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		<title>Thailand Long Term Lease Agreements – Reminder</title>
		<link>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/thailand-property/thailand-long-term-lease-agreements-reminder.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leasehold Ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[30 + 30 + 30 leasehold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[30 year lease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[30 years lease period]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[90 years lease hold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying a condominium in Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Land]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buying land in Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Property in Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leasehold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Long Term Lease of Land]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai Leasehold]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=2138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many foreign buyers are considering leasing land and houses for non commercial purpose because Thai laws prohibit foreign investors to purchase land. Now while it has become fashionable to purchase 90 years lease agreements (30+30+30) the fact is that this kind of scheme raise many legal issues. In this post we will remind buyers of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ipad2 is really anti-chocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[antichocks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ipad lost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ipad2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lost my ipad]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=2132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A personal story for once. I&#8217;m a bit scatterbrained and I lost my ipad. Of course i did not activate cloud and the locate my ipad application so there was no way to know where i lost it or to find it. I was quite upset about it as i just bought it two months [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying Property: Comparing Foreign Land Ownership in Asia</title>
		<link>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/thailand-property/buying-property-comparing-foreign-land-ownership-in-asia.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/thailand-property/buying-property-comparing-foreign-land-ownership-in-asia.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Property General Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Land Freehold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Land Freehold in Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Land Freehold in Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Property in Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comparative Table]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doing Business In Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doing Business Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment,]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Freehold Land Ownership Comparative Table]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Freehold Land Ownership in Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Freehold Ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freehold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invest In Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawyer Bangkok]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Foreign Investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Law Firm]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=1173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  Thailand foreign land ownership policy is often criticized by foreign buyers and to make their point the critics often refer to other countries in Asia that allows foreign land ownership. The message being Thailand should change its policy and allows foreigners to own land because otherwise Thailand will be at risk to see buyers going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Thailand: Getting yourself out of trouble (1)</title>
		<link>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/understanding-thailand/understanding-thailand-getting-yourself-out-of-trouble-1.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/understanding-thailand/understanding-thailand-getting-yourself-out-of-trouble-1.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Understanding Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arrest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arrested]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bribes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bribing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Criminal Case]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Driving Under Influence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DUI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Police General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suspended Sentence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai Police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trouble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trouble with the Law]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=1705</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the interesting aspects of blogging is that I can see the Google searches that bring readers to my blog. Today a reader had a query which read “how to efficiently bribe Thai Police?”. Now, I don’t know about you but when I read this kind of query I cannot help but guess that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying a Condominium: Thailand Condominium Market Review</title>
		<link>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/thailand-property/buying-a-condominium-thailand-condominium-market-review.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/thailand-property/buying-a-condominium-thailand-condominium-market-review.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Condominium Ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 Market Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying a Condominium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Property in Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discounts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invest In Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawyer Bangkok]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Market in 2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Price Increase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Break]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai Condominium Market]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=1777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Colliers recently published its last property snapshot for 2009 and we would like to take this opportunity to review 2009  Thai condominium market. So, was 2009 a good or a bad year? Thai condominium market was nearly not affected by the crisis.  According to Colliers monthly study the total amount of Condominium Units to be sold before the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting a Business vs Buying a Business</title>
