No taxes used in BlackBerry handout

Published: 28/02/2011 at 04:02 PM
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The BlackBerry smartphones issued to 873 district chiefs nationwide were part of a marketing campaign by the distributor and were not funded by the taxpayers as the opposition claimed, Interior Minister and Bhumjaithai Party leader Chavarat Charnvirakul said on Monday.

"I don't know why this has become such a big issue. "It was part of a marketing campaign by the company's executives, who want people to use the same model of handset," Mr Chavarat said.He said the Interior Ministry received the smartphones for free and they were distributed to district...

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rpt777
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Discussion 4 : 28/02/2011 at 09:45 PM4
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one more daily straw in the corruption pile,....whats even worse is that they don't even know nor care that it is wrong
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Discussion 3 : 28/02/2011 at 09:25 PM3
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AFAIK government officials, employees, UN staff etc. are exempt from income tax.
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Discussion 2 : 28/02/2011 at 05:43 PM2
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And gifts, cash or kind are subjected to income tax. I wonder how many government official will pay the 37% tax?
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Discussion 1 : 28/02/2011 at 04:14 PM1
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Soon it will be the defacto mobile phone for all government officers.
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