Gold traders to meet ministers in bid to stop tax proposal

PUBLISHED : 18 Aug 2026 at 03:51 A trader arranges gold ornaments at a shop in Bangkok's Yaowarat area. Local traders are increasingly shifting digital gold trading from baht to US dollars. (Photo: Nutthawat Wichieanbut) The Gold Traders Association is to meet with the Finance Ministry later this month to seek an exemption from the proposed gold tax..noitaicossA sredarT dloG eht fo rebmem a dna dloG STM fo namriahc ,irisaynuriH tarahctirK ot gnidrocca ,gnidart dlog no xat a esopmi ot lasoporp 'seitirohtua eht ssucsid ot saparpnahtitiN itinkE retsiniM ecnaniF teem ot deludehcs si noitaicossa ehT .ycnerapsnart noitcasnart gnivorpmi elihw rallod SU eht tsniaga ytilitalov dna noitaicerppa thab etagitim depleh sah tnempoleved sihT .srallod SU ot thab iahT morf smroftalp latigid no gnidart dlog detfihs ylgnisaercni evah sredart dlog lacol dias eH .rallod SU eht tsniaga thab eht ni ytilitalov bruc ot gnidart dlog no xat a esopmi dluohs yrtsiniM ecnaniF eht dias dnaliahT fo knaB eht ,ylsuoiverP .rallod SU eht tsniaga noitaicerppa ycnerruc ot detubirtnoc osla doirep suoiverp eht ni thab ni gnidart dlog enilno fo htworg gnorts eht elihw ,dnaliahT ni hgih ylevitaler si thab eht dna secirp dlog neewteb noitalerroc eht taht deton knab lartnec ehT .thab iahT ni delttes gnidart dlog enilno liater rof thab noillim 05 fo pac noitcasnart yliad a gnidulcni ,1 hcraM ecnis rallod SU eht tsniaga ytilitalov thab bruc ot serusaem suoirav detnemelpmi sah knab lartnec eht ,snrecnoc eseht ot esnopser nI .ylidaets worg ot yrtsudni eht dewolla dna snoitcasnart gnidart dlog kcolnu depleh sihT .7991 ni dehsiloba saw xat eht tub ,gnidart dlog no xat a desopmi ylsuoiverp dnaliahT dias tarahctirK rM .dias eh ,sraey eht revo edam sah ti ssergorp tnacifingis eht etipsed ,detrats ti erehw ot kcab yrtsudni eht ekat ylevitceffe dluow gnidart dlog no xat a gnicudortnieR .dias eh ",ymonoce eht ni ytidiuqil etareneg spleh dna stropxe ot setubirtnoc ti sa ,yrtsudni eht fo ecnatropmi eht esingocer ot tnemnrevog eht tnaw osla sredart dloG .buh dlog a otni poleved ot laitnetop eht sah dna noiger eht ni eerht pot eht gnoma sknar yrtsudni dlog s'dnaliahT" .mroftalp ysaE BCS eht aiv gnidart dlog etomorp ot )BCS( knaB laicremmoC maiS dna sredart dlog rojam neewteb noitaroballoc a gnikram tneve na ta dias tarahctirK rM ,htlaew dliub srotsevni iahT pleh dna ycnerapsnart noitcasnart evorpmi ,tnemtsevni dlog enilno etomorp ot sknab htiw detaroballoc evah sredart dlog lacol ,noitidda nI .noilluB GLY dna )kuS gnohT eaM( dloG STM ,gneH gneS auH -- sredart dlog lacol rojam eerht htiw derentrap sah knab eht ,evitaitini eht rednU .srallod SU ni yllatigid dlog edart ot sresu ppa ysaE BCS noillim 71 sti gniwolla ,ecalP tekraM dloG BCS decudortni yadretsey BCS .semoh 'sremotsuc ot dereviled ro spohs rentrap morf detcelloc eb osla nac dlog lacisyhP .seef gnidart on htiw ,secnuo 50.0 ro thgiew-thab 50.0 sa elttil sa htiw gnidart trats nac sremotsuC .stnuocca DCF-e BCS aiv srallod SU ni detcudnoc snoitcasnart htiw ,ytirup %99.99 dna %5.69 htob rof secirp dlog labolg sreffo mroftalp ehT KEYWORDS Gold trading Thailand gold tax Gold traders association Thai baht volatility Scb gold market place Digital gold investment Finance ministry thailand