KASIKORNBANK Financial Overview
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Summary on Government Stimulus Plans:
Economic Policies
■ Corporate income tax cut
Enhancing Competitiveness for SMEs
■Bt300 daily minimum wage
■Bt15,000 monthly salary or equivalent income for
civil servants with undergraduate degrees
■Rice pledging policy
■3-Year Performing Debt Moratorium
■Monthly welfare allowance for citizens over age 60
■Fund for Entrepreneurship
Expired Measures
'First Home' program
(Expired measure)
■'First Car' tax incentives
(Expired measure)
■GHB home loans with 0% interest for 3 years
(Expired measure)
Source: KResearch, information as of May 15, 2013
Key Points
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■Reduction in corporate income tax from 30% to 23% in 2012 and 20% in 2013 and 2014
■Financial assistance through cooperation between SME Bank, Thai Credit Guarantee
Corporation (TCG), and the Social Security Fund, as well as tax breaks
■Daily minimum wage rising to Bt300 until December 2015
■Salaries (wages plus benefits) raised to at least Bt15,000 per month
Using the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Co-operatives (BAAC) as an arm of the
government to support the rice pledging program, with prices set at Bt15,000 a tonne for white
rice and Bt20,000 a tonne for fragrant or 'Hom Mali' rice
3-year debt moratorium for small-scale farmers and low income earners with outstanding debt
not to exceed Bt500,000 per person with the interest rate reduced by 3% per year
■Monthly welfare allowance of Bt600-1,000 paid to citizens between ages 60-90
■Provide startup capital/soft loans for entrepreneurs who want to open businesses
■10% maximum personal income tax deduction (maximum Bt100,000 deduction per year) for
first-time buyers of new houses or condominiums valued below Bt5mn
■Deduction will be spread out over five years
■Rebate of the excise tax (capped at Bt100,000) on small passenger cars (engine size less than
or equal to 1,500cc) and pickup trucks worth up to Bt1mn
■Government Housing Bank (GHB) will provide up to Bt1mn in housing loans for first-time home
buyers with 0% interest for the first three years
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Summary of Four Financial Emergency Decrees
Decree Name
■Emergency decree
authorizing government
borrowing for strategic
investment plans covering
water resource
management
■Emergency decree
providing assistance
loans to flood-hit SMEs
and individuals
■Emergency decree.
establishing flood-related
insurance fund
■Emergency decree
improving management of
the Financial Institutions
Development Fund (FIDF)
debt
Key Points
■Establishing water
management system; flood
prevention program to regain
investor confidence
Providing soft-loans with
fixed interest rate of no more
than 3% for flood-affected
parties
■Establishing a flood
insurance scheme, with
favorable insurance
premiums in light of partial
government support
■Set a clear responsibility to
manage debts, particularly
yearly interest rate burdens,
by introducing additional
sources of funds from
financial institution
contributions
Implementation
Process
Approved (by Cabinet):
Jan 10, 2012
Effective date: Jan 27,
2012
■Approved (by Cabinet):
Jan 10, 2012
■Effective date: Jan 27,
2012
■ Approved (by Cabinet):
Jan 10, 2012
■Effective date: Jan 27,
2012
■Approved (by Cabinet):
Jan 10, 2012
Effective date: Jan 27,
2012
Possible Impacts/ Expected Budget
■■Bt310bn in government borrowing will have taken place by June 30, 2013
■Funding wholly comes from government borrowing
■Boosting infrastructure investment
■Bt300bn in soft-loans
■Bank of Thailand contributes up to 70% of total amount
■State-owned and commercial banks contribute the remaining amount
■As of September 2012, this measure has provided support to more than
520,000 affected customers nationwide
■■Bt50bn in funds
■Funding comes mainly from government borrowing
■As of May 7, 2013, a total of 808,119 catastrophe policies have been sold, with
reinsurance premiums under the National Catastrophe Insurance Fund
reaching Bt75,926mn
■■Until 2011, Thai banks paid 0.40% per year of the daily average deposit
amount to the Deposit Protection Agency; since January 27, 2012, the
contribution rate has been increased from 0.40% to 0.47%, of which 0.46% is
paid to the BOT to manage FIDF debts and 0.01% is paid to the DPA
According to news reports, SFIs will also be required to pay 0.47% of their
deposits into a country development fund
Source: KResearch, information as of May 2013
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