11.   Among the few results of seven months of bargaining was an agreement to scrap a tax on business capital that provided revenue for communities.

12.   Finance Minister Amnuay Viravan told reporters Tuesday that the Cabinet, yielding to protests from manufacturers, decided to scrap the tax on granite and marble.

13.   It also wants to scrap a tax on securities transactions to boost the sagging stock market, freeze the collection of land taxes to stimulate the moribund property market.

14.   It also wants to scrap a tax on securities transactions to boost the sagging stock market and freezing the collection of land taxes to stimulate the moribund property market.

15.   Since the government unveiled its tax proposals in January, it has agreed with the opposition only on scrapping a tax on business capital that provided revenue for communities.

16.   The SPD also revived its resistance to scrapping the tax on business capital, which all sides appeared to agree on earlier, he said.

17.   To spur investment, a non-residents shareholder tax would be scrapped.

18.   To spur investment, a non-resident shareholder tax would be scrapped.

19.   His association has warned if the government did not scrap the new taxes the traders might call for an indefinite closure.

20.   However, he said a timetable for scrapping the taxes had not been agreed yet.