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Request site approval, access, loading, egress, weather and noise conditions before planning an event.","keywords":["rooftop","party","event hire"],"sources":["contact"],"status":"confirmation-needed","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-031","category":"Campus","question":"Which buildings are complete today?","answer":"The service-area page exposes conflicting progress blocks and historical target dates. This library therefore does not publish a single verified live completion percentage. Request a dated commissioning and access statement from depa.","keywords":["completion","progress","open","construction"],"sources":["area","contact"],"status":"confirmation-needed","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-032","category":"Campus","question":"Why do official progress percentages disagree?","answer":"The public service-area page includes repeated blocks with different percentages and target years. They cannot all represent one current observation. 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Ask BOI or EECO to confirm the applicable route and conditions in writing.","keywords":["EECd","automatic","tax holiday"],"sources":["boi33","boi35","eec-benefits"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-043","category":"Campus","question":"Are campus utility capacities guaranteed by this model?","answer":"No. Published programme descriptions and technical design documents are not a utility connection offer. Obtain confirmed electrical capacity, redundancy, water supply, drainage and network service agreements for the actual premises.","keywords":["utilities","power","water","capacity","SLA"],"sources":["tdv"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-044","category":"Campus","question":"Are floor plans measured as-built drawings?","answer":"The displayed source plans and model are design evidence with stated limits. They must not substitute for surveyed as-built drawings, structural verification or a signed landlord fit-out package.","keywords":["plans","as built","CAD","dimensions"],"sources":["app-notes"],"status":"confirmation-needed","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-045","category":"Campus","question":"Can the 3D model establish land ownership?","answer":"No. An indicative model registration is not a land title, cadastral survey or zoning certificate. Verify legal parcel identity, rights, encumbrances and permitted use through the appropriate documents.","keywords":["land","title","cadastral","boundary"],"sources":["act"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-046","category":"Campus","question":"Is a smart-city demonstration a certified smart city?","answer":"A simulated dashboard or digital twin does not establish official certification. Confirm the relevant programme’s assessment, scope, responsible operator and current status before making a certification claim.","keywords":["smart city","certification","dashboard"],"sources":["tdv"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-047","category":"Campus","question":"Can TDV help expand a product internationally?","answer":"Digital Go Global is the published international innovation programme. Request the actual partner network, selection process, services, fees, deliverables and market-specific regulatory support available now.","keywords":["export","go global","markets","international"],"sources":["tdv5"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-048","category":"Campus","question":"Can TDV help with government coordination?","answer":"The One-stop Service programme is intended to facilitate investors and government-service access. It is a coordination route; it does not replace the authority of BOI, immigration or sector regulators.","keywords":["government","one stop","coordination"],"sources":["tdv1","tdv"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-049","category":"Campus","question":"Who should confirm a laboratory quotation?","answer":"Ask depa to identify the current service operator and obtain a written scope covering equipment, technician time, test method, deliverables, confidentiality and liability. A programme brochure is not a service contract.","keywords":["quotation","lab price","operator"],"sources":["contact"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-050","category":"Campus","question":"Who owns IP created in a campus collaboration?","answer":"This library has no universal TDV intellectual-property allocation. Agree background IP, new results, publication, confidentiality, licensing and commercial rights in the specific collaboration contract.","keywords":["IP","intellectual property","patent","confidential"],"sources":["contact"],"status":"confirmation-needed","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-051","category":"Campus","question":"Can I install my own equipment in leased space?","answer":"Confirm landlord and operator approval, floor loading, electrical demand, fire protection, ventilation, network security and reinstatement requirements. The visual fit-out is not permission to modify premises.","keywords":["equipment","fit out","tenant","installation"],"sources":["contact"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-052","category":"Campus","question":"Where can I find official contacts rather than old brochure names?","answer":"Use TDV’s current contact page and BOI/EECO official channels. The June 2017 catalogue contains historical officials and contacts and should not be used as a current staff directory.","keywords":["contacts","officials","old brochure"],"sources":["contact","boi2","old"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-053","category":"Campus","question":"Can I rely on the English page’s site-area translation?","answer":"The depa English page uses “acres”, while other project materials use rai. Do not convert the ambiguous label into a survey claim. Confirm the legal site area and distinguish the campus from wider EECd.","keywords":["acres","rai","30","site area"],"sources":["tdv"],"status":"confirmation-needed","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-054","category":"EEC policy","question":"What is the EEC policy framework?","answer":"The EEC Act 2018 provides the legal framework. The current overall development plan sets investment, infrastructure, skills, city development and community-benefit directions. Law, strategic targets and actual project delivery are different evidence types.","keywords":["EEC","policy","framework"],"sources":["act","plan"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-055","category":"EEC policy","question":"Which provinces are in the EEC?","answer":"Chachoengsao, Chon Buri and Rayong form the EEC’s core statutory provincial area. TDV is in Chon Buri; Bangkok and the whole of Thailand are not interchangeable with that three-province scope.","keywords":["provinces","Chachoengsao","Chonburi","Rayong"],"sources":["act","boi33"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-056","category":"EEC policy","question":"When did the EEC Act take effect historically?","answer":"The governing framework is the Eastern Economic Corridor Act B.E.2561(2018). Use the Act and subordinate rules for legal questions, not the incentive proposals in the June 2017 catalogue.","keywords":["Act","2018","2561","law"],"sources":["act","old"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-057","category":"EEC policy","question":"What period does the current published overall plan cover?","answer":"EECO publishes the EEC Overall Development Plan 2023–2027. Its goals are planning targets for that period; they do not prove that a target has been achieved.","keywords":["plan","2023","2027","trajectory"],"sources":["plan"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-058","category":"EEC policy","question":"When was the overall-plan framework approved?","answer":"EECO states that its Policy Committee approved the framework on 24 November 2023 and Cabinet acknowledged it on 11 March 2025. These governance dates are distinct from individual infrastructure approvals or operating dates.","keywords":["approval","2023","2025","Cabinet"],"sources":["plan"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-059","category":"EEC policy","question":"What are the five EEC strategic directions?","answer":"The plan covers targeted investment, infrastructure and utilities, workforce skills, productive and livable cities, and sustainable community benefits. A balanced investment case should examine all five, not only tax incentives.","keywords":["five","strategies","directions"],"sources":["plan"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-060","category":"EEC policy","question":"What is the EEC 2023–2027 investment target?","answer":"EECO states a target of THB 500 billion in actual investment over 2023–2027, averaging THB 100 billion a year. This is a plan target, not a verified cumulative result or campus investment figure.","keywords":["500 billion","investment","target"],"sources":["plan"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-061","category":"EEC policy","question":"Is the 6.3% EEC growth figure a measured result?","answer":"No. The overall-plan page describes 6.3% annual provincial-cluster growth as an expectation. Compare realised growth with a dated statistical series rather than reporting the target as an achievement.","keywords":["6.3","growth","forecast","target"],"sources":["plan"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-062","category":"EEC policy","question":"How big is the EEC economy in the checked statistical baseline?","answer":"Summing the three provinces in NSO/NESDC’s2025 yearbook gives THB 2.690 trillion in 2023 preliminary GPP at current prices, about 15.0% of same-year national GDP. This is historical output, not 2026 GDP.","keywords":["GDP","GPP","economy","2.69","15 percent"],"sources":["nso"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-063","category":"EEC policy","question":"What is Chon Buri’s GPP in that baseline?","answer":"The checked 2023 preliminary current-price GPP is THB 1,188,192 million. Keep the year, price basis and preliminary label; it is not investment spending or per-capita income.","keywords":["Chonburi","GPP","1188192"],"sources":["nso"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-064","category":"EEC policy","question":"What is Rayong’s GPP in that baseline?","answer":"The checked 2023 preliminary current-price GPP is THB 1,050,952 million. It measures economic output, not the value of investments approved by BOI.","keywords":["Rayong","GPP","1050952"],"sources":["nso"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-065","category":"EEC policy","question":"What is Chachoengsao’s GPP in that baseline?","answer":"The checked 2023 preliminary current-price GPP is THB 450,808 million. A per-capita figure must not be inserted into the aggregate provincial total.","keywords":["Chachoengsao","GPP","450808"],"sources":["nso"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-066","category":"EEC policy","question":"Is GPP the same as investment applications?","answer":"No. GPP is annual economic output. Application values, approved projects, issued certificates and realised capital expenditure are different stages and cannot be added or substituted for one another.","keywords":["GDP","GPP","applications","approvals","realised"],"sources":["nso","plan"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-067","category":"EEC policy","question":"Can provincial GPP show the return on my TDV investment?","answer":"No. Regional output provides context. Project returns require your revenue, margins, capital cost, timing, financing and risk assumptions; regional GDP is not a cash flow to an investor.","keywords":["returns","ROI","GDP","valuation"],"sources":["nso"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-068","category":"EEC policy","question":"What are the four flagship EEC infrastructure projects?","answer":"EECO lists the three-airport railway, Laem Chabang PortPhase 3, Map Ta Phut Industrial PortPhase 3, and U-Tapao Airport/Eastern Aviation City. Each needs its own dated delivery and operating-status