KhunHeineken

How you carry is irrelevant. It's the amount that is relevant. Did you take out more than $10,000AUD? If so, did you declare it, and if you did, AUSTRAC knows about it, and if you didn't, you broke the law. I have posted that there is a duty of disclosure. You are suggesting that pensioners can buy a property in Thailand and not disclose such. I even posted the links for you. In any case, how do the pensioners with "cash" get the cash out of Australia, without doing several "cash runs" or breaking the law?

https://www.expattaxes.com.au/fifo-worker-with-a-foreign-bank-account-ato-know-about-it/#:~:text=This is done via the,office automatically every single year. "Important to note is that the exchange of your information is NOT dependent on a specific request from the ATO. Instead the foreign financial institution is required to exchange that information with the ATO automatically. This is done via the AEOI (the Automatic Exchange of Information) so that your foreign bank and financial account information is sent to the Australian Taxation office automatically every single year." They already know.

And then only a monthly payment. It's all designed to keep you away from Centerlink.

It's been downgraded. Not as bad as they originally thought. Albo's not too happy. He needed to look like a hero, just prior to calling an election.

Are you singing the praises of Vegemite in the USA Forum?

This has been debated over and over again. The Thai authorities do not know the source of the income, and you can bet that "someday" with be at extension time or at an airport. We have heard from members that filed, declared, paid zero tax, but got the certificate of clearance. Some members filed, declared, and paid a small amount of tax, but also got a certificate of clearance. Without that magic piece of paper, you roll the dice. Is a farang husband listed on their Thai wife's birth certificate? It's obvious some members are considering "gifting" as a method of tax evasion.

You have a duty to disclose. See the links in the post above. The proposed changes to tax residency have not been passed yet. How do they get it to Thailand? Sure, they can take out $9,999 dollars each time they return and leave Australia, but where would they keep it? You are suggesting to members to defraud Centerlink which is not only poor advice, but against forum rules.

That would be illegal. https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/how-to-manage-your-age-pension-payment?context=22526#:~:text=You must tell us within,employment%2C regardless of the amount. "There are a few things you need to tell us so we can pay you the right amount of Age Pension. You must tell us within 14 days if: your circumstances change, including changes to your income and assets" https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/change-circumstances-when-you-get-age-pension?context=22526 Read the bottom bullet point and the bottom line. What to tell us You must tell us if any of the following happens: you change or correct your name your address changes you sell your principal home your income or assets change your partner’s income or assets change you stop living with your partner you marry or start living with your partner your partner dies you’re leaving the country temporarily or to live somewhere else. You have 14 days to tell us about the changes. If you don’t do this, we may pay you too much and you may have to pay the money back. If you deliberately don’t tell us about changes, we could charge you with fraud.

He used "The Voice" as a distraction for the economy going down the toilet. He's is bound by law to declare an election, so using Alfie as a another distraction isn't going to work.

Instead of signing into the Skype app, you type in www.skype.com. Then, in the top right hand corner you sign in. A drop down box will appear and you select "Use Skype Online" and then enter your username and password. You will then be inside the Skype web portal, which Microsoft say will continue to work after the 5th May. You will notice the "User Interface" (UI) is the same as the app and what you are used to. What I am planning to do early May is uninstall the Skype app on my desktop computer and make a desktop shortcut icon for www.skype.com, and use the Skype symbol which you can download off the internet from various sources, and have it on my desktop. So, I basically click on the Skype symbol and it takes me to www.skype.com and I sign in.

Not long now. 1 Trillion here we come. http://australiandebtclock.com.au

$27 billion budget deficit, $47 billion budget deficit the next year. Olamte, get Albo on the phone to fix it.

If there's any risk at all, don't do it. Pretty simply.

Weird question. They won't. That's why you have to file and declare and get that magic piece of paper from them. A birth certificate proves source of funds. Really???? You missed the point entirely. The member thinks he can just "gift away" funds to come under the threshold, with the money staying in the family. I could gift a bargirl at an ATM and she withdraws it, I give her a commission, and I've done the same thing. Gifting has been well debated and debunked on this forum.

You have a lot to learn about Thailand and corruption.

Yes, but can they accept payments on LINE????

That would depend on how much money you pay them.

If a Thai crashes into you and you have had a few to drink, the whole accident will be on you. If the Thai dies, you will go to prison, or pay around 1 million baht for your freedom. 1 million baht pays for a lot of taxi rides.

It's