Are there Property Taxes in Thailand?

There are no property taxes as such in Thailand that are exactly equivalent to the property taxes in the west, things like council tax etc rather than stamp duty taxes when buying/selling a property which we have wrote about separately, however the most comparable taxes on properties in Thailand are the Land Tax and the Structures Usage Tax.

The Land Tax levied on land is so miniscule, that in practice the body charged to collect it, rarely bothers to do so, and if they do, they usually wait several years until the amount accumulates. The second tax, the Structures Usage Tax, relates to buildings, is collected by the municipal office or district office, and is only applied to properties used for commercial purpose