check.","keywords":["four","flagship","megaprojects"],"sources":["flagship"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-069","category":"EEC policy","question":"Is the three-airport high-speed train operating?","answer":"The reviewed sources describe a project and continuing implementation uncertainty, not a verified operating three-airport service. Plan travel using current operating transport; treat the future link as a conditional scenario.","keywords":["rail","train","HSR","operating","delay"],"sources":["rail","rail-report"],"status":"attributed-analysis","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-070","category":"EEC policy","question":"Which airports are intended to be linked by the EEC railway?","answer":"The project connects Don Mueang, Suvarnabhumi and U-Tapao through extensions using the Airport Rail Link corridor. The existing Airport Rail Link is not the completed three-airport high-speed project.","keywords":["airports","DMK","BKK","UTP","rail"],"sources":["rail"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-071","category":"EEC policy","question":"Are the Airport Rail Link and EEC high-speed railway identical?","answer":"No. The project proposes using and extending existing Airport Rail Link infrastructure. Existing passenger service on one portion does not prove that all three airports are connected by the future high-speed system.","keywords":["ARL","Airport Rail Link","existing"],"sources":["rail"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-072","category":"EEC policy","question":"Can the library promise a high-speed-rail opening year?","answer":"No verified guaranteed opening year is supplied here. Contract, financing, construction and commissioning milestones must be checked with the responsible agencies; historic brochure targets are not a timetable.","keywords":["opening date","2031","2026","rail"],"sources":["rail","rail-report"],"status":"confirmation-needed","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-073","category":"EEC policy","question":"Why does the rail project matter to investors?","answer":"It is intended to improve regional connectivity and access between airports and development areas. Model its possible benefit separately from a road-based case that works without the link.","keywords":["rail","connectivity","business case"],"sources":["rail"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-074","category":"EEC policy","question":"What does Laem Chabang PortPhase 3 mean for an investor?","answer":"It is an expansion project for a major maritime gateway. Assess the terminals, phases, commissioning dates, access routes and your actual logistics provider rather than treating the whole future capacity as available today.","keywords":["Laem Chabang","port","Phase3"],"sources":["flagship"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-075","category":"EEC policy","question":"Is port capacity the same as the number of ships today?","answer":"No. Design capacity, annual cargo throughput and a timestamped vessel count measure different things. AIS observations are incomplete and do not establish a census of all vessels.","keywords":["TEU","ships","AIS","capacity","throughput"],"sources":["app-notes"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-076","category":"EEC policy","question":"Why include Map Ta Phut in the regional story?","answer":"Map Ta Phut is an industrial and energy gateway in the EEC flagship programme. It serves a different role from Laem Chabang’s container gateway; proximity does not guarantee a service agreement.","keywords":["Map Ta Phut","port","energy"],"sources":["flagship"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-077","category":"EEC policy","question":"Is U-Tapao’s expansion the same as its existing airport?","answer":"No. An operating airport and the proposed airport-city expansion are different assets and phases. Confirm current flights and capacity separately from future infrastructure proposals.","keywords":["U-Tapao","airport","expansion"],"sources":["flagship"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-078","category":"EEC policy","question":"Does a line on the flyover map prove a route exists?","answer":"No. Planned or schematic links must remain labelled as such. A regional presentation does not replace an engineering alignment, current timetable or logistics quotation.","keywords":["map","schematic","route","distance"],"sources":["rail"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-079","category":"EEC policy","question":"Are straight-line distances actual journey times?","answer":"No. Geographic distance is different from road distance, travel time, port dwell time and customs clearance. Use a current route and operating conditions for a real logistics plan.","keywords":["distance","time","travel","straight line"],"sources":["rail"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-080","category":"EEC policy","question":"Does EEC status replace municipal planning permission?","answer":"No blanket replacement is established by regional status. Check the applicable land-use, building, environmental and sector authorization route for the actual parcel and activity.","keywords":["planning","zoning","municipality","permits"],"sources":["act"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-081","category":"EEC policy","question":"How does the EEC plan address skills?","answer":"Workforce upgrading is one of the five strategic directions. The investment case should identify actual recruitment and training partners, skill requirements and delivery commitments instead of assuming an unlimited talent pool.","keywords":["skills","talent","workforce","training"],"sources":["plan"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-082","category":"EEC policy","question":"How does the plan address local communities?","answer":"The plan explicitly includes using investment benefits for sustainable community development. Investors should make jobs, procurement, participation and grievance arrangements measurable and reviewable.","keywords":["community","local","benefits","inclusion"],"sources":["plan"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-083","category":"EEC policy","question":"How does the EEC plan address utilities?","answer":"Improving infrastructure and public-utility efficiency is a strategic direction. It is not a site-specific supply guarantee; verify available capacity, connection dates and service conditions with the supplier.","keywords":["utilities","electricity","water","power"],"sources":["plan"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-084","category":"EEC policy","question":"Does the EEC plan include livability?","answer":"Yes. Modern, livable and productive cities are an explicit direction. Housing, commuting, healthcare, schools and public services belong in an investment assessment alongside industrial infrastructure.","keywords":["livability","housing","schools","healthcare"],"sources":["plan"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-085","category":"EEC policy","question":"Are the 2017 EEC investment charts current spending records?","answer":"No. They are historical proposals and estimates. Their investment budgets are not current GDP, realised spending, approved 2026 projects or evidence of completion.","keywords":["2017","old catalogue","budget"],"sources":["old"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-086","category":"EEC policy","question":"Can I add the wedges in the 2017 investment wheel by area?","answer":"No. The diagram’s wedge sizes do not encode budget proportions. Use the printed values with their historical period, and do not infer quantities from decorative segment area.","keywords":["wheel","chart","wedge","budget"],"sources":["old"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-087","category":"EEC policy","question":"Is the old “double port capacity” claim precise?","answer":"The 2017 catalogue’s7→18 millionTEU comparison is not a doubling. Treat those figures as historical proposed capacity, not measured current throughput or vessel counts.","keywords":["double","7","18","TEU"],"sources":["old"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-088","category":"EEC policy","question":"Can I rely on the old 45-minute train promise?","answer":"No. It is a historical proposed journey time in the 2017 catalogue. It is not a current operating schedule, guaranteed travel time or contractual service commitment.","keywords":["45 minutes","one hour","rail"],"sources":["old","rail"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-089","category":"EEC policy","question":"What trajectory should an EEC investment presentation show?","answer":"Show the legal framework, dated economic baseline, current strategic objectives, project-specific delivery milestones and downside scenarios. Distinguish ambition from evidence of operation or realised investment.","keywords":["trajectory","story","roadmap"],"sources":["act","plan","nso"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-090","category":"EEC policy","question":"How should I track whether the EEC strategy succeeds?","answer":"Compare dated realised investment, output, skilled jobs, infrastructure utilisation, resource efficiency and local benefits against stated targets. A large application announcement alone cannot demonstrate all these outcomes.","keywords":["KPIs","success","monitoring","performance"],"sources":["plan"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-091","category":"EEC policy","question":"Is every EEC site a designated promotion zone?","answer":"No. The three-province regional boundary and a particular special promotion-zone designation are different. Confirm the exact zone, legal notification and eligible activities for the premises.","keywords":["zone","designation","eligible","EECd"],"sources":["act","eec-benefits"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-092","category":"EEC policy","question":"Are national BOI benefits and EEC-Act benefits the same scheme?","answer":"No. They have distinct legal bases and approval routes. Ask the authorities which measure applies and how benefits interact; do not simply add maximum periods from separate brochures.","keywords":["BOI","EECO","stacking","schemes"],"sources":["boi11","eec-benefits"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-093","category":"EEC policy","question":"Can a future city proposal be treated as an existing amenity?","answer":"No. Separate announced concepts, approved plans, construction, commissioning and operating services. Check whether a school, hospital, station or public space actually serves the site today.","keywords":["amenities","future city","EECiti"],"sources":["plan"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-094","category":"EEC policy","question":"What happens after the 2023–2027 plan period?","answer":"This library does not invent an adopted successor plan. Check EECO’s latest approved planning documents and budget decisions. Longer-term aspirations are not the same as a funded or legally approved next-period programme.","keywords":["after2027","successor","2030","2037"],"sources":["plan"],"status":"confirmation-needed","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-095","category":"EEC policy","question":"Should investment be conditional on future megaprojects?","answer":"Where the project depends on an unfinished link, identify it explicitly as a dependency. Use phased commitments, milestones and a workable alternative case; approval of a plan does not remove delivery risk.","keywords":["dependency","phasing","decision","megaproject"],"sources":["flagship","rail-report"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-096","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"What does BOI promotion actually grant?","answer":"An approved project receives the rights and conditions stated in its promotion certificate under the applicable measures. It does not grant every incentive listed in the guide to every company.","keywords":["BOI","promotion","certificate"],"sources":["boi11"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-097","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"What is the date of the BOI guide used here?","answer":"The supplied URL served the 2026 