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‘CONSTRUCTION PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT 2014’Managing Tax Risk in Construction Projects
Ruji AphiworakitphanBDO Advisory LimitedTax & Legal Services14 November 2014
Presentation Outline
• Tax considerations:Project Owner & Contractor
• Tax planning:Pre-construction
• Tax monitoring:During and Post-construction
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Tax Considerations on Construction ContractProject Owner & Contractor
Tax Considerations on Construction Contract
Project Owner Contractor
Depreciation Offshore & onshore contractors
Deductible & non-deductible expenses Income recognition
VAT creditable Sale of goods & hire of work
Withholding tax liabilities Stamp duty
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Tax considerations: Project Owner
Depreciation of construction project: the project is ready to use –when?
• Installation
• Commissioning
• Test –run
• Completion and deliverable
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Tax considerations: Project Owner
Deductible and non-deductible expenses – What?
• During the construction: capital expenditures e.g. transport fees, interest, taxes, government fees, cost of equipment and services, etc.
• After completion of construction: non-capital expenditures (but not include renovation or refurbishment) e.g. interest, service fees: technical support, supervisory and maintenance
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Tax considerations: Project Owner
VAT Creditable
• Input VAT on sale of goods and import of goods
• Input VAT on provision of services
• No VAT on hire of service (employment of its employees)
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Tax considerations: Project Owner
VAT Non-creditable
• Input VAT incurred from the construction of building for usage in the non-VAT business
• Sale or lease out or use of the building in non-VAT business within 3 years from the tax month of completion of construction but not include certain transactions e.g. business rehabilitation, partial and entire business transfer, privatization
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Tax considerations: Project Owner
Withholding Tax Liabilities
• Offshore constructor: non-DTA tax resident and DTA tax resident (business profit and PE, royalties) and tax rates
• Onshore constructor: hire of work (service, transport)
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Tax considerations: Contractor
Joint Venture or Consortium
Offshore & Onshore Contractor
• Offshore contractor: PE, Alien Business License, work permit
• Onshore contractor: subcontract
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Tax considerations: Contractor
Income Recognition: Accrual basis
• Percentage of completion contract method: cost to cost and engineering survey/report
(Thai Accounting Standard No. 11 (amended 2009))
(Departmental Instruction No.Tor.Por.1/2528, Clause 3.6)
Supreme Court Judgment No. 2744/2544 ruled to support the percentage of completion method
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Tax considerations: Contractor
Stamp Duty
• Construction contract is a hire of work contract – subject to stamp duty
• Liable person: contractor (unless agreed otherwise to be borne by the customer)
• Stamp duty: every Baht 1 for service fee of Baht 1,000 without maximum
How to reduce stamp duty: split of contract – sale of goods contract is not subject to stamp duty
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Tax planningPre-construction
Tax planning: Pre-construction
Onshore Contractor
• Split of contracts: sale of goods and services – to reduce withholding tax and stamp duty
• Elements of sale contract and service contract should be absolutely separated: purpose of contract, contract price etc.
• Seller and service provider is not necessary to be separated
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Tax planning: Pre-construction
Onshore Contractor: Precedent Cases of Split of Contracts
Revenue Department Ruling No. GorKor. 0702/2301 dated 24 March 2009
• Objective of the Company is to provide construction services • Split contract for sale of materials and construction • The price per sale contract and service fee per construction
contract are both income from hire of work
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Tax planning: Pre-construction
Onshore Contractor: Precedent Cases of Split of Contracts (cont.)
Supreme Court Judgment No. 2091/2553
• Construction of Electricity, Communication, Sanitation and Air Condition System
• Split contract for sale and service separately, separate scope of work/objectives, goods price/ service fee, payment term
• Contractor and seller of construction materials are the same entity
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Tax planning: Pre-construction
Offshore Contractor
• Split of contracts: sale of goods and services
• Subcontract of onshore construction works to local contractor to avoid PE and Alien Business License
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Tax planning: Pre-construction
Offshore Contractor: Split of contracts
• Sale of goods is not subject to withholding tax and stamp duty
• Offshore supply contract shall be executed outside Thailand (no employee, agent or go-between in Thailand dealing with the customer for the sale)
• Ownership of offshore goods shall be transferred to the customer outside Thailand
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Tax planning: Pre-construction
Offshore Contractor: Split of contracts (cont.)
• Provision of offshore services may be exempt from withholding tax under the double tax agreement depending on nature of services.
• Self-assessed VAT for the project owner would not be a cost and would be creditable for VAT business.
• Stamp duty only applies to service contract.
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Tax planning: Pre-construction
Offshore Contractor: Avoiding PE under the Double Tax Agreement
• No fixed place: office, building site, etc (Asset test)
• No qualified activity: construction, installation, assembly or supervision (Activity test); and
• No qualified period of time: 3, 6 months or 183 days in any calendar year or accounting period (Time-test)
Count by project (being connected)
Consider on the period under the contract
Include suspension period, holiday
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Tax planning: Pre-construction
Offshore Contractor: Secondment
• Secondment of foreign employees to the subcontractor and not be reimbursed their remuneration to the offshore contractor
• Foreign employees obtain work permit under the employment of subcontractor
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Tax MonitoringDuring and Post-construction
Tax monitoring: During & Post-construction
Implementation of Tax Planning• period of services performed in Thailand, invoicing,
reimbursement
Contract Monitoring• party who bears the tax payment, gross up price and tax on tax
calculation
Withholding Tax• double tax agreement, due date, tax rates and filing
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Tax monitoring: During & Post-construction (cont.)
Self-assessed VAT• service provided outside Thailand and use in Thailand, due date
and filing
Documentation• transfer pricing, stamp duty and period of retention of
documents
Tax Audit and Disclosure of Information• in-charge person dealing with the Revenue Department,
potential tax dispute and evidences in court trial
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RUJI APHIWORAKITPHANManagerTax & Legal [email protected]: +662 260 7290Mobile: +6687 695 9451Fax: +662 260 7297
QualificationsBachelor of Law degree from Thammasat University and Graduate Diploma from Institute of Legal Education of the Thai Bar.
ExperienceRuji has over 8 years experience providing tax and legal advisory services. Ruji specialises in advising on, personal income tax, corporate income tax, value added tax, stamp duty and property tax. She also has significant experience in advising on tax planning and carrying out tax review and tax due diligence assignments.
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