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BOI Section 8 Senior Living and Aged Care Facility Incentive Package

0% import duty, CIT holiday 5-8 years for licensed villages

As ofFY2024-FY2027 incentive window·Sources2·Primary

Thailand Board of Investment Section 8 senior-living and aged-care facility incentive package grants 0 percent import duty on medical and senior-care equipment, a corporate income tax holiday of 5 to 8 years depending on cluster location, and dividend-tax exemption for promoted activities. To qualify, operators must hold a Ministry of Public Health senior-residence licence, employ at least 60 percent local geriatric-trained nursing staff and bundle a minimum medical-care service standard. Bangkok Senior Living Group, Buddyhome, Chersery Home, BDMS Senior Care and Bumrungrad Wellness have secured Section 8 certificates between 2024 and 2026; Sompo Care, Nichii Gakkan and Benesse Style Care JV partners are filing through 2026.

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Thailand Board of Investment Section 8 senior-living and aged-care facility incentive package grants 0 percent import duty on medical and senior-care equipment, a corporate income tax holiday of 5 to 8 years depending on cluster location, and dividend-tax exemption for promoted activities. To qualify, operators must hold a Ministry of Public Health senior-residence licence, employ at least 60 percent local geriatric-trained nursing staff and bundle a minimum medical-care service standard. Bangkok Senior Living Group, Buddyhome, Chersery Home, BDMS Senior Care and Bumrungrad Wellness have secured Section 8 certificates between 2024 and 2026; Sompo Care, Nichii Gakkan and Benesse Style Care JV partners are filing through 2026.

Thailand Board of Investment Section 8 senior-living and aged-care facility incentive package grants 0 percent import duty on medical and senior-care equipment, a corporate income tax holiday of 5 to 8 years depending on cluster location, and dividend-tax exemption for promoted activities. To qualify, operators must hold a Ministry of Public Health senior-residence licence, employ at least 60 percent local geriatric-trained nursing staff and bundle a minimum medical-care service standard. Bangkok Senior Living Group, Buddyhome, Chersery Home, BDMS Senior Care and Bumrungrad Wellness have secured Section 8 certificates between 2024 and 2026; Sompo Care, Nichii Gakkan and Benesse Style Care JV partners are filing through 2026.

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FY2024-FY2027 incentive window

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Thailand Board of Investment Section 8 senior-living and aged-care facility incentive package grants 0 percent import duty on medical and senior-care equipment, a corporate income tax holiday of 5 to 8 years depending on cluster location, and dividend-tax exemption for promoted activities. To qualify, operators must hold a Ministry of Public Health senior-residence licence, employ at least 60 percent local geriatric-trained nursing staff and bundle a minimum medical-care service standard. Bangkok Senior Living Group, Buddyhome, Chersery Home, BDMS Senior Care and Bumrungrad Wellness have secured Section 8 certificates between 2024 and 2026; Sompo Care, Nichii Gakkan and Benesse Style Care JV partners are filing through 2026.

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USD 850-2,800/month (THB 28K-95K)

Thai Senior Living Premium Retirement Village Foreign Resident Monthly Average Selling Price

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Thailand Senior Living & Foreign-Retiree Villages 2027 Market Intelligence

Thailand's Long-Term Resident Pensioner Path and Non-Immigrant O-A retirement visa channels held roughly 88,000 active foreign retirees at end-2024, projected to reach 280,000 to 450,000 by 2027 across Japanese, Korean, European, Swiss, Singaporean and Hong Kong cohorts. The 2026-2027 catalyst stack: Bank of Thailand foreign-retirement deposit reform (Q3 2025) cutting the THB 3M minimum to THB 800K; BDMS, Bumrungrad, Bangkok Hospital Hua Hin, Samitivej, Chersery, Sukhumvit Health Stop, Buddyhome and Bangkok Senior Living Group building dedicated foreign-resident villages with English, Japanese, Korean and German staffing; Sompo Care, Nichii Gakkan and Benesse Style Care signing JV MOUs across 2025-2026; BOI Section 8 senior-living incentives and the Land for Foreign Retiree Long-Lease Bill (Q4 2025 consultation); Phuket, Hua Hin, Chiang Mai, Khao Yai, Pattaya, Krabi and Koh Samui retirement clusters; insurance bundling through Krungthai-AXA, AIA, Bupa, Sompo Japan, Cigna Global and IMG; Thai facility ASP of USD 850 to 2,800 monthly versus Japan USD 4,500 to 8,200 and USA USD 6,500 to 12,000 (5 to 7 times cost advantage). Our read: the 2027 Thai foreign-resident senior-living premium retirement-village segment reaches USD 1.4 to 2.6 billion (versus USD 0.2 to 0.4 billion in 2024), with BDMS Senior Care, Bumrungrad Wellness, Chersery, Sukhumvit Health Stop, Buddyhome, Bangkok Senior Living Group and 4 to 7 Japanese JV operators capturing 70 percent or more share.

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