guide, with a July 2026 preface, when checked on 3 November 2026. Later announcements and the issued certificate can change the applicable position.","keywords":["guide","edition","2026","date"],"sources":["boi1","boi2"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-098","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Is the BOI guide itself an approval?","answer":"No. It explains activities, benefits and procedures. The applicable announcements and project-specific certificate control the approval; this searchable library is an editorial aid, not an eligibility determination.","keywords":["guide","approval","legal","decision"],"sources":["boi2","boi11"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-099","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Can a foreign company be 100% foreign owned under BOI?","answer":"The guide allows foreign participation for many promoted activities, subject to the Foreign Business Act, other laws and activity-specific limits. It is not a universal 100%ownership permission.","keywords":["foreign ownership","100 percent","shareholding"],"sources":["boi10"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-100","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"What happens for Foreign Business ActListOne activities?","answer":"The guide states that Thai nationals must hold at least 51%of registered capital for ListOne activities seeking promotion. Verify the actual activity classification and any other governing restrictions.","keywords":["FBA","List1","ListOne","51 percent"],"sources":["boi10"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-101","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Can BOI impose activity-specific ownership limits?","answer":"Yes. The guide reserves activity-specific shareholding limits, and some listed activities have explicit Thai-shareholding conditions. Do not generalise from a different promoted business.","keywords":["ownership","Thai shares","restrictions"],"sources":["boi10"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-102","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"What is the general BOI minimum investment?","answer":"The guide’s general threshold is THB 1 million per project, excluding land and working capital, unless the activity specifies otherwise. Knowledge-based activities may use specified salary expenditure instead.","keywords":["minimum investment","1 million","capital"],"sources":["boi9"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-103","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Does land count toward the general minimum investment?","answer":"The guide excludes land and working capital from the general THB 1 million investment requirement. Activity-specific capital and incentive-cap definitions still need to be checked separately.","keywords":["land","minimum","working capital"],"sources":["boi9"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-104","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"What debt-to-equity ratio applies to a new project?","answer":"The guide states a maximum 3:1 ratio for newly established projects; expansion projects are considered case by case. This is not a financing offer or guarantee of bank approval.","keywords":["debt","equity","3:1","finance"],"sources":["boi9"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-105","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"When is a feasibility study required under the general criteria?","answer":"The guide requires a feasibility study for projects above THB 2 billion investment, excluding land and working capital, with details specified by BOI. Confirm the current activity and application requirements.","keywords":["feasibility","2 billion","study"],"sources":["boi9"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-106","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Does BOI promotion eliminate environmental obligations?","answer":"No. The guide requires environmental protection measures and compliance with applicable environmental-assessment laws. Promotion is not a waiver of an EIA or other required permit.","keywords":["EIA","environment","assessment"],"sources":["boi9"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-107","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Are there additional location conditions in Rayong?","answer":"The general criteria direct Rayong projects to the relevant Rayong industrial-promotion announcement. Check the applicable activity, location and environmental rules rather than assuming all EEC sites have identical conditions.","keywords":["Rayong","location","industrial"],"sources":["boi9"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-108","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"What tax benefits can an approved BOI project receive?","answer":"Depending on the approved activity and measure, benefits may concern corporate income tax, machinery, R&D materials and export-production inputs. The certificate specifies what applies and any limits.","keywords":["tax","CIT","customs","benefits"],"sources":["boi11"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-109","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"What non-tax benefits can BOI promotion include?","answer":"The guide describes permissions concerning investment study, skilled foreign personnel, land ownership and foreign-currency remittances. These are conditional permissions for promoted activities, not unrestricted rights for every tenant.","keywords":["non tax","experts","land","remittance"],"sources":["boi11"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-110","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Is every company profit tax exempt after BOI promotion?","answer":"No. Corporate-income-tax exemption relates to approved promoted activity and conditions. Separate non-promoted operations and determine qualifying income, expenditure and caps with the responsible advisers and authority.","keywords":["CIT","profit","separate accounts"],"sources":["boi11"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-111","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"What is an incentive cap?","answer":"A cap limits the monetary tax exemption, independently of the time period. The guide distinguishes uncapped A1+ / A1 treatment from capped A2–A4 treatment; activity-specific formulas can apply.","keywords":["cap","limit","amount","tax holiday"],"sources":["boi13"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-112","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"What does A1+ generally mean?","answer":"The basic incentive chart gives A1+activities 10–13 years of corporate-income-tax exemption without a cap. The actual duration and rights depend on the listed activity, applicable conditions and approval.","keywords":["A1+","13 years","uncapped"],"sources":["boi13"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-113","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"What does A1 generally mean?","answer":"The guide’s basic chart gives A1 activities 8 years of corporate-income-tax exemption without a cap. Additional measures and activity conditions must be checked; the group label is not itself an issued approval.","keywords":["A1","8 years","uncapped"],"sources":["boi13"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-114","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"What does A2 generally mean?","answer":"The basic chart gives A2 activities 8 years of capped corporate-income-tax exemption. Check the activity-specific calculation and certificate; an 8-year period does not mean an unlimited tax saving.","keywords":["A2","8 years","cap"],"sources":["boi13"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-115","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"What does A3 generally mean?","answer":"The basic chart gives A3 activities 5 years of capped corporate-income-tax exemption. Eligibility, permitted income and the exemption amount remain project-specific.","keywords":["A3","5 years","cap"],"sources":["boi13"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-116","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"What does A4 generally mean?","answer":"The basic chart gives A4 activities 3 years of capped corporate-income-tax exemption. Do not use this as a guarantee for an unapproved project.","keywords":["A4","3 years","cap"],"sources":["boi13"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-117","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Does group B mean a standard CIT holiday?","answer":"No. Group Bdoes not carry a basic corporate-income-tax exemption in the guide’s chart. Other approved tax or non-tax rights may apply; check the activity and certificate.","keywords":["group B","B","CIT","tax holiday"],"sources":["boi13"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-118","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Does 8 years tax exemption mean zero tax forever?","answer":"No. The period is finite, the activity and income must qualify, and a monetary cap may bind earlier. Other taxes, obligations and post-exemption treatment require separate analysis.","keywords":["tax holiday","8 years","forever"],"sources":["boi13"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-119","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Can BOI exempt machinery import duties?","answer":"The guide lists machinery-duty benefits under Sections 28/29. Machinery eligibility, approved lists, timing and the project’s certificate matter; not every purchase is automatically exempt.","keywords":["machinery","import duty","customs"],"sources":["boi11"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-120","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Can R&D imported materials receive duty relief?","answer":"The guide lists import-duty exemption for qualifying R&D materials under Section 30/1. Confirm eligible items, use and the approval procedure for the actual project.","keywords":["research","R&D","materials","duty"],"sources":["boi11"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-121","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Are export-production inputs eligible for duty benefits?","answer":"Section 36 covers approved raw or essential materials used in production for export. Approved lists, quantities and evidence of use/export matter; domestic sales must be considered separately.","keywords":["raw materials","export","Section36"],"sources":["boi11"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-122","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Is import-duty exemption the same as VAT exemption?","answer":"No. An import-duty right does not itself establish an exemption from every other tax. Ask the relevant tax/customs authority which taxes and procedures apply to your transaction.","keywords":["VAT","customs","import duty"],"sources":["boi11"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-123","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Does BOI automatically issue a visa to every employee?","answer":"No. The guide describes conditional permissions for skilled workers and experts engaged in promoted activities. Confirm the personnel, immigration and work-authorization route for each role.","keywords":["visa","work permit","employee","expert"],"sources":["boi11"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-124","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Does BOI land permission cover any property purchase?","answer":"No. Land rights are a conditional non-tax incentive linked to approved operations and applicable rules. The promotion certificate and land approval do not establish unrestricted property ownership.","keywords":["land ownership","foreign","property"],"sources":["boi11"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-125","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Can profits or capital be remitted abroad?","answer":"The guide lists permission to remit foreign currency under Section 37. Confirm the applicable scope, banking, tax, supporting documents and other controls for the actual transaction.","keywords":["remit","repatriation","foreign