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and gold is not a good option," he said. --- yes, still not so good, just over $1700 already

Some people don't read posts

read, just wonder why it is not on Evaairs's website yet... Seems like travel agents get it a little sooner before the public.

hmm, still not on their web

no, the surcharge goes directly to Visa or Mastercard, as usual

Paypal has by far the worst exchange rates, and paying additional 3.9% you call 'only'? I must wait one year long to get that interest in the bank! Paypal simply sucks!

no ATMs in Myanmar at all

Very lucky children to be rescued. My wife tells me that in cases like this it is not unusual for the children to even go through amputation in order to get greater sympathy when begging.

that means DO NOT GIVE these beggars anything and hopefully they this will not be a profitable business for their 'bosses' soon, and this can even save lives in the future

As for me, I give beggars only food, nothing else, and definitely not money

In Thailand, we've driven around second hand vehicles which we've purchased in good condition and then sold them 2 years later for not much less that we got them for. Ex. fuel and maintenance (the latter very cheap in Thailand), that is almost free driving.

And I wonder when will those monkeys buying second hand cars for these prices realize this...

I personally would find it quite rude to ask for such prices for virtually no service at all (like prescribing new medicines in 5 minutes)

http://www.boi.go.th/english/how/tax_rates_and_double_taxation_agreements.asp

Excise Tax

e.g. Pickup passenger vehicles (PPV) with the displacement of over than 3,250 -- 50% Wow!

Passenger car with the displacement of over than 3,000cc or with an engine power of not over than 220 horse power (HP) -- 50% too

Best value seem to be Vehicles with double cap With the displacement of not over than 3,250cc -- 12%

After obtaining information, the team deported the Karenni out of Thailand's territory. -- where exactly?

Marry another, plenty to choose.

well, I am sure there are not plenty if you are over 80 and can't even afford the retirement visa...

Since the 'Sole Proprietorship For Translator' topic was already locked, I had to start a new topic. My question was 'Can e-services like programming, translations or database maintenance be done as a Sole Proprietorship (Thai owned)? The problem we are having is that the officer claims this is not possible and rather a partnership or a limited company must be formed which I find quite ridiculous. The obvious advantage of a Sole Proprietorship are the flat deductions (although perhaps only 30% in this case?).

Thanks again for any answers.

Hello, my Thai girlfriend wanted to start a Sole Proprietorship business in the field of software localization and translation and she was told that this is not possible, and rather a partnership must be formed. Is this true? I thought the only restricted areas are finance and insurance.

According to http://www.bia.co.th/008.html:

A sole proprietorship is a business owned by a sole natural person whose liability is unlimited. A sole proprietor can engage in virtually any business permitted by

law, unless there is a special law to the contrary. For example, a sole proprietor may not engage in finance or insurance </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">activities</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-AU">, because these are restricted by law

to limited companies. Generally speaking, there are few restrictions on sole proprietors.

Thank you for answers.

still not official, was it a hoax?

From http://www.offshore.hsbc.com/1/2/international/offshore-banking/tax-benefits/tax-going-to-thailand: There is a Special Expatriates Regime which allows for a reduction in the progressive rates of income tax to 15% flat rate for a period of up to four years. This is applicable to assessable income which is earned by an expatriate through the hire of labour by a Regional Operating Headquarter (ROH) that provides management services, technical services or support services to its associated companies situated in Thailand and abroad. The Thai employer has to be registered as a ROH entity in Thailand with the appropriate authorities.

Anyone using this? 15% seems very resonable...

Rrotate around the planet 15 times per 24 hours? That is pretty fast

But all this just till the child is 18, later on you are on your own...

I am always having problems withdrawing money from Paypal to Kbank, every time it takes ages! Usually I have to call them after about one month and ask what happened, and after this call they suddenly find the 'lost' payment in the system, really annoying. Anyone else having problem with delays?

I am sure a translator from Hungarian or Finnish is acceptable as no Thai can speak it as a native speaker. Thai translator is perhaps forbidden, though.

Problem is that AirAsia promotion tickets do not enable name change...

I had 1 baht of gold in the purse, no problem at all

I had often bad experience with Sorya, it is worth paying a few bucks more for the better companies/buses

Thank you.