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They did - and was also widely reported in English language media...... You really are late to the party.....Personally, and yes only my opinion, there was no initial attempt to "target"foreigners as you put it. Which would appear to be the case as so many posters have reported that individual RD offices have seemingly been nonplussed when approached by foreigners requesting TINs when they have no or limited assessable income. If they were targeted don't you think think they would have been all over them......... Really.......you should be happy that you come from a nanny state then....... As to "that is the procedure and process" - you sound like someone from a Health and Safety department. Try joining the real world if this is where you choose to live

Where do you think you are? (or perhaps you have adopted the Thai "Do you know who I am" mindset) Same in most other countries - it is up to you to be aware of the law. I don't know, but I doubt, that the US tax code is completely translated into Thai for example. I know the UK's isn't. Either breathtaking arrogance or blind stupidity

Sounds like they picked that up from the UK public service workers..... They were after a 4 day week on the same hours and pay......... https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/pcs-demands-shorter-work-week-for-civil-servants Amazingly temporarily slapped down https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/starmer-no-fourday-week-for-civil-servants

So all from 1 or 2 nationalities only and presumably this was last year so not even due to the change that happened? Any specific reason why they they may have visited you and the others as I have never heard of similar happening in Pattaya for example.

And if you read the comments following it seems pretty clear that he never used the word "foreigners" - so no it didn't state that. And yes a tax resident can be a foreigner before you go down that rabbit hole.

For how long........ Enjoy it while it lasts.

Seems to vary as other posters have apparently got away with it. Plus there was this a month ago -

As usual you have not given the full information. This has not been implemented but announced as a "plan"..... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr7enzjrymxo note this part...... Not to say it won't happen.

I take it you have not seen the multiple comments recently from posters in various threads about how their local tax office refused to give them a TIN as they did not need to file...........

Which is completely different, if not even opposite, to the comment you made and the one I replied to........ Not saying I necessarily disagree but you seem to be agreeing with my response........

Wonder how long that will continue - https://rsmus.com/insights/tax-alerts/2024/oecds-new-faqs-and-user-guide-provide-roadmap-for-reporting-cryp.html

yes but that is not what you said as you well know. Most tax residents are Thai but as far as I know they aren't "foreigners"......

Please show us where he mentions "foreigners" in his statement? He said tax residents from memory or something similar........

No its not. They pay interest to an individual and then withhold the tax as required. Whether the details of that have changed is possible. However that has nothing to do with remittances which is what you are implying.

Unfortunately you may well be right. Look at this statement which has a ring of deja vu about it to me So no actual "approval" and the bill "might" be implemented......

He would find out that she wasn't different after all.......... KH - either he trusts her or he doesn't which I am sure he considered. Your question is so stereotypical it seems more like baiting......

Well...quick search, and my memory, said it was available well before then. I have come across an "archived copy from 2015 ....... https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/434028/sa106_2015.pdf

Where is your link to all the information you provided since it is not written by you......? I have already replied to you on another thread that I believe your statement quoted above is factually incorrect - whether individual TRD offices decline to tax is another issue but under the DTA it is theoretically taxable. I strongly suggest you stop posting erroneous information compiled from ChatGTP or similar.......

I am not sure you really understand either DTA's in general or specifically the Thai/UK DTA. It is very clear that Government pensions, civil service, armed forces etc are only taxable in the UK State and private pension theoretically taxable in Thailand. You may also want to have a look at the pinned "tax guide" or at least the start of it which defines the "allowances" you can get which, depending on your age, increases the amount below which you pay no tax quite considerably. I am not going to make any comment on your "cunning plan" as you call it.

Am I understanding this correctly. Are you basing your belief on something CoPilot has written...............? If I was trying to be polite I would say that personally I think you are completely mistaken.

Then you read stuff like this and wonder what that actually means - If true, after the questions about WHO during/after Covid potentially shows how much more embedded and influential China have become in the last 10 years or so.

Not sure how relevant but for the UK you have, as far as I know, always had to report foreign income. It was certainly on the tax forms going back to 2015 and I am guessing before that as well.

I can only suggest you read through the relevant posts again. I can explain it to you but etc etc etc NB - I even said I may be wrong which is why I asked the other poster to qualify

And there was me thinking you were quite intelligent...... It was, I thought, fairly obviously directed to both of you. Never mind.

I may be wrong but I think he was actually suggesting you put the poster you were bickering with on ignore - not that he was saying he would to you.......... Am i right or wrong @Presnock