exchange"],"sources":["boi11"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-126","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Does a tax holiday remove payroll or other statutory duties?","answer":"No such blanket exemption is established by promotion. Check payroll, labour, social-security, VAT and reporting duties separately instead of treating a CIT incentive as an exemption from all obligations.","keywords":["payroll","labour","social security","tax"],"sources":["boi11"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-127","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Can I add every BOI and EEC maximum benefit together?","answer":"No. Additional measures have eligibility limits, exclusions and choices. Obtain a written project-specific incentive matrix and avoid double-counting the same cost or time period.","keywords":["stack","combine","maximum","double count"],"sources":["boi35","eec-benefits"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-128","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Do EEC BOI measures apply to all activity groups?","answer":"The guide’s EEC measure addresses A1+,A1,A2,A3,A4 with explicit excluded activities. Group membership and regional presence alone do not establish additional benefits.","keywords":["EEC","groups","eligibility"],"sources":["boi33"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-129","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Which transport-related activities are excluded from that EEC measure?","answer":"The guide lists deep-sea fishery, international marine communication circuits, specified ferry/tour-boat, air, maritime and rail transport activities among exclusions. Check the exact activity code before modelling an EEC bonus.","keywords":["EEC","exclusions","transport","marine"],"sources":["boi33"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-130","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Can workforce development support an EEC additional incentive?","answer":"The guide describes qualifying collaboration with educational institutions, including work-integrated learning, cooperative education and dual vocational training. The exact commitments and qualifying threshold must match the measure.","keywords":["WIL","cooperative","dual vocational","training"],"sources":["boi35"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-131","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Does being in EECd permit choosing multiple area bonuses?","answer":"The EEC measure notes that projects in specified zones can choose one of the additional corporate-income-tax privileges. Do not add every zone and estate bonus as if all were cumulative.","keywords":["EECd","zone bonus","choose"],"sources":["boi35"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-132","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Do additional exemption periods have limits?","answer":"Yes. The EEC measure states total limits and restrictions, including up to 13 years for A1+and up to 8 years for A1–A4 in that measure. Other measures must be checked on their own terms.","keywords":["additional years","ceiling","13","8"],"sources":["boi35"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-133","category":"BOI fundamentals","question":"Can I automatically combine a longer exemption with Section 35(1)?","answer":"The EEC measure says projects receiving more than 8 years total CIT exemption are not eligible for additional Section 35(1)tax incentives. Confirm the complete package with BOI.","keywords":["Section35","8 years","50 percent"],"sources":["boi35"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-134","category":"BOI application","question":"How do I start a BOI application?","answer":"Study the eligible activity and measure, prepare the project evidence, submit through the applicable BOI route and arrange clarification with the responsible officer. Approval, acceptance and certificate issuance are separate steps.","keywords":["apply","application","process","e Investment"],"sources":["boi15"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-135","category":"BOI application","question":"Where is a general BOI application submitted?","answer":"The guide directs general investment-promotion applications through e-Investment. Some special measures use different processes; confirm the correct form and channel rather than assuming one submission route covers everything.","keywords":["e Investment","online","submit"],"sources":["boi15","boi16"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-136","category":"BOI application","question":"What business background should I prepare?","answer":"The guide requests business details and a record of past operations. Explain the applicant, proposed activity, customers, products/services and implementation plan in terms that match the activity being sought.","keywords":["business plan","history","background"],"sources":["boi15"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-137","category":"BOI application","question":"Are financial statements needed?","answer":"The general supporting-document list includes the latest financial statements, if available. A new applicant should clarify which evidence BOI requires instead of inventing past accounts.","keywords":["financial statements","new company","accounts"],"sources":["boi15"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-138","category":"BOI application","question":"Should I include product photographs or a catalogue?","answer":"Yes, these appear in the guide’s general supporting-document list. Show the actual product/service and distinguish prototypes, existing operations and proposed output.","keywords":["catalogue","photos","product"],"sources":["boi15"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-139","category":"BOI application","question":"Why does BOI ask for a production-process description?","answer":"The general document list includes production-process evidence. It helps identify the actual promoted activity and value-creating steps, rather than deciding eligibility from the company name alone.","keywords":["process","manufacture","workflow"],"sources":["boi15"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-140","category":"BOI application","question":"What machinery evidence should I prepare?","answer":"The guide asks for main-machinery documentation. Make the proposed equipment, purpose, specifications, cost and project use clear, and check any activity-specific conditions.","keywords":["machinery","equipment","documents"],"sources":["boi15"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-141","category":"BOI application","question":"Do special measures need additional supporting evidence?","answer":"Yes. The guide lists measure-specific details and other activity-dependent documents. General application completeness does not prove compliance with a special incentive’s conditions.","keywords":["special measure","evidence","conditions"],"sources":["boi15"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-142","category":"BOI application","question":"Can the project-clarification meeting be remote?","answer":"The guide allows arrangements at the BOI office or by video conference with the responsible officer. Confirm the appointment and required participants for your case.","keywords":["interview","meeting","video","clarification"],"sources":["boi15"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-143","category":"BOI application","question":"How long does BOI evaluation take?","answer":"The guide shows 40/60/90 working-day evaluation bands based on investment size after complete documents, subject to the stated procedures. These are not guaranteed calendar-day deadlines for every case.","keywords":["processing time","40","60","90","days"],"sources":["boi15"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-144","category":"BOI application","question":"When does the evaluation clock start?","answer":"The guide ties its evaluation time frames to complete documents. An incomplete submission or later clarification can affect the process; do not start a guaranteed countdown from the first enquiry.","keywords":["complete documents","time","deadline"],"sources":["boi15"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-145","category":"BOI application","question":"How is a BOI decision notified?","answer":"The guide states notification within 7 days of the certified meeting-resolution date. This is a later process milestone, not a promise of approval 7 days after the application.","keywords":["notification","7 days","decision"],"sources":["boi15"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-146","category":"BOI application","question":"How quickly must I accept the promotion resolution?","answer":"The guide states acceptance within 1 month of receiving notification through the Promotion Certificate System. Confirm the deadline and applicable extension rules in your notice.","keywords":["acceptance","1 month","resolution"],"sources":["boi15"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-147","category":"BOI application","question":"When must I apply for certificate issuance?","answer":"The guide states within 6 months from resolution acceptance, with supporting documents. Read the actual approval and current procedures for the applicable deadline and any extension.","keywords":["certificate issuance","6 months","deadline"],"sources":["boi15"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-148","category":"BOI application","question":"How long does certificate issuance take after a complete request?","answer":"The guide describes 10 working days after a complete form and supporting documents. This is certificate issuance, not the entire application-to-operation timetable.","keywords":["10 working days","certificate","time"],"sources":["boi15"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-149","category":"BOI application","question":"Does an approval letter mean I can ignore later conditions?","answer":"No. Accepting the resolution, obtaining the certificate, implementing the project and exercising privileges involve further conditions and steps. Track them as separate milestones.","keywords":["approval letter","conditions","compliance"],"sources":["boi15","boi16"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-150","category":"BOI application","question":"Can I change the activity after being approved?","answer":"Do not assume approval follows an altered business. Consult BOI about amendments before relying on benefits for a changed activity, location, capacity, process or implementation schedule.","keywords":["amend","change activity","location"],"sources":["boi6"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-151","category":"BOI application","question":"Can BOI rights be cancelled or partly withdrawn?","answer":"The guide describes monitoring functions that include cancellation or partial withdrawal of rights and benefits. Keep evidence of compliance and seek guidance early when project conditions cannot be met.","keywords":["withdrawal","cancel","clawback","compliance"],"sources":["boi6"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-152","category":"BOI application","question":"Who monitors a promoted project after approval?","answer":"The guide distinguishes promotion-evaluation and investment-monitoring divisions. Implementation, reporting, operation-start auditing and privilege utilisation remain part of the process after initial approval.","keywords":["monitoring","audit","aftercare"],"sources":["boi6"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-153","category":"BOI application","question":"Should I keep promoted and other operations identifiable?","answer":"Yes. A defensible benefit claim needs a clear approved scope and supporting records. Agree the accounting and evidence required for promoted versus other operations with BOI and your advisers.","keywords":["accounts","records","promoted scope"],"sources":["boi11"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-154","category":"BOI application","question":"What should an investor’s application checklist contain?","answer":"At minimum: activity classification, applicant details, business/process evidence, financing, machinery, location, environment, schedule, staff