Over two-thirds of the Mercedes-Benzes and BMWs investigated by the DSI for tax evasion have been found to be lacking proper tax documentation.
The German autos are part of a grand total of 558 “imported” luxury vehicles that the DSI is investigating for fraud, in a case that began with six luxury cars going up in flames in Nakhon Ratchasima. Papers for 264 out of 338 Benzes and 37 out of 46 BMWs showed signs of tax evasion.
“But we will have to conduct physical inspections before coming to a conclusion,” Tarit Pengdith, director-general of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), said yesterday about the BMWs and Benzes, according to the Nation.
The cars were registered as being “reassembled in Thailand” – a classification that will soon be expunged, as it has been used a loophole to avoid Thailand’s huge luxury taxes.
Investigators’ suspicions were originally piqued when no one came forward to claim damages from the six burnt cars.
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