Firms want govt to give jab tax relief

The government is being encouraged to allow companies to have the cost of providing Covid-19 vaccines to their employees deducted from their corporate tax, as an indirect economic stimulus.

On average the cost of importing a Covid-19 vaccine per employee is 2,000 baht, or about 2 million baht for a company with 1,000 employees such as a construction firm whose worker camps are being shut due to Covid-19 outbreaks, said Kobsak Pootrakool, a former PM’s Office minister.

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Bangkok Post Reporter