and measure-specific commitments. Reconcile these with the exact current application requirements.","keywords":["checklist","documents","preparation"],"sources":["boi9","boi15"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-155","category":"Digital activities","question":"Which BOI activity covers developing software or a digital platform?","answer":"Activity 8.1.1 covers development of software, digital platforms or digital content. The 2026 guide assigns A2 with specific Thai-personnel, development-process, cap and implementation conditions; a generic IT company is not automatically eligible.","keywords":["8.1.1","software","SaaS","digital platform"],"sources":["boi167"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-156","category":"Digital activities","question":"What salary threshold does BOI software development use?","answer":"Activity 8.1.1 requires at least THB 1.5 million per year based on specified Thai IT personnel salary expenditure. The guide includes newly employed and specified temporarily employed Thai IT personnel; examine the exact qualifying payroll definition.","keywords":["software","salary","1.5 million","Thai IT"],"sources":["boi167"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-157","category":"Digital activities","question":"Must software development take place in Thailand?","answer":"For 8.1.1 the guide requires software, platform or content development processes in Thailand as stipulated by BOI. Mere overseas development with local sales should not be treated as meeting this requirement.","keywords":["software","development","Thailand","outsourcing"],"sources":["boi167"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-158","category":"Digital activities","question":"Does the software category promote retail or wholesale sales?","answer":"The 8.1.1 conditions exclude retail and wholesale sales of all product types. Separate a qualifying development activity from trading revenue; a digital sales channel alone does not prove software-development eligibility.","keywords":["software","retail","wholesale","ecommerce"],"sources":["boi167"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-159","category":"Digital activities","question":"How is the software CIT exemption cap calculated?","answer":"The 8.1.1 cap is determined annually using specified actual expenditures, including qualifying Thai ITsalaries, training and certification costs. It is not an unlimited 8-year company-wide exemption.","keywords":["software","annual cap","payroll","training"],"sources":["boi167"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-160","category":"Digital activities","question":"Can qualifying software projects use existing machinery?","answer":"The 8.1.1 conditions allow existing or used machinery. This specific permission should not be generalised to every BOI activity or treated as approval of every equipment cost.","keywords":["software","used machinery","existing equipment"],"sources":["boi167"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-161","category":"Digital activities","question":"What is the software full-operation deadline?","answer":"The 8.1.1 conditions specify 12 months after certificate issuance with no full-operation extension. Confirm the applicable certificate and current announcement before setting your implementation schedule.","keywords":["software","12 months","operation deadline"],"sources":["boi167"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-162","category":"Digital activities","question":"Can software projects extend machinery-import deadlines?","answer":"The 8.1.1 conditions say no extension of the machinery-importation deadline will be granted. Plan procurement against the actual approved timeline.","keywords":["software","machinery deadline","extension"],"sources":["boi167"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-163","category":"Digital activities","question":"Is modifying existing software a different BOI activity?","answer":"Yes.8.1.2 covers modification of software, digital platforms or content with its own conditions and group Btreatment. Do not assume new-development A2 benefits apply to modification work.","keywords":["8.1.2","modification","legacy software"],"sources":["boi168"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-164","category":"Digital activities","question":"What salary threshold applies to software modification?","answer":"The 8.1.2 entry requires at least THB 1.5 million annual salary expenditure for Thai IT personnel additionally employed after applying. Confirm which staff and expenditure qualify.","keywords":["modification","salary","Thai IT"],"sources":["boi168"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-165","category":"Digital activities","question":"Does software modification require a plan?","answer":"Yes. The 8.1.2 entry requires a plan to modify marketed or serviced software, platforms or digital content in accordance with BOI conditions. A label such as “digital transformation” is insufficient on its own.","keywords":["modification","plan","marketed software"],"sources":["boi168"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-166","category":"Digital activities","question":"Can a modification project switch its promoted activity category?","answer":"The 8.1.2 conditions state that amendment of the activity category is not allowed. Discuss the intended business scope before applying rather than relying on a later category change.","keywords":["modification","amend","category"],"sources":["boi168"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-167","category":"Digital activities","question":"Does 8.1.2 grant land-ownership permission?","answer":"The entry specifically says no permission to own land for operating that promoted activity. Do not infer land permission from the general list of BOI non-tax incentives.","keywords":["modification","land","ownership"],"sources":["boi168"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-168","category":"Digital activities","question":"How does BOI distinguish high-efficiency and other data centres?","answer":"The guide separates 8.2.1.1 high-energy-efficiency data centres from 8.2.1.2 other data centres. Their conditions and incentive groups differ, including less favourable groups within EEC than in other areas in this edition.","keywords":["data center","data centre","PUE","classification"],"sources":["boi168","boi170","boi171"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-169","category":"Digital activities","question":"What PUE does the high-efficiency data-centre category require?","answer":"The 8.2.1.1 entry requires PUE not exceeding 1.3 before exercising CIT exemption. This is a condition, not a claim that TDV’s own buildings achieve that value.","keywords":["PUE","1.3","data center","efficiency"],"sources":["boi168"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-170","category":"Digital activities","question":"What minimum IT load does the data-centre guide specify?","answer":"The data-centre entries specify at least 2 MWITequipment electrical capacity. ITload is not total facility demand or proof that a particular site can supply it.","keywords":["2 MW","IT load","data center","power"],"sources":["boi168","boi170"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-171","category":"Digital activities","question":"What connectivity threshold is listed for data centres?","answer":"The entries require at least 4 telecommunication systems, including at least 3 domestic systems of 10 Gbps each and at least 60 Gbps combined capacity. Confirm the exact current wording and supplier commitments.","keywords":["data center","60 Gbps","10 Gbps","connectivity"],"sources":["boi168","boi170"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-172","category":"Digital activities","question":"Must a data centre remain usable during maintenance?","answer":"The guide requires concurrent maintainability: service should continue during maintenance or equipment replacement. Do not equate a rendered server room with verified operational redundancy.","keywords":["data centre","concurrent maintainability","redundancy"],"sources":["boi169","boi170"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-173","category":"Digital activities","question":"Do promoted data centres need generator backup?","answer":"The guide requires an engine-generator arrangement capable of supporting total data-centre load, with backup for generator failure. The real design and service evidence must demonstrate the applicable requirement.","keywords":["data center","generator","backup"],"sources":["boi169","boi170"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-174","category":"Digital activities","question":"Are UPS and cooling backups required for data centres?","answer":"The guide lists immediately operating backup arrangements for UPS, ITcooling and UPScooling to maintain service if the primary system fails.","keywords":["data center","UPS","cooling","backup"],"sources":["boi169","boi170"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-175","category":"Digital activities","question":"What data-centre security certification is specified?","answer":"The guide requires ISO/IEC 27001 for the data centre before exercising CIT exemption, along with physical security and other specified protections. This does not certify any facility shown in this application.","keywords":["ISO27001","data centre","security"],"sources":["boi169","boi171"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-176","category":"Digital activities","question":"Do data centres need a water-management plan?","answer":"Yes. Both listed data-centre types must submit a plan for efficient and appropriate water use. Treat water supply, cooling design, reuse and drought resilience as real approval and delivery issues.","keywords":["data centre","water","management","drought"],"sources":["boi169","boi171"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-177","category":"Digital activities","question":"Must data centres provide benefits to Thailand?","answer":"The entries require a plan with activities such as training, curriculum collaboration, R&D, SMEskills or domestic supply-chain support, and implementation before using CIT exemption. The plan must meet BOI’s announced criteria.","keywords":["data centre","local benefits","training"],"sources":["boi169","boi171"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-178","category":"Digital activities","question":"What Thai executive or expert staffing condition is listed for data centres?","answer":"The guide requires at least 50%Thai personnel in executive and/or expert positions within 3 years. Check the exact definition and applicable project conditions; this is not a universal workforce quota for all industries.","keywords":["data centre","Thai staff","50 percent","3 years"],"sources":["boi170","boi171"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-179","category":"Digital activities","question":"Do data centres need preliminary approval before applying?","answer":"The guide requires preliminary approval from the BOI-appointed data-centre screening subcommittee before the promotion application. Confirm the current submission route and documents.","keywords":["data centre","preliminary approval","screening"],"sources":["boi170","boi171"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-180","category":"Digital activities","question":"What incentive group applies to a high-efficiency data centre in EEC?","answer":"In this 2026 guide,8.2.1.1 shows A3 for EEC and A2 for other areas, subject to all conditions. Do not repeat an older blanket 8-year data-centre exemption claim.","keywords":["data centre","EEC","A3","high efficiency"],"sources":["boi170"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-181","category":"Digital activities","question":"What group applies to other data centres in EEC?","answer":"The 8.2.1.2 entry shows A4 for EEC and A3 for other areas in this edition. That is distinct from the high-efficiency category and is not an approval for a specific applicant.","keywords":["other data centres","EEC","A4"],"sources":["boi171"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-182","category":"Digital activities","question":"Which