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Thailand escalates legal crackdown with 23-agency alliance targeting illegal “Nominee” structures

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Thai authorities intensify scrutiny on foreign-owned property structures as 23 government agencies sign a landmark MOU targeting illegal “nominee” arrangements and tightening enforcement on fund source verification and tax compliance.

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BANGKOK, Thailand – Following our previous discussion on the tightening of fund source verification and tax obligations, another critical milestone is currently reshaping the Thai real estate and foreign business landscape. The historic signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between 23 government agencies repre…

▪ Synergy between corporate and land registries – The Department of Business Development (DBD) and the Department of Lands (DOL) have synchronized their databases to scrutinize the correlation between “Shareholding Structures” and “Real Estate Ownership.” If a company’s registered capital is found to be inconsistent wi…

▪ Immigration and Transaction Linkage – The Immigration Bureau now shares visa status and residency data to verify whether a foreign national’s visa category permits business operations, and whether their declared income is sufficient to justify their investment in the companies they hold shares in.

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