Tax Benefit
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RMF
Retirement Mutual Fund: RMF
Retirement Mutual Fund (RMF) is a mutual fund that aims to promote savings and individual’s investment to prepare for retirement. Investors will receive tax privilege and the amount that invest in RMF must not more than 30 % of accessible income per year when combined with the contribution to provident fund or pension fund and shall not exceed 500,000 baht with holding, continuation not less than five years since the first investment and can be redeemed when the investor is 55 years of age.
Investment policy of RMF
RMF can be invest at maximum 30 % of accessible income and not exceed 500,000 baht of the tax calendar year. However, it will be include
  • Provident fund contribution
  • Pension fund contribution
  • Private teacher aid fund contribution
  • Pension Insurance premium
  • Super Savings Fund
All the contribution or premium paid above will be include in 15 % of accessible income and not exceed 500,000 baht for tax exemption according to condition applied.
There is no minimum investment limit. But have to keep investing in every year.
   
Can redeem after invest in RMF 5 years constitutively since first investment and at the age of 55 years except disable or die.
Tax Privilege of RMF
We can use RMF for tax exemption at the maximum amount not more than 30 % of accessible income and not exceed 500,000 baht. If investor invest according to Revenue department condition, the capital gain from investment is exempted from personal tax income.
Example 1
Accessible Income
840,000 Baht
30 % of Accessible Income
(840,000x30%)
252,000 Baht
Use RMF for tax exemption
252,000 Baht
Example 2
Accessible Income
5,000,000 Baht
30 % of Accessible Income
(5,000,000x30%)
1,500,000 Baht
Use RMF for tax exemption
500,000 Baht
Tax Privilege table of RMF
New personal income tax table
(From 1 January 2017 onward)
Net Income per year Max in each tier Tax rate (%) Tax in each tier Accumulate Tax in each
1 - 150,000 150,000 Exemption 0 0
150,001 - 300,000 150,000 5% 7,500 7,500
300,001 - 500,000 200,000 10% 20,000 27,500
500,001 - 750,000 250,000 15% 37,500 65,000
750,001 - 1,000,000 250,000 20% 50,000 115,000
1,000,001 - 2,000,000 1,000,000 25% 250,000 365,000
2,000,001 - 5,000,000 2,000,000 30% 600,000 965,000
5,000,001 Up - 35% - -
Tax Privilege table of RMF
Example of Tax exemption from investing in RMF
Net Accessible Income Tax 5% Tax 20% Tax 25% Tax 35%
No RMF Invest in RMF No RMF Invest in RMF No RMF Invest in RMF No RMF Invest in RMF
Accessible Income (yearly) 300,000 840,000 1,440,000 5,100,000
Less Expense
(50% but not more than 100,000 )		 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000
Income after expense 200,000 740,000 1,340,000 5,000,000
Less personal exemption 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000
Less invest in RMF - 40,000 - 100,000 - 200,000 - 500,000
Total exemption 60,000 100,000 60,000 160,000 60,000 260,000 60,000 560,000
Net Income 140,000 100,000 680,000 580,000 1,280,000 1,080,000 4,940,000 4,440,000
Tax to pay 0 0 54,500 12,000 185,000 135,000 1,994,000 1,819,000
Tax Save - - - 42,500 - 50,000 - 175,000
Wrong condition of Invest in RMF
Subscription with wrong condition
  1. In the case of subscription more than allowance limited amount, it will be effect in the redemption of this amount. Investor must include capital gain from redemption in calculate personal income tax of that tax year as income under section 40 (8)
  2. In the case of subscription less than allowance limited amount, investor must return all tax benefit from previous 5 calendar years and must pay tax within March of next year.
Redemption with wrong condition
  1. In the case of invest in RMF more than 5 years but redeem before age 55 years old, investor must return all tax benefit from previous 5 calendar years since the year that redeem in wrong condition and have to made the tax payment within March of next year that redeem. If investor fail to make the payment within condition period, the incremental or penalty will be charge to investor.
  2. In the case of invest in RMF less than 5 years, Investor must include capital gain from redemption in calculate personal income tax of that tax year as income under section 40 (8) and return all tax benefit from previous 5 calendar years since the year that redeem in wrong condition and have to made the tax payment within March of next year that redeem.
Information of RMF before investing
RMF
Tax Calculation