BOI category covers cloud services?","answer":"The guide lists 8.2.2 cloud services as A2 with its own facility, security and Thailand-benefit conditions. A reseller, software company and cloud infrastructure operator should not be assumed to fall under the same entry.","keywords":["8.2.2","cloud service","cloud computing"],"sources":["boi172"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-183","category":"Digital activities","question":"Which category covers submarine communication circuits?","answer":"8.2.3 covers international high-speed marine communication circuits and requires the relevant telecommunications licence before applying for promotion. It is also explicitly excluded from the guide’s EEC additional measure.","keywords":["8.2.3","submarine cable","marine circuits","NBTC"],"sources":["boi172","boi33"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-184","category":"Digital activities","question":"Does renting GPU servers have a specific BOI category?","answer":"8.2.4.1 covers data-hosting server rental with advanced processing such as GPUs. The guide specifies at least 2 ISO 27001 data centres in Thailand and THB 5 billion investment excluding land and working capital, plus other conditions.","keywords":["GPU","AI compute","8.2.4.1","hosting"],"sources":["boi172","boi173"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-185","category":"Digital activities","question":"Does ordinary data hosting have the same incentive group as GPU hosting?","answer":"No. The guide lists advanced-compute hosting 8.2.4.1 as A2 and other hosting 8.2.4.2 as A3, with substantial facility and investment requirements. Confirm the actual service classification.","keywords":["8.2.4.2","hosting","A2","A3"],"sources":["boi172","boi173"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-186","category":"Digital activities","question":"Can a small hosting reseller assume it meets the hosting threshold?","answer":"No. The listed hosting entries require at least THB 5 billion investment excluding land and working capital and operations at at least 2 qualifying Thai data centres. A small reseller should ask BOI about the correct activity rather than borrow that label.","keywords":["hosting","reseller","5 billion"],"sources":["boi172","boi173"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-187","category":"Digital activities","question":"Does BOI promote innovation parks?","answer":"8.3.1 lists innovation parks as A1 with utility, incubation, ecosystem, makerspace/fabrication and mentoring conditions. This is a project category, not automatic promotion for every tenant in an innovation campus.","keywords":["8.3.1","innovation park","makerspace"],"sources":["boi173","boi174"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-188","category":"Digital activities","question":"Does a makerspace appear in innovation-park conditions?","answer":"Yes. The innovation-park entry requires ecosystem/technology-community development and a makerspace or fabrication laboratory for prototypes, among other requirements. A room label alone does not establish compliance.","keywords":["maker space","fab lab","innovation park"],"sources":["boi173"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-189","category":"Digital activities","question":"Is co-working-space operation a promoted activity?","answer":"8.3.3 lists co-working spaces as group Bwith minimum area, capital, management, equipment and utility requirements. Renting a desk in TDV 2 does not make the tenant a promoted co-working operator.","keywords":["8.3.3","coworking","operator"],"sources":["boi174"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-190","category":"Digital activities","question":"What minimum area is required for BOI co-working-space operation?","answer":"The 8.3.3 entry requires at least 2,000 m²service area. This is an operator activity condition, not a minimum size a startup must rent.","keywords":["coworking","2000","area"],"sources":["boi174"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-191","category":"Digital activities","question":"What minimum capital is listed for a co-working operator?","answer":"The entry requires at least THB 10 million investment excluding land and working capital. It also requires management and service infrastructure; a capital figure alone is not sufficient.","keywords":["coworking","10 million","capital"],"sources":["boi174"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-192","category":"Digital activities","question":"What management systems does the co-working entry require?","answer":"The entry lists co-working management, membership management and supporting management, alongside equipment and utilities. Assess the actual operating model rather than just floor space.","keywords":["coworking","membership","management"],"sources":["boi174"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-193","category":"Digital activities","question":"Does smart-city area development have Thai-shareholding conditions?","answer":"Yes.8.4.1 requires Thai nationals to hold at least 51%of registered capital. This specific rule prevents a blanket claim that every BOI digital activity permits unrestricted foreign ownership.","keywords":["8.4.1","smart city","51","ownership"],"sources":["boi175"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-194","category":"Digital activities","question":"What smart systems are required for smart-city area development?","answer":"The 8.4.1 entry requires smart environment and at least 1 other listed smart system, plus communications, data-platform, approval and other conditions. Not every dashboard is a qualifying area-development project.","keywords":["smart environment","smart city","systems"],"sources":["boi175"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-195","category":"Digital activities","question":"Does the smart-city area entry require an open-data connection?","answer":"Yes. It requires data storage and management connected to an open-data platform. This is an application condition; it does not imply unrestricted publication of personal or confidential data.","keywords":["open data","CDP","smart city"],"sources":["boi175"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-196","category":"Digital activities","question":"Must smart-city area development have prior approval?","answer":"The entry requires approval from the responsible smart-city authority before the promotion application, plus KPIs and community/public-investment requirements. A self-declared smart-city project is not enough.","keywords":["smart city","approval","KPI"],"sources":["boi175"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-197","category":"Digital activities","question":"Do smart-city area projects require a public hearing?","answer":"The 8.4.1 conditions include a local-community public hearing and a proposed public-investment plan. Document engagement and responses rather than treating participation as a decorative project claim.","keywords":["public hearing","smart city","community"],"sources":["boi175"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-198","category":"Digital activities","question":"How is smart-city system development different from area development?","answer":"8.4.2 covers development, installation and services for smart-city systems and must be part of an approved smart-city project. It is distinct from 8.4.1 area development and its ownership requirements.","keywords":["8.4.2","smart city system","area"],"sources":["boi175"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-199","category":"Digital activities","question":"What EEC-specific treatment is listed for smart-city development?","answer":"The smart-city entries state a further 50%corporate-income-tax reduction for 5 years after the exemption ends for qualifying EECprojects. Confirm the current announcement and certificate before counting this benefit.","keywords":["smart city","EEC","50 percent","5 years"],"sources":["boi175"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-200","category":"Digital activities","question":"Can an R&D project receive BOI promotion?","answer":"Activity 10.2 lists basic, applied, pilot and demonstration development with researcher and expenditure/capital conditions. It is not enough to rename ordinary service delivery as research.","keywords":["10.2","R&D","research"],"sources":["boi182","boi183"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-201","category":"Digital activities","question":"What minimum salary or investment route is listed for R&D?","answer":"The 10.2 entry provides at least THB 1.5 million annual newly employed R&D personnel salaries, or at least THB 1 million capital excluding land, working capital and vehicles. Other conditions still apply.","keywords":["R&D","salary","1.5 million","1 million"],"sources":["boi183"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-202","category":"Digital activities","question":"Can civil or architectural design use the engineering-design entry?","answer":"The 10.3 engineering-design entry explicitly excludes civil engineering and architectural design. Check the correct classification instead of extending the name to all design services.","keywords":["10.3","engineering","architecture","civil"],"sources":["boi183"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-203","category":"Digital activities","question":"Are scientific laboratories and calibration listed?","answer":"Yes. The guide lists 10.4 scientific laboratories and 10.5 calibration services as A1. Confirm the proposed scope, general criteria and applicable technical/approval requirements.","keywords":["10.4","10.5","calibration","laboratory"],"sources":["boi184"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-204","category":"Digital activities","question":"Can vocational training centres receive promotion?","answer":"10.7.1 covers approved technical training in specified fields and requires equipment and training laboratories. The guide lists A1; the actual training scope must be approved.","keywords":["10.7.1","vocational","training centre"],"sources":["boi184"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-205","category":"Digital activities","question":"Is an International Business Center automatically CIT-exempt under BOI?","answer":"The BOI 10.1.2 IBCentry is group B. Do not confuse BOI promotion with a separate Revenue Department tax regime; confirm the service scope, capital and staffing conditions.","keywords":["IBC","10.1.2","headquarters","tax"],"sources":["boi181","boi182"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-206","category":"Digital activities","question":"What capital and staffing does the BOI IBC entry specify?","answer":"The entry requires at least THB 10 million paid-up capital and generally 10 skilled staff, with a5 staff exception for treasury-only service. Other service-scope and incentive restrictions apply.","keywords":["IBC","10 million","10 staff","5 staff"],"sources":["boi181"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-207","category":"EECO incentives","question":"What CIT exemption range does EECO describe under the EEC Act?","answer":"EECO describes 1–15 years for net profits from approved operations, with project-specific negotiation and conditions. The maximum is a possibility within an approval framework, not an automatic TDVtenant benefit.","keywords":["EECO","1 to15","15 years","CIT"],"sources":["eec-benefits"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-208","category":"EECO incentives","question":"When does the EECO CIT exemption period start according to its guidance?","answer":"The page describes the period from the date revenue is first earned for approved operations. Confirm the trigger, approved scope and evidence in the project’s actual package.","keywords":["EECO","revenue","start date"],"sources":["eec-benefits"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-209","category":"EECO incentives","question":"Can EECO grant a CIT reduction instead of an exemption?","answer":"The page describes up to 50%reduction for 1–10 years for investors who do not receive a CIT exemption. It is a conditional possible incentive, not a universal alternative selectable without approval.","keywords":["EECO","50 