		<link>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/thailand-business/doing-business-in-thailand/starting-a-business-vs-buying-a-business.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doing Business In Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buyin a restaurant in thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opening a restaurant in thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Business in Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work Permit]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=2128</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A client just asked me whether he should start a new business or buy an existing business. He is thinking to invest in restaurant business and found a restaurant for sale at 4,000,000 THB, which restaurant comes with a work permit and a company. Investing in Thailand is not cheap, therefore investing in a restaurant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing Business in Thailand: Comparing 1997 to 2008 crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/thailand-business/doing-business-in-thailand/doing-business-in-thailand-comparing-1997-to-2008-crisi.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doing Business In Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1997 Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comparing 1997 and 2008 Crisis Effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doing Business Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment,]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invest In Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Economical Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Foreign Investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Law Firm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Lawyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Political Crisis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=1312</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Note: This post is not entirely new. This subject was first posted as a Page called &#8220;Thailand Ratings&#8221;. I&#8217;m about to modify the look of the blog and decided that some of the subjects discussed in pages would now be treated as a post. Of course I updated the content of this post to reflect the current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Security Reduced Rates</title>
		<link>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/thailand-business/doing-business-in-thailand/social-security-reduced-rates.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/thailand-business/doing-business-in-thailand/social-security-reduced-rates.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doing Business In Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contributions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=2125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Please be reminded that as a result of the damages resulting from the flood the government has temporary reduced the social security contributions due by employers and employees. I take this opportunity to remind you that social security contribution are calculated on a salary from 0 to 15,000 THB per month and that the part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing Business in Thailand: The Nominee Issues (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/thailand-business/doing-business-in-thailand/doing-business-in-thailand-the-nominee-issues-part-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/thailand-business/doing-business-in-thailand/doing-business-in-thailand-the-nominee-issues-part-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doing Business In Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Board of Investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BOI privileges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doing Business Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FBA List 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FBA List 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FBA List 3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Business Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment,]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invest In Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nominees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai nominees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai Nominees Shareholders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai Partner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai Shareholders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai Wife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Foreign Investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Using Nominees]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=1330</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Note: This post is not entirely new. This subject was first posted as a Page called “Nominee Issue”. I’m about to modify the look of the blog and decided that some of the subjects discussed in pages would now be treated as posts. Of course I updated the content of this post to reflect the current situation. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand Taxes: Introduction to Thai VAT</title>
		<link>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/thailand-taxes/thailand-taxes-introduction-to-thai-vat.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/thailand-taxes/thailand-taxes-introduction-to-thai-vat.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thailand Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revenue Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai VAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thai Vat System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand VAT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=1622</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The VAT system was introduced in Thailand in 1992 that is to say at the same time than the Special Business Tax (SBT). In a nutshell most transactions (exchange of goods or services) that are occurring in Thailand are either subjected to VAT or to the SBT.The principle of VAT is simple, any business which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing Business in Thailand: Is it a developed and safe country?</title>
		<link>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/understanding-thailand/doing-business-in-thailand-is-it-a-developed-and-safe-countr.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/understanding-thailand/doing-business-in-thailand-is-it-a-developed-and-safe-countr.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doing Business In Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Understanding Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doing Business Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Business Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment,]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invest In Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawyer Bangkok]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Foreign Investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Law Firm]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Working in Thailand]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=298</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is Thailand a safe country? Yes. Thailand has low violent crime statistics compared to other countries such as France or the US. Of course, violence does exist but is not often directed at foreigners. While there are from time to time crimes against foreigners, they are still rarer than in your homeland and when foreigners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks to our readers</title>
		<link>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/whats-up-at-dbt/thanks-to-our-readers.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/whats-up-at-dbt/thanks-to-our-readers.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[What's Up at DBT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Blog on Investing in Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doing Business In Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=2120</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This month we finally passed the bar of 10,000 readers per month. I have been working for 18 months on this blog and it is nice to see that my post are read. I would like therefore to take this opportunity to thanks all our faithful readers for their support. I also take this opportunity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting a Business in Thailand (4): Land Development</title>
