Mrs. Aromman Traiphutham, Director-General of the Department of Business Development, Ministry of Commerce, revealed that in the past, many areas in Thailand have experienced crises due to natural disasters, such as flooding in the northern provinces or other regions. In 2025, there were 47 provinces affected by natural disasters, with a total of 336,282 businesses in the area. Or even the earthquake throughout Thailand on March 28, 2025, which inevitably affected the business sector. Some businesses lost or damaged accounting and tax documents, causing business operations to come to a halt. When a disaster occurs, causing business operations to come to a halt, entrepreneurs will focus on repairing buildings and restoring their businesses so that they can resume operations as soon as possible. This makes them forget about accounting books, various documents, or how to prepare accounts and financial statements in accordance with the law. They also do not know how to contact each agency because there are many agencies involved. Sometimes, businesses are affected by not following the law or taking action later than the law requires. In particular, the impact on accounting and taxation, such as notification of lost/damaged accounting and tax documents, failure to submit financial statements within the deadline, recording or adjusting accounts related to disasters.

The Department of Business Development, as the agency that oversees accounting businesses under the Accounting Act B.E. 2543, recognizes the problems and obstacles when the business sector is hit by natural disasters. Therefore, it has an idea to help alleviate such problems and obstacles for the business sector by inviting relevant partner agencies, including the Revenue Department, the Accounting Professions Council under Royal Patronage, the Social Security Office, the Thai Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Thai Industries, the Quality Accounting Offices Association, the Thai Accounting Offices Association, the Thai Auditing Offices Association, and the Thai SME Federation, to jointly produce the 'Accounting and Tax Management Handbook during Crisis - Disaster' as a guideline and source of knowledge for the business sector and accounting professionals who are hit by crises due to natural disasters, so that they can carry out accounting and taxation correctly, quickly, and reduce the rate of wrongdoing, so that businesses can move forward steadily without interruption.

Interested business operators and accounting professionals can download The ‘Manual for Accounting and Tax Management in Crisis and Disaster’ is now available on the Department of Business Development website at www.dbd.go.th >> Business Manual >> Knowledge Base. The manual includes telephone numbers and contact channels of relevant agencies, such as the Business Accounting Division, Department of Business Development, the Revenue Department’s Information Service Center, and the Council of Accountants under Royal Patronage, so that businesses can inquire for more information directly. The department sincerely hopes that the ‘Manual for Accounting and Tax Management in Crisis and Disaster’ will be an important aid for businesses during crises caused by natural disasters, and will provide entrepreneurs with a guide to help them resolve problems quickly and effectively. For more information, please contact the Secretary of the Accounting Professional Supervision Committee, Business Accounting Division, Department of Business Development, Ministry of Commerce, Tel. 0 2547 4407, Accounting Clinic 0 2547 4396, www.dbd.go.th, and Call Center 1570,” said Director-General Aromman. #SuperDBD #Department of Business Development #Ministry of Commerce

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