percent","1 to10","reduction"],"sources":["eec-benefits"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-210","category":"EECO incentives","question":"Can EECO grant a reduction after an exemption?","answer":"The page describes up to 50%reduction for 1–5 years after an exemption of up to 8 years. Confirm the precise applicable package rather than stacking headline maxima.","keywords":["EECO","after exemption","5 years"],"sources":["eec-benefits"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-211","category":"EECO incentives","question":"What additional investment deduction does EECO describe?","answer":"For investors receiving neither CIT exemption nor reduction, the page describes a negotiated additional 1–70%of actual investment capital, excluding normal depreciation, within the stated 10-year framework.","keywords":["EECO","70 percent","investment deduction"],"sources":["eec-benefits"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-212","category":"EECO incentives","question":"Does EECO describe double utility-cost deductions?","answer":"Yes. It describes twice-actual eligible transport, electricity and water expenses for a period specified by the Negotiation Committee. This is not a statement that all utility bills qualify.","keywords":["EECO","double deduction","water","electricity"],"sources":["eec-benefits"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-213","category":"EECO incentives","question":"What facility-cost deduction does EECO describe?","answer":"The page describes an additional 1–25%of construction or installation investment costs, in addition to normal depreciation, within the stated 10-year framework. Approval and permitted costs must be confirmed.","keywords":["EECO","25 percent","facilities","construction"],"sources":["eec-benefits"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-214","category":"EECO incentives","question":"What dividend treatment does EECO describe?","answer":"The guidance describes dividends from CIT-exempt operations being excluded from taxable income during the exemption and within 6 months after it ends. Verify the recipient, conditions and applicable tax treatment.","keywords":["EECO","dividends","6 months"],"sources":["eec-benefits"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-215","category":"EECO incentives","question":"What royalty or goodwill treatment does EECO describe?","answer":"The page describes 5 years of exclusion for goodwill, royalties or other rights from first revenue. Applicability and the negotiated approved package need confirmation; this is not a universal IPtax exemption.","keywords":["EECO","royalties","goodwill","5 years"],"sources":["eec-benefits"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-216","category":"EECO incentives","question":"What machinery benefit does EECO describe?","answer":"Import-duty exemption may apply to machinery approved by the Negotiation Committee. The existence of this option does not make every imported machine tax-free.","keywords":["EECO","machinery","customs"],"sources":["eec-benefits"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-217","category":"EECO incentives","question":"Can EECO approve R&D equipment and materials duty relief?","answer":"The guidance includes approved items imported for research, development and related testing. Item eligibility, approved use and the implementation process must be checked for the specific project.","keywords":["EECO","R&D","equipment","duty"],"sources":["eec-benefits"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-218","category":"EECO incentives","question":"Can EECO approve export-input duty relief?","answer":"The guidance includes raw and essential inputs for manufacturing, mixing or assembling products for export, subject to the Committee’s terms. Domestic-use and transaction obligations require separate review.","keywords":["EECO","raw materials","exports"],"sources":["eec-benefits"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-219","category":"EECO incentives","question":"Does EECO’s general incentive page prove my eligibility?","answer":"No. Its descriptions are an overview of possible approved benefits. Use the current criteria and application steps, and obtain a project-specific determination before including benefits in a financial model.","keywords":["EECO","eligibility","application"],"sources":["eec-benefits","eec-process"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-220","category":"EECO incentives","question":"Which should I approach first: depa, BOI or EECO?","answer":"Use depa for campus services and space; BOI for national activity-based promotion; EECO for EEC-Act and zone questions. A coordinated enquiry can identify the appropriate route, but each authority retains its role.","keywords":["depa","BOI","EECO","who","first"],"sources":["contact","boi11","eec-process"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-221","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Is EEC water scarcity a real investment concern?","answer":"Yes. World Bank analysis identifies dry-season water-supply stress in the EEC. The investment response is a site-specific supply, reuse and resilience assessment, not a claim that every location has the same shortage.","keywords":["water scarcity","drought","risk","shortage"],"sources":["wb"],"status":"attributed-analysis","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-222","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Does building more reservoirs alone resolve EEC water risk?","answer":"World Bank analysis says supply augmentation alone is insufficient and points to efficiency and circularity. Test demand reduction, reuse and drought scenarios alongside any proposed additional supply.","keywords":["reservoir","water reuse","circularity"],"sources":["wb"],"status":"attributed-analysis","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-223","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"How should a data-centre investor answer water criticisms?","answer":"Provide a project-specific water balance, cooling design, source, seasonal demand, reuse, discharge and contingency plan. The BOIguide already requires water-management plans; that requirement is not evidence that a particular project meets it.","keywords":["data center","water criticism","cooling"],"sources":["wb","boi169","boi171"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-224","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Do water-demand projections prove a current TDV supply failure?","answer":"No. Regional analysis and projections are not a measurement of the campus connection. Obtain site-level supplier capacity and reliability evidence while retaining the regional risk in the assessment.","keywords":["TDV","water","projection","supply"],"sources":["wb","contact"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-225","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Are community concerns about industrial water allocation documented?","answer":"Yes. Recent reporting describes concerns about industrial demand, ecological impacts and fair access, alongside official responses. Treat these as attributed concerns and examine actual local allocation and engagement evidence.","keywords":["community","water fairness","allocation"],"sources":["water-report"],"status":"attributed-analysis","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-226","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Can I claim the project is sustainable because it has a tax incentive?","answer":"No. Tax eligibility does not establish environmental performance. Verify energy, water, emissions, waste, resilience and community outcomes using a defined boundary and actual evidence.","keywords":["greenwashing","sustainable","tax"],"sources":["wb","boi9"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-227","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Does low PUE mean a data centre is low-water?","answer":"No. PUEmeasures energy overhead, not water consumption. Assess cooling-water use and local water stress separately; the BOIguide has a separate water-management-plan condition.","keywords":["PUE","WUE","water","efficiency"],"sources":["boi168","boi169","wb"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-228","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Do renewable-energy claims remove the need to verify power supply?","answer":"No. Confirm the connection, firm capacity, redundancy, energy procurement terms and emissions-accounting basis. A renewable ambition is not an executable supply agreement.","keywords":["renewable","power","capacity","green"],"sources":["plan","wb"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-229","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"How should climate risk affect a site decision?","answer":"Use site-specific flood, heat, drainage, coastal and water assessments with engineering and insurance input. National or regional climate analysis identifies questions; it is not a parcel-level hazard survey.","keywords":["climate","flood","heat","coastal"],"sources":["wb"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-230","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Can the campus drainage visualisation certify flood safety?","answer":"No. Design linework and a simulation are not a calibrated flood model, surveyed drainage network or certification. Verify elevations, outfalls, design storms, maintenance and downstream conditions.","keywords":["drainage","flood","safety","model"],"sources":["wb"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-231","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Are land and human-rights criticisms of the EEC documented?","answer":"Yes. The International Commission of Jurists’2020 report examines legal protections, participation, land and remedies in EEC/SEZdevelopment. It is a dated critique, not a finding that every present TDVproject violates rights.","keywords":["land rights","human rights","ICJ","criticism"],"sources":["icj"],"status":"attributed-analysis","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-232","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"How should an investor respond to land-rights concerns?","answer":"Verify title and rights, consult affected people, assess livelihood impacts and provide accessible grievance/remedy arrangements. Present the actual evidence and unresolved issues rather than dismissing a historical critique.","keywords":["land","livelihood","compensation","rights"],"sources":["icj"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-233","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Does a government approval eliminate community grievances?","answer":"No. Approval and meaningful participation are different. Document consultation, impacts, commitments and how complaints are handled; do not assume a permit settles every affected person’s concern.","keywords":["grievance","consultation","approval"],"sources":["icj"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-234","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Does the ICJ 2020 report establish current violations at TDV?","answer":"No. It provides historical legal and human-rights analysis of EEC/SEZframeworks. A current, site-specific allegation needs current evidence and a fair opportunity for responsible parties to respond.","keywords":["ICJ","2020","TDV","allegation"],"sources":["icj"],"status":"historical-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-235","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Are high-speed-rail delays a material downside scenario?","answer":"Yes. Public reporting and the project’s unfinished status justify testing a road-based operating case and phased commitments. This library does not invent a final contract outcome or guaranteed revised opening date.","keywords":["rail delay","risk","downside"],"sources":["rail","rail-report"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-236","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"How should I answer “Is EEC all promises?”","answer":"Separate assets already operating from expansion plans and unrealised targets. Show dated milestones, actual customer contracts and a viable base