		<link>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/thailand-business/doing-business-in-thailand/starting-a-business-in-thailand-4-land-development.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/thailand-business/doing-business-in-thailand/starting-a-business-in-thailand-4-land-development.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doing Business In Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Land]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buying land in Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Property in Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doing Business Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment,]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Land Development Business in Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Land Development Getting Started]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawyer Bangkok]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property Development in Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Business]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=1588</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Land Development is an activity that attracts many foreign investors in Thailand. I often wonder why because it is really a tricky activity to invest into if you are a foreign investor for several reasons as follows: Legal Issues Pertaining to Foreign Investment in Land Development Business Pursuant to the Land Code a foreign investor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand Property: Difference between condos and apartments</title>
		<link>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/thailand-property/difference-between-condos-and-apartments.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/thailand-property/difference-between-condos-and-apartments.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Condominium Ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property General Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  I was not satisfied with the content of Friday&#8217;s post and I redrafted it To help you to better understand the difference between a condominium and an apartment building I need first to clarify the definition of the term of “condominium”. For example, most people in Thailand commonly associate the term “condominium” with the concept of an “individual unit” into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting a Business in Thailand (1): The basics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doing Business In Thailand]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=1539</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[They are more than a few Tom, Dick and Harry that come to do business in Thailand armed with a “colonial” false sense of superiority. This is a mistake, even if Thailand did not yet achieve European, Japanese or US standards in all matters do not be mistaken about it. Thailand is a developed country. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting a Business in Thailand (3):Bar Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=1560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our  American cousins have what they call the American Dream” “first expressed by James Truslow Adams in 1931, citizens of every rank feel that they can achieve a &#8220;better, richer, and happier life&#8221; (Source Wikipedia) meaning that anyone has a chance to become one day another Bill Gate. In Thailand we have another dream, far [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thai Visas: Reminder 90 Days Stay Notification</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[90 day notification of stay]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Notification of stay]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this post I just want to remind you of the obligation made to foreigner to report every 90 days to the immigration office. Indeed, this is a requirement of Thai immigration law that we often forget. They are three ways you may make the notification. You may make the notification in person, You may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Closing Accounts and Summon of the Ordinary Shareholders Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=2107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those which companies in Thailand close their accounts at the end of the year we remind you that you will have to close the accounts of your company and prepare and file audited accounts within five months of year end. Also we remind you that the audited account of the company must be submitted for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand Visas: Setting the Record Straight 4: Visas Definitions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Overstay]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Visa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visa B]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visa Exemption]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=1493</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is a continuation of our series Thailand Visas: Setting the Record Straight. I wrote this series with a “back-to-basics” kind of approach because I don’t believe that it is possible to understand Thai immigration regulations without having first an understanding of basic terms such as visa, visa class, visa exemption, passport stamp, entry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living in Thailand: Thai Visas: Visa O Family</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction to the Non Immigrant Visa O Family   What is the Family Visa? The family Non Immigrant Visa O is for foreigners who have Thai family in Thailand and who wish to stay in Thailand to take care of their family. Family means a Thai relative whether a parent, spouse, children, adopted children or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying Land: The Nominees Witch Hunt (1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Land Ownership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you know a “witch hunt is a search for witches or evidence of witchcraft, often involving moral panic, mass hysteria and lynching, but in historical instances also legally sanctioned and involving official witchcraft trials. The term &#8220;witch-hunt&#8221; is often used by analogy to refer to panic-induced searches for perceived wrong-doers other than witches.” Now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Thailand: Getting yourself out of trouble (2)?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=1709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I was saying in my previous post, it is a simple statistical matter that some of my readers will run into trouble of one sort or another when in Thailand. So can you count on your Embassy to help you if you are in deep trouble? To give honor to where it is due I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Thailand becoming a better or worse place to live?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=2099</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi have just seen an interesting poll in today Bangkok Post. The Bangkok Post is asking to its readers whether Thailand is becoming a better or worse place to live in. Now the results are quite surprising as you will discover in the rest of this post. Partial Results of Bangkok Post 30.01.2012 Pool After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing Business in Thailand: Local Corruption Barometer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thai Corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand Corruption]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/?p=1641</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Bangkok Post, Assumption University and the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission have jointly polled 2,129 people on the issue of corruption in Thai society.Hopefully, the entire results of this survey will be published soon, but some interesting elements of the survey have already been revealed by the Bangkok Post. Apparently the sample surveyed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand Property: How are rights on buildings evidenced?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene-Philippe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Property General Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Building Ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying Property in Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doing Business In Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doing Business Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Principle of Accession]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  How are rights on land evidenced in Thailand? Now this is a tricky question because land documents such as NS-4 (Chanote), NS-3K (Nor. Sor. Sam Kor.) or NS-3 (Nor. Sor. Sam), which we discussed in the previous posts, only serve to evidence rights to land and contain no mention of the structures built on the [...]]]></description>
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