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The Excise Department is set to introduce a new ministerial regulation to waive taxes on cars designed specifically for the elderly or people with disabilities.
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The Excise Department is set to introduce a new ministerial regulation to waive taxes on cars designed specifically for the elderly or people with disabilities. This regulation would reduce the current excise tax rate of 25 to 40% on such vehicles.
Ekniti Nitithanprapas, director-general of the department, explained that vehicles with over 10 seats, such as passenger vans, are currently exempt from excise tax. However, if a vehicle is modified by removing seats to install special equipment for people with disabilities or the elderly, thereby reducing the number of seats to fewer than 10, it becomes subject to the 25 to 40% excise tax.
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