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5 hours ago, Kerryd said:

 if he tries any shenanigans (like changing his name) no doubt he'd get reported (again) by the same person that reported him the first time.

Only if he was dumb enough to go back to the same town. 
It's tough if they're not getting fingerprints on arrival. 

13 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Idiots. When they remove the COVID-19 "certificate" requirement, plus 100K USD insurance requirement, they may get some tourists back.

They don't seem to realise airlines worldwide have drastically curtailed services, because they have no passengers.

You're absolutely right. No one can get a test in most places unless they are sick. This is laughable. 
Looking into Aruba for the summer. 

1 minute ago, dougiemac52 said:

So travelling through Hong Kong you must self quarantine?

Yes. That's what it says. 

1 minute ago, sahibji said:

hope the figures presented are correct. 

LOL. You should have put ???? after that statement.  

So everyone transiting HKG airport? WOW. 

48 minutes ago, geriatrickid said:

He is no longer subject to  the US tax system. For those who have wealth, it is worth something. On the other hand, he lived in Thailand since the age of 2. He most likely has a limited education and is a holy roller so more concerned with his religion than anything else.

It isn't a tax issue people. The first over 100,000 is excluded for non-resident citizens. Do you seriously think this guy makes that much? 

On 2/28/2020 at 10:16 PM, Hank Gunn said:

It’s actually over $100,000 now and I seriously doubt this guy makes that much, so worries about US taxes that many in this thread mention are a moot point.

Thanks for the update Hank. I was lazy to check. 

34 minutes ago, RadKiter said:

He owes tax to the USA ONLY through the time of his renunciation.  Not AFTER. 

 

https://nomadcapitalist.com/2018/06/16/tax-consequences-of-renouncing/

 

And probably didn’t own anything anyway. 
 

And if he never goes to the US it wouldn’t matter anyway. Thailand doesn’t extradite it’s citizens.

18 hours ago, webfact said:

renouncing my American citizenship. I consider it the greatest honor of my life to be able to give my undivided

17 hours ago, zydeco said:

This doesn't let him off the hook with the IRS.

It does if

1. He’s never going back to America no matter how much he makes. There is no extradition for tax evasion.

2. it’s likely that he doesn’t make enough to owe the IRS anything. The first $70,000 or so is excluded from tax.

23 hours ago, BritManToo said:

One of the problems with all these reports is they use stock photos.

This one could have been taken 10 years ago, where's all the mobile phones?

Nobody with a phone, or earphones, or reading a digital book ........ how likely is that today?

According to Google Images this didn't exist on the internet until two days ago, so not a stock photo. End of conspiracy theory. 

18 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

An impressive response from the medical services. 
 

Its good to see this response rather than ‘no insurance no hospital’ type approach... 

 

Even in unfortunate circumstances it’s good to see Thailand in a positive light in the news for a change. 

 

Well... Their other option was not to hospitalize him and leave him to spread the disease around Thailand. 

With around 100 entries I've never had more than $100 and usually no hotel booking and have never been asked to show either. 
I rarely carry that much cash in any case. The only people that ask about an onward ticket are the airlines when flying in--which does happen in which case I book a refundable on the spot and cancel it as soon as they're done with it. 

11 hours ago, Vacuum said:

"world travels" 

 

You mean domestic travels, as most/very many Thais don't ha ve a passport?

I'm pretty sure that was a joke that went a mile over your head. LOL

He almost sounds Canadian. If he's American he must be from the upper Midwest. 

Obviously a Trump supporter. ????

Oh, and I have no idea how you Brits live off pensions that small whether in or out of Britain. Under £300 per month for some of you? Ridiculous. 

But I guess a buddy of mine who works over there is still sharing a four bedroom house with three other people and he's 40-something... that's nearly unheard of in America. 

On 8/17/2018 at 1:40 AM, robblok said:

My mistake i think you might be right. 

Mel Gibson is a US citizen and Aussie permanent resident. He was born in New York to an Irish mother (her parents were immigrants to Australia). His father was American. They moved to Australia when he was a kid and he was raised there, so he has strong ties to both countries. 

15 hours ago, colinneil said:

What a joke, 78 times he is only fined 200 baht, so he will just carry on, doing just as he pleases, he will make the 200 baht back on his first passenger.

Wake up you silly sods, fine him 10.000 baht, ban him, problem solved.

And he should lose his taxi license. 

On 10/5/2019 at 3:23 PM, NeoDinosaw said:

you's livin' in Russia ?

Florida, for part of the year.

6 hours ago, DLock said:

Humor me.

 

Explain as if I was a 5 year old how the Thai Leaders manipulating the currency for their own gain?

I agree with you. I was talking about the guy you responded to.

3 minutes ago, fruitman said:

To make big big money out of it...if you now buy cfd's long for 1 billion us$ that can make a huge profit cause cfd's use a multiplier. 

 

If you were a Thai billionaire and read that the baht will go down, would you just sit out the ride down or do something??

 

Big chance the baht can go down by 20-50% or even more..if you get the multiplier on that, times 10 or 20 or even 50 you can easy get rich...the only problem is when the baht strengthens more.....then the multiplier works against you.

Good point. 

2 minutes ago, gk10002000 said:

The foreign earned income exclusion can be great.  As I retire soon, I won't be working in Thailand.  My income will be from my investment stocks and bonds and funds dividends and interest as well as my social security.  US Fed taxes will unfortunately still apply, as it would to most people's pensions as it is NOT earned income.  I am a Florida state resident so I don't pay state income taxes.  Florida is pretty cheap to live in many areas.  and the beach waters in general are clean to swim in all up and down the East Coast

Yeah, I have a condo in downtown St Petersburg.
There's nowhere else in the US I'd live. Cali is nice, but the taxes are pretty high. New England is too cold. The rest of the place is an ignorant backwater populated by hillbillies and religious nuts.