cavanami Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Got a report that various liquors have gone up from 10 ~ 50% in the past few weeks! I checked the local Big C and sure enough, the old standby Sang Som is up 20%! Case price up from 225 Baht/bottle to 275 Baht / bottle (3303 Baht/case)...WTF... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 I haven't looked at the prices of wine or booze yet, but all brands of beer are up by 4 baht or so. The government geniuses decided to raise the taxes on alcohol, so the increase has been passed on to the consumers. A 50 baht increase on Saeng Som seems a bit much, considering that it is crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 It's a known thing: a bottle of whiskey (from Ballantines to Glenfiedich) or a carton of cigarettes (Marlboro and the likes,10 packs) cost 1$ at the factory loading gate. The question is - how much countries tax them. Thais could be doing less taxing than Scandinavians, Europeans or Aussies. In Japan, a bottle of Scotch is 10 dollars, retail, supermarkets. That's 1,000% tax and still cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 I'd have to pay at least double that for even cheap Scotch in Bangkok. Bangkok Post 27 August 2013 The cabinet on Tuesday approved a sharp increase of the alcohol beverage tax ceiling as proposed by the Finance Ministry. Under the proposal, which will be enforced under a ministerial regulation, the excise tax ceiling for both fermented beverages such as beers and wines, and distilled beverages such as whisky and brandy, increases to 2,000 baht per litre of 100% alcohol content. Under the current tax code, the Excise Department collects taxes on fermented beverages at a maximum rate of 100 baht per litre of 100% alcohol content or 60% of the product value, whichever is higher. It collects taxes on distilled beverages with a ceiling of 400 baht per litre of 100% alcohol content or 50% of the value, whichever is higher. The sharp excise tax rise was proposed to the cabinet on Tuesday by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong. The cabinet endorsed the proposal, a cabinet source said. However, the government did not release the news at its usual press conference after the cabinet meeting. The Finance Ministry would determine the exact tax rates which it will impose. In addition, the ministry proposed to change the method of calculating excise tax for alcoholic beverages. It proposed using retail prices or wholesale prices at the last step in the supply chain as the basis for its calculation instead of current methods. Currently, the Excise Department calculates taxes for locally made alcohol beverages based on ex-factory prices and for imported beverages based on CIF (cost, insurance and freight) prices. The change to retail prices to calculate the taxes would result in much higher tax collections, the source said. ... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/366699/tax-rise-approved-on-all-alcoholic-beverages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 So how much will a beer cost.....that's all that matters to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Nothing special that Thais do. Everyone on the planet tax alcohol, just how much. Thais (government) may even be a laggard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 So how much will a beer cost.....that's all that matters to me Does it really? People are talking 3-4 bahts up for the beer. While you spend money on airline and hotel, well, it might be necessary to you to be there but the beer prices are not important to at least 80% of the 20 million tourists coming to Thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Nothing special that Thais do. Everyone on the planet tax alcohol, just how much. Thais (government) may even be a laggard. You have not been to Vietnam then, Local draft been is 15,000 VND for a pitcher, about 22 THB, bottled local beer is a bar / hotel is the same price, imported such as Heineken or Tiger is 25,000 VND 36 THB and half the price in the Supermarket. 700 CL bottle of Smirnoff is 220,000 VND / 325 THB local Vodka is a third of the price and the Local smokes, Thang Long, which on par with Marlboro light are 70,000 VND / 100 THB for a carton of ten packs. In a cab Flag drop on the Meter is 4,000 VND / 6 Baht and highest fee I have paid is 24,000 VND / 35 THB in the city I am based in. Even a decent imported Aussie steak at a top hotel is only 400,000 VND / Less than 600 THB. Pre-paid Mobile phone I have only used 50,000 VND / 75 THB in 3 weeks which has included phone calls to EU and Thailand as well as using 3G 2 hours per day on journey to work and back. So, not every country Taxes the arse out of Alcohol, Smokes, Petrol or Food, there are still some bastions of Communism remaining where a westerner can come in on an expat package . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Would I want to be in Vietnam? Other than prices in an unknown currency, I don't see what you are talking about. Expat package? A joke. Those sent by someone can be recalled at any time. Pawns who could not find a toilet on their own, would shit themselves into their panties if left to their own devices. And revoked, at any time. Pawns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 So you don't understand Baht, the reason I gave the prices in both Dong and Baht was so that people of limited ability could understand. What makes you think that your position in Japan being a corporate slave is anymore secure than my position in Vietnam? You are the Pawn not me mate. You seem to think that you are above everyone else on this forum but guess what, you are nothing special, I would not be surprised if I was more qualified than yourself and I have had the balls to work freelance for over 25 years now rather than be babysat by some corporation. How can I be recalled, I was not sent here I was asked to come here, I work on contract for an EU company who are consultants to Socialist Republic of Vietnam Government, I already have my Residency Card valid for 5 years. In my 25+ years in SE Asia never once have I failed to find a toilet and never once have I shit myself, being freelance I am at my own devices, unlike some people who have a bitch and whine about being forced to use a certain model of mobile phone because they are a corporate slave, now who is the Pawn? Why should I worry about the cost of accommodation, I stay in paid for property, the house keeper and the maid tidy my room every day and do my laundry, why worry about travel and cost of fuel when I have a company car with driver, it's called contracting and one negotiates ones own Terms & Conditions. Honestly you do not have a clue about the real world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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