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Thx. My plan (already set in motion) is to stay in LoS less then 180 days in 2024, this to wait and see what these new rules will bring.

Question please. Does that mean that it is better that you do a tax return even if you only stay in the Country less then 180 days in the year?

Thx. I did not read all pages. But oke. Will remove it! <deleted> (trying to help and you get <deleted>)

Maybe this makes it clearer for you Attachment Removed

Read the Excel sheet again please Tax is calculated per year and the Sheet calculates 65.000 THB per month over a year period. (and thus accumulates 780.000 THB) which the Sheet calculates tax over as Tax is calculated per YEAR and not per month

That is why I said

Common Reporting Standard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Reporting_Standard

Nah more like 71k (Figures just basic thus no deductions etc etc)

Yep speed is something you get used to, when I was young connecting to a BBS on a 2400 baud Modem, I was so jealous of they guys that had 9600 or 14.4 Kbit/s WOW. And now look we have 300MiB and we still sometimes think it's slow 5555555555555555

We told them so many times, but no use. I am more then happy with what I have because the alternative is 4G/5G and that definitely (at that time) didn't work here. In our other (OLD House) they strung the cable (Fiber) over the ground as well, they forgot about it and only when we called they came and a guy climbed up a ladder and tied the cable to a another cable that was there with a tie wrap

I have 300/300MiB (but paying for 500/500 but the speedtest goes only to 300) here now, and I live 1,5km from the nearest box and I download from my Server in Europe at great speeds. I am very happy, the only bad things that happen (knock wood) is during rice harvest. Because the guys left the cable (our one) hanging a bit low, so during rice harvest the harvester snaps it, but it's usually fixed in a couple of hours

I still have that AIS Wifi Box somewhere (I recall I paid (back then) around 1800 THB per month for unlimited data.

I fully agree that 18k is expensive, but just have 1 month with that 4G/5G connection and let's talk again. In my area, after 4pm I could not even stream Radio stations till around 10pm and forget about it in the weekends and on Holidays. But of course YMMV Edit: The 18k was the price around 2-3 years ago, so could have become cheaper.

@Encid No idea, I used that AIS Wifi (4G) when we build here, but what got us our Fiber was 1- Find out which provider service your Area 2- Pester their Info number (local office also) often 3- Mention that you are willing to pay for the Cable to be run to your location 4- Find out who the designated Service People are and give them some "coffee money" 5- Have patience In the end the only provider in the area came and pulled a line (just for us) over a distance of around 1,5kms at a cost of around 18k THB and from start to finish this took around 4-5 months.

The husband of a girl in the Wife's village is also working in Israel, he is already there a couple of years. She (up till today) has received news that he is oke and is being brought to a save place. But that said she is still having sleepless nights. Hope everything turns out oke for all!

How things have changed. Glad you were on the ball

Is your address with Wise in Thailand? If so then NO. Mine is in Europe and I got the card send to my Postal address there and then friends FedEx(ed) it over.

Thx. I have looked and checked over 2022 the interest and stock gains are less then the RD 150.000 THB exempt and then I also have 60k (I believe) extra because I am married. Will still go out of the country for at least 6 months to be on the safe side.

In the OP (in the Thai text) it says this

I wonder how the RD going to deal with this situation I am still too young to get a Pension and just live of Savings (sold my house etc etc many moons ago) and I am not a registered Citizen in my Home Country any more. Most of my assets (accounts) are still there though. Money for Immigration is in a Fixed Deposit account since ages and I just transfer money in (declared as living expenses) once in a while (when we need it). But just to be on the safe side I will stay (in 2024) out of Thailand for approx 6 months at least till the dust settles.

+1 That is what I am also going to do for the first year (2024) for sure Ps: Please do note (I don't know about the UK) but EU is the same as Thailand with their 180 days in the year Tax Residency, so I don't know if that will affect you.

You are correct in your thinking, but even transfers (EURO which converted are well over 50k THB) are almost instantly added to your Balance and don't take a day or so to get transferred to your Thai Bank account and that is why I use it. And transferring the money out there is AFAIK only a fee of 31(ish) (YMMV) THB for any transfer Have a look at this screenshot (taken just now) taken when sending 90.000 THB to my Thai Bank account and the fee is only 31,70 THB (This transfer would arrive on Monday (tmrw) in my Thai Bank account) I personally like it, but it's up to personal preferences of course)

Correct, but until that is the case it's Stress Galore IMHO and with Thai's you can't say how long that is going to be the case

YOU (MAY) have to prove that you HAVE been in Thailand during 1 year (Jan 1 - Dec 31) LESS then 180 days. Count your days carefully. It's clear as mud currently!

MY bad!! I will edit my post! Edited