Sirikanya criticizes welfare cuts for children claiming tax deductions for parents.

Matichon•Politics•23d ago

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Lawmaker criticizes new welfare policy that penalizes children claiming tax deductions for elderly parents.

•Sirikanya Tansakul, Deputy Leader of the Progressive Movement Party, criticized a new criterion for state welfare cards.
•The criterion states that individuals whose children claim them for tax deductions are ineligible for welfare.
•This policy is seen as punishing children for being filial, despite the parents meeting income requirements for welfare.
•The announcement was made on June 4.

Overview

•On June 4, Sirikanya Tansakul posted a message regarding the Ministry of Finance's new criterion for state welfare cards.
•The new criterion states that those whose children claim them for tax deductions are ineligible for state welfare cards.
•Parents who are claimed by their children for tax deductions will have their state welfare card eligibility cut.
•The tax deduction for supporting parents over 60 with income not exceeding 30,000 baht is 30,000 baht annually.
•The income threshold for receiving a welfare card is not more than 100,000 baht.
•Sirikanya Tansakul argued that this policy penalizes filial children, as the combined income of parents and children's contributions is unlikely to exceed 60,000 baht.
•Sirikanya Tansakul questioned the basis for disqualifying these individuals from welfare.
•Sirikanya Tansakul suggested that if the deduction for supporting parents were 100,000 baht, it would be more understandable.

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Key Quotes

Sirikanya Tansakul

"What is this criterion? A child can deduct 30,000 baht annually for supporting parents over 60 with income not exceeding 30,000 baht. The state supports children sending less than 3,000 baht monthly to parents, but if claimed for tax deduction, parents immediately lose welfare card eligibility."

นี่มันเกณฑ์อะไรกัน ลูกหักลดหย่อนอุปการะบุพการีได้ปีละ 30,000 บาท ให้กับพ่อแม่ที่อายุเกิน 60 ปี และมีรายได้ไม่เกิน 30,000 บาท เท่ากับว่ารัฐสนับสนุนให้ลูกส่งเงินให้พ่อแม่ใช้เดือนละไม่ถึง 3,000 แต่ถ้าเอาไปลดหย่อนเมื่อไหร่ พ่อแม่โดนตัดสิทธิรับบัตรสวัสดิการทันที

Sirikanya Tansakul

"On what basis are they cutting their rights? It becomes a punishment for filial children."

เอาอะไรไปตัดสิทธิเค้า กลายเป็นทำโทษลูกกตัญญู

Key Entities

Person

Sirikanya Tansakul(ศิริกัญญา ตันสกุล)ℹ️

Member of Parliament (List MP) and Deputy Leader of the Progressive Movement Party who criticized the government's welfare policy.

Organization

Progressive Movement Party(พรรคประชาชน)ℹ️

Political party in Thailand, represented by Sirikanya Tansakul, which Siriikanya is a Deputy Leader of.

Policy

State Welfare Card(บัตรสวัสดิการแห่งรัฐ)

A government welfare program in Thailand providing benefits to low-income citizens, which is the subject of a new, controversial eligibility criterion.