 2024 at 06: 02
Julapun Amornvivat, deputy finance minister, is contacting all related state agencies to talk about the government’s plan to allow casinos to be located in pleasure complexes.
He anticipates that the conversation will be over by the middle of the month.
He stated that the debate may concentrate on the method for collecting taxes because the State Fiscal and Financial Disciplines Act has requirements that the government may follow.
The work specifies that duty variety is the duty of the Customs, Revenues, and Excise agencies under the Finance Ministry. As for, the process cannot be delegated to a separate council, as the House had proposed before.
When asked about the House’s recommendation to establish a new account to assist people who have gambling problems, Mr. Julapun claimed the ministry would need to hold more discussions because existing laws forbid a ministry or agency to establish a superfluous fund.
Mr. Julapun stated that all private investors who want to join can participate in the entertainment complex task.
As such, when the leisure complex act gets the House’s authorization, the government may first develop obvious rules to control the business, he said, noting that this process could take a long time to finish.
He claimed that if big entertainment companies like Walt Disney and Universal Studios establish a reputation in the country once the bill is approved, they are encouraged to do so as long as they adhere to the strict rules in a transparent manner.
” We need to thoroughly examine the job to avoid negative effects on the economy and society,” he said.