Question 1

The Japanese parent sends a board resolution for a capital increase — how must it be authenticated to be filed?

Accepted Answer

A corporate document issued abroad can be filed with the Thai registrar only after authentication at source: typically a local notary certifies the signature of the authorised officer, the document then passes through the authority that country designates, and — for Hague Convention states — closes with an apostille. Once in Thailand a Thai rendering is produced and certified to the standard the registrar sets. What most often delays these files is not the authentication chain but company and director names spelled differently from the Thai registration, which the registrar will reject. We check the spellings against the Thai certificate before the document goes for authentication and work with the Japanese company secretary to fix it at first draft.

Question 2

Exporting a herbal product — can the label claims simply be translated literally from the Thai version?

Accepted Answer

Literal translation is a consistently underestimated risk: the permitted claims on a Thai registration are tied to Thai law and to the exact approved wording. Used abroad, the same sentence can become a medicinal claim requiring drug registration, or a prohibited statement under that country's food law. Build two label sets from the outset — the Thai one locked to approved wording, the export one drafted to the destination framework and then checked back against the Thai registration for consistency. Supporting export documents such as a free-sale certificate need certified translations and consular certification as the importer requires. We prepare the paired bilingual labels and the export document set so they align.

Question 3

A Japanese customer wants translated quality-system papers and licences — what level of certification?

Accepted Answer

Routine supplier audits accept a company-certified translation signed by an authorised person, but where the papers support a contract or a filing with a foreign authority, the translation needs consular-department certification and possibly destination-embassy legalisation. Ask the auditor before translation begins, since upgrading certification afterwards adds several working days.

Question 4

Japanese engineers rotate in for two weeks at a time to review the line — does each visit need a work permit?

Accepted Answer

Inspecting a line, fixing machinery, or training staff is work under Thai law however short the visit and even if the parent company pays. There is a route for urgent necessary work with a shorter review that suits these short trips, but it must be completed before the first working day, not filed afterwards. Where rotation is frequent through the year, obtaining longer-validity individual permits for a few core engineers is usually cheaper and lower risk than repeated temporary filings. Keep the permit copy, the attendance schedule, and the parent company's assignment letter on site. We assess the rotation pattern and choose the lawful route with the lowest total cost.

Question 5

Temporarily moving migrant workers to another plant in the group — is that allowed?

Accepted Answer

A migrant worker's permit is tied to the employer and the notified worksite, so sending someone to another plant — even a group company — is a change that must be processed first, not an internal arrangement. Occasional work at another location for the same employer requires notification under the prescribed rules; a genuine change of employing entity must be completed before work starts. The exposure falls on worker and employer together and is a frequent inspection point in industrial areas. The safe practice is a quarterly manpower plan processed in batches ahead of time rather than last-minute moves. We build that plan and file for the whole group.

Question 6

Moving a foreign engineer from a Rayong plant to Prachin Buri — must the work permit change?

Accepted Answer

The workplace must be notified so it matches the new site, because the permit is tied to the employer, the position and the stated premises. Within the same legal entity this is an addition or change of location, but moving to an affiliated company means a fresh permit application and aligning the stay extension with the new employer.

Question 7

Importing machinery to add a line — can the whole amount be expensed?

Accepted Answer

No. Expenditure to acquire an asset with a useful life beyond one accounting period is capital in nature: it is recorded as an asset and depreciated at the statutory rates. Cost is not just the machine price — freight, import duty, installation, and commissioning to working condition are included. Routine maintenance after the asset is in use is a period expense. The point most often reassessed is separating improvements that better the asset or extend its life from ordinary repairs. If the business qualifies for investment incentives or accelerated depreciation, check entitlement before closing. We build the fixed-asset register and verify incentives before the filing round.

Question 8

Selling production scrap and waste for cash — must a tax invoice be issued?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Selling scrap is a sale of goods in the course of business for a VAT-registered operator, just like the main product, even where the buyer is a scrap dealer paying cash. These transactions are a frequent audit target because they bypass the normal sales flow, leaving raw-material input and output out of balance when officers run their analysis. Give scrap its own product codes, weigh and record every despatch, issue tax invoices as normal, and take payment into the company account rather than cash where possible. For unsaleable waste, a documented destruction procedure with witnesses is required before the loss is recognised for tax. We write the scrap procedure and destruction documentation so it withstands review.

Question 9

A promoted factory in the estate — how are promoted and non-promoted activities kept apart in the books?

Accepted Answer

Revenue and costs of the tax-exempt promoted activity must be separated from other activities from invoice level up, with a consistent allocation basis for shared costs such as electricity and support-team payroll applied every period. Where allocation shifts arbitrarily year to year, losses in the non-promoted side get challenged and part of the exemption can be revoked retrospectively.

Question 10

Expanding the production building and adding machinery — must the factory licence be amended?