case; acknowledge unresolved delivery risks rather than answering with more promotional totals.","keywords":["criticism","promises","hype","delivery"],"sources":["plan","flagship","rail-report"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-237","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Can incentives compensate for a weak business model?","answer":"Not by themselves. Model market demand, margins, financing, implementation and downside before incentives, then add only confirmed benefits. The guide is a promotion framework, not a profitability guarantee.","keywords":["business model","subsidy","profitability"],"sources":["boi11"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-238","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"What if incentives change before I apply?","answer":"The guide itself directs readers to updates and amendments. Check the current announcement and obtain written project-specific advice; retain the edition/date so older guidance is not mistaken for a current entitlement.","keywords":["policy change","amendment","certainty"],"sources":["boi2"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-239","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Does a national project announcement prove a project is financed?","answer":"No. Announcement, approval, financial close, construction and operation are separate milestones. Request the evidence relevant to your dependency instead of treating all stages as equivalent.","keywords":["financing","financial close","announcement"],"sources":["rail-report"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-240","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"How can investors avoid double-counting EEC economic benefits?","answer":"Keep annual output, approved investment, realised expenditure, exports, jobs and capacity in separate series with dates and units. Do not add them into a single “economic value” number.","keywords":["double counting","statistics","GDP","investment"],"sources":["nso","plan"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-241","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Are per-capita GPP and total GPP interchangeable?","answer":"No. Per-capita output is per person; total GPP is an aggregate currency value. Mixing the columns can materially distort the EEC economic baseline.","keywords":["per capita","total","GPP","error"],"sources":["nso"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-242","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Can a forecast be shown as a live number?","answer":"No. Retain the forecast period and label, and distinguish it from observations. For example, the EECplan’s6.3%growth expectation is not a real-time measured growth rate.","keywords":["forecast","live","target","statistics"],"sources":["plan"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-243","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Can current AIS dots establish all ships in the Strait of Malacca?","answer":"No. AISfeed coverage, update age, reception and vessel participation limit what is observed. Report the feed’s delivered observations and timestamp, not a comprehensive count inferred from an attractive animation.","keywords":["AIS","ships","Malacca","live coverage"],"sources":["app-notes"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-244","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Can animated aircraft be described as live flights?","answer":"Only if the displayed feed is genuinely current and appropriately labelled. This application’s historical traffic illustrations must retain their sample period and limitations; animation itself is not live evidence.","keywords":["flights","aircraft","live","historical"],"sources":["app-notes"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-245","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"How should I compare TDV with another location?","answer":"Use comparable current quotes, approved benefits, staff access, utility commitments, delivery milestones and customer/logistics needs. Regional branding alone cannot determine which site is best for a specific project.","keywords":["comparison","alternative site","location"],"sources":["contact","boi11","plan"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-246","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"What should a downside investment case include?","answer":"Test delayed infrastructure, slower revenue, recruitment constraints, utility interruption, higher costs and unavailable incentives. State the assumptions explicitly rather than displaying a single promised return.","keywords":["downside","sensitivity","risk","ROI"],"sources":["rail-report","wb","boi11"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-247","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"How can local people benefit beyond investor tax holidays?","answer":"Define and monitor local hiring, skills, supplier development, access to services and community commitments. The EECplan includes community benefits; actual delivery requires specific evidence.","keywords":["local jobs","community","suppliers"],"sources":["plan"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-248","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"How should investors address skills-shortage concerns?","answer":"Map the roles and proficiency required, recruit against a realistic timeline and agree training partners and budgets. The plan’s skills objective and BOIconditions support action but do not prove that staff are available.","keywords":["skills shortage","talent","recruitment"],"sources":["plan","boi35"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-249","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Should every criticism receive a reassuring answer?","answer":"No. A useful answer states the concern, evidence, response options and what remains unresolved. The library should help an investor or community ask a better question, not manufacture certainty.","keywords":["criticism","balanced","uncertainty"],"sources":["icj","wb"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-250","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Who should verify a claim that a particular project harms communities?","answer":"Use current site-specific evidence, responsible authorities, affected people and independent expertise as appropriate. A general regional critique cannot establish guilt or clearance for an individual project.","keywords":["allegation","community","evidence"],"sources":["icj"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-251","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"Does a regional environmental assessment replace a project assessment?","answer":"No such equivalence is established here. Check the applicable project-specific legal requirements and local engineering evidence; regional analysis is context for identifying risks.","keywords":["EIA","regional","environmental"],"sources":["boi9","wb"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-252","category":"Risks & scrutiny","question":"What evidence is missing before I can make a binding TDV commitment?","answer":"At least current availability and price, approved use, handover/commissioning status, utility commitments, contracts and project-specific regulatory/incentive decisions. This library does not contain a signed offer for your project.","keywords":["due diligence","missing evidence","commitment"],"sources":["contact","boi11"],"status":"due-diligence","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-253","category":"Visas & people","question":"Are Smart T, I and E still open to new applications?","answer":"BOI Por.5/2568 repeals the older Smart Visa criteria and retains the startup-entrepreneur route and dependants. Do not use legacy Talent, Investor or Executive pages as invitations for new applications; check the current relevant visa route.","keywords":["Smart T","Smart I","Smart E","closed","new applications"],"sources":["smart-2025"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-254","category":"Visas & people","question":"Who is the current Smart S startup route for?","answer":"The announcement addresses entrepreneurs with an already established Thai startup in a targeted industry, certified by a relevant agency such as depa or NIA. It is not a generic visa for anyone planning a future startup.","keywords":["Smart S","startup","visa","established"],"sources":["smart-2025"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-255","category":"Visas & people","question":"What ownership or director condition does Smart S specify?","answer":"The applicant must hold at least 25% of registered capital or be a director of the established and certified company. Other financial, insurance, certification and immigration conditions also apply.","keywords":["Smart S","25 percent","director","shares"],"sources":["smart-2025"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-256","category":"Visas & people","question":"What savings requirement does Smart S specify?","answer":"The announcement specifies at least THB 600,000 or equivalent in a qualifying account, maintained for at least 3months at application. An additional THB 180,000 per dependant must also have been held for at least 3 months.","keywords":["Smart S","600000","180000","deposit","savings"],"sources":["smart-2025"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-257","category":"Visas & people","question":"Does Smart S require health insurance?","answer":"Yes. The announcement requires health-insurance coverage for the entire stay for the applicant, lawful spouse and legitimate children. Confirm the required evidence with the Smart Visa Unit.","keywords":["Smart S","health insurance","dependants"],"sources":["smart-2025"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-258","category":"Visas & people","question":"How long is the current Smart S permission described as lasting?","answer":"The announcement describes permission not exceeding 2years for eligible established-startup entrepreneurs, subject to the relevant criteria and immigration procedures. Former pre-establishment 6-month or 1-year descriptions should not be treated as the current route.","keywords":["Smart S","2 years","6 months","1 year"],"sources":["smart-2025"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-259","category":"Visas & people","question":"Can a qualifying Smart S founder work without a separate work permit?","answer":"The announcement allows work in non-prohibited professions on certified projects or activities for the permitted stay, without a work permit under the relevant employment law. Changes or additions require further certification.","keywords":["Smart S","founder","work permit","certification"],"sources":["smart-2025"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-260","category":"Visas & people","question":"Can a Smart S spouse work?","answer":"The announcement gives lawful dependent spouses work rights that must not exceed those of the main holder. It does not establish unrestricted work permission for every dependant or every activity.","keywords":["Smart O","spouse","dependant","work"],"sources":["smart-2025"],"status":"official-reference","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-261","category":"Visas & people","question":"Is the announced EEC visa a guaranteed 10-year stay?","answer":"No. The 2024PRDannouncement describes visa validity tied to the employment contract, with first-entry stay not exceeding 5years. Confirm current eligibility and implementation; validity and permitted stay are different.","keywords":["EEC visa","10 years","5 years","validity"],"sources":["eec-visa"],"status":"confirmation-needed","checked":"2026-11-03"},{"id":"faq-262","category":"Visas & people","question":"Does the EEC visa announcement make 17% income tax automatic for everyone?","answer":"No. The 2024announcement mentions 17% tax treatment, but an investor should verify the current legal eligibility and tax conditions separately. Campus tenancy or a general EEC address does not prove entitlement.","keywords":["17 percent","income tax","EEC visa","PIT"],"sources":["eec-visa"],"status":"confirmation-needed","checked":"2026-11-03"}]}