What changes are being proposed regarding online shopping taxation in Thailand?

Can you provide a link to your information?

One of the problems when looking for things in Thailand i one answer you get every time (no have or don't know) even when showing picture 🤣

I do look first at every small Shop before going online 🍻

I have almost always had good luck with them. Occasionally things are not what I expected but for the price it is what I should have expected 😂 you get what you pay for. But I can get many things at a good price I can't get in Isaan.

That will depend on the platform and their business model. If they are just the platform and not the supplier you are likely to be f**ked. If the platform is the seller the increase will be minimal as long as they include the charges in the sale. If they don’t and you use an express carrier (especially DHL) you will be seriously ripped off with all sorts of added fees and delays. If the seller offers post - and you can handle the increased risk of something vanishing intransit you’ll likely save the hassle.

There is also the chance they invoke a model where registered exporters settle directly with the government. That results in a slight increase but no delays and no added rip off fees from the express carriers.

Of course there’s also how the government implements it. Do they follow the Malaysian model (total chaos, stop/start/change your mind) or Singapore (generally sensible. Clearly communicated with a start date in consultation with the players?

I never order anything that ships from outside Thailand

The Dutch government did the same a year or something ago. I kept buying on Ali as the difference is just too big and after a month or so Ali started to bundle orders to reduce the basic per package handling fee.

I now store whatever I want in the cart or in a wish list and when it gets worthwhile I order the combined stuff. I do have to pay VAT but swiftly reclaim it as I have a tax registered company in Netherlands.

I don’t know yet how to handle this after my move to Thailand but guess I’ll figure it out soon enough.

And again its changing because people got greedy and abused it and also no control by goverment

Thought was on orders of 1500 baht or less not 2500 baht

Simple don't buy from them if not happy

orders that come into Thailand from China are customs free, there are trade agreements between Thailand and China so far. I am ordeirng a lot of stuff on Lazada, and many things are being mailed straight from China. Thai customes have never been involved

Great news sooner it comes into force the better

I’ve tried ordering a few things a few different times and what a shtshow shopee and Lazada is. Amazon it is not. Stuff broken, items not as shown in videos, items not working, out of stock etc. never again. I’d love to use them but it’s unreliable as hell!