Accepted Answer

Always check two layers. First, total machine horsepower and headcount: if the change exceeds what the existing licence covers, it is a factory expansion requiring approval before you proceed. Second, the building work itself, which needs a separate construction or alteration permit from the local authority. Different agencies, and the sequence matters — otherwise you hold one approval you cannot lawfully use. If the activity type triggers environmental impact reporting or carries effluent and air-emission conditions, verify whether the expansion breaches what was previously certified. Operating before approval can bring an immediate stop order. We check all three layers and sequence the filings so the line does not stop.

Question 11

Selling our own herbal product — what registration category applies and how long does it take?

Accepted Answer

The category is driven mainly by the claim you want to make, not the ingredients alone. Claims to treat, relieve, or cure disease fall into registered herbal products, which demand the most technical documentation and take longest. Nutritional support without medical claims sits in the food frame; external products for cleanliness and appearance sit in cosmetics. Each frame has different manufacturing-site requirements, and new entrants usually fail at site compliance long before the formula is assessed — so audit the plant and its documentation in parallel with formulation. For small brands, contract manufacturing with an already-licensed plant is a legitimate and far faster route. We assess the claims you need and pick the fastest frame that still lets you sell as intended.

Question 12

Building inside the estate versus outside it — how do the approval paths differ?

Accepted Answer

Inside an estate the developer's one-stop system covers land use, utilities and drainage, which shortens and stabilises the timeline. Outside it you check the comprehensive plan yourself, obtain the local construction permit and a factory licence sized to the machinery, and arrange water supply and effluent independently — usually the deciding factor in how soon production can start.

Question 13

Buying a large paddy plot to build a factory — what must be checked before paying a deposit?

Accepted Answer

Three things must be finished before any deposit. First, the comprehensive town plan for that area and whether its land-use class permits the factory type you want — some zones are designated rural and agricultural with clearly restricted factory categories. Second, the title category: land originating from agricultural land reform carries strict transfer and purpose restrictions and is not freely tradable like a full title deed. Third, access and utilities — whether there is a genuine public road on the cadastral sheet or a route across someone else's land requiring a registered servitude. Use a sale-and-purchase agreement with conditions precedent tied to the zoning and licensing results, with the deposit fully refundable if they fail. We run all three checks and draft the buyer protections before the first payment.

Question 14

Neighbours claim factory effluent damaged their crops — how should this be handled?

Accepted Answer

Stop assuming it is a misunderstanding and preserve evidence immediately: historical effluent test results at the discharge point, treatment-plant operating logs, production volumes for the period alleged, and site photographs. Once the matter reaches an agency or court, the burden of explanation falls on the operator holding the data. Liability for harm from hazardous operations is set relatively heavily, and proving absence of negligence alone may not be enough. It is far cheaper to negotiate compensation for provable loss while upgrading the system and inviting the complainants to review test results periodically — a drawn-out environmental case costs more in licence risk and community relations than the damages in dispute. We negotiate on your behalf and prepare the evidence pack for the agency at the same time.

Question 15

Cancelling attendance and shift allowances paid for years — can that be done outright?

Accepted Answer

Not unilaterally, if the change is unfavourable to employees. Payments made regularly, definitely, and continuously become part of the employment conditions and bind the employer; removing or reducing them requires employee consent or the statutory process for amending an agreement on conditions of employment. Announcing a change without that process typically ends in a back-payment order across the whole plant, far larger than the saving. The workable route is to separate conditional welfare payments from amounts that have become wages, communicate and negotiate as a package with substitute measures, and where necessary apply the new terms to new hires rather than reaching back into existing entitlements. We redesign the pay structure and manage the negotiation so it does not become a labour dispute.

Question 16

A customer claims line-stoppage losses over our parts — how far does liability go?

Accepted Answer

The limit depends first on the sale contract or purchasing terms signed. Large buyers commonly use standard documents pushing consequential losses — line stoppage, recall costs, penalties from their own customers — onto the supplier without a cap. If that was never negotiated, the fight becomes factual: whether the parts actually caused the loss and whether the buyer reasonably mitigated. Lot-by-lot quality records, traceable lot numbers, and a systematic root-cause analysis matter enormously. Going forward, negotiate a liability cap tied to order value, exclude consequential loss, and carry product liability insurance alongside. We review your current terms, negotiate the limitation clauses, and handle the damages negotiation where a claim has already arisen.

Question 17

An employee is injured on the factory's staff shuttle — who is responsible?

Accepted Answer

It depends on whether riding that vehicle was work. Supreme Court case 182/2524 held that an employer shuttle home after the shift is a convenience benefit, not work done on orders or under the employer's control, so the compensation fund did not pay. A vehicle taking staff to work elsewhere on instructions — a client site or another warehouse — can qualify. Whatever the fund decides, the driver, the transport contractor and compulsory motor insurance remain answerable to the injured worker in tort and under the motor-accident victims law, so keep the medical certificate, the company incident report and proof of where the vehicle was going and on whose orders together.

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