THAILAND
You will find here a series of summaries providing an overview of useful accounting regulations, processes and accounting issues for Doing Business in Thailand.
We set below the new Thai Financial Reporting Standards (“TFRS”) and Thai Accounting Standards (“TAS”) that have been announced, and which became effective in Thailand on from 1 January 2019, or which will become effective in the future.
What is the accounting treatment when an entity incurs further costs on existing fixed assets? When should it be expensed and when can it be capitalized?
In its October 2018 newsletter, the Federation of Accounting Professions (“FAP”) stated that the Government Gazette has announced new Thai Financial Reporting Standards (TFRS) on Financial Instruments on 21 September 2018. These standards consist of the following:
A new Thai Financial Reporting Standard, TFRS 15, ‘Revenue from contracts with customers’, has been issued and will be applied to accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019 (early adoption is permitted).
The August 2018 newsletter of the Federation of Accounting Professions (“FAP”) has stated that the Government Gazette is set to announce a tentative draft of TFRS 16, and this standard will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2020.