泰国计划出台碳排放税
据《曼谷邮报》9月12日报道，泰国将引入碳税，以适应全球碳监管趋势。泰国税务局局长Ekniti Nitithanprapas表示，因应欧盟国家从2026年起对一些碳密集型进口产品征收碳边境税的计划，泰国正在考虑引入碳税政策，从而为泰国产品在出口市场争取关税减免建立谈判资本。Ekniti解释说，引入碳税也有助于税务部门在其税收措施中促进环境、社会和治理（ESG）理念。此外，Ekniti上周透露，该部门正在制定税收措施，以支持生物塑料、生物喷气燃料和环保型电池的生产。 欧盟国家在今年3月15日就一项计划草案达成一致，将对进口的高污染货物征收世界上首个二氧化碳排放关税，以确保欧洲工业与无需为碳排放付费的海外竞争对手能够公平竞争。根据欧盟委员会的声明，如果进口商能够证明其产品在制造过程中已被征收了碳税，则相应金额可以在其最终的碳边境税账单中被抵消。这项史无前例的跨境碳关税政策已影响了欧盟贸易伙伴国家的企业和政策制定者的决策。除泰国外，土耳其和印尼两国也发布了引入碳税的计划，以求减轻欧盟碳关税对其经济的影响。 Thailand Plans to Introduce a Carbon Emission Tax Thailand will introduce a carbon tax to match the global trend, as reported by Bangkok Post on September 12. According to Thailand’s Excise Department director-general Ekniti Nitithanprapas, as the European Union (EU) countries plan to impose a carbon border tax on some carbon-intensive imports from 2026, Thailand could introduce its own carbon tax so that it can bargain in export markets to exempt tariffs on Thai products. Ekniti explained that introducing a carbon tax also serves the department’s policy of promoting the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concept in its tax measures. In addition, Ekniti disclosed last week that the department is working on tax measures to support the production of bioplastics, bio-jet fuel, and environmentally friendly batteries. The EU countries on March 15 agreed on a draft plan to impose world-first carbon dioxide emissions tariffs on imports of polluting goods, to ensure fair competition between European industries and their overseas peers who don’t have to pay for carbon emissions. According to a statement by the European Commission, if importers can prove that a carbon tax has been levied on their products during the manufacturing process, the corresponding amount can be offset in their final bills of a carbon border tax. The unprecedented cross-border carbon tariff has influenced the decisions of policymakers and enterprises in countries that are trading partners of the EU. Aside from Thailand, Turkey and Indonesia have also released plans to introduce carbon taxes to alleviate the EU’s carbon tariff’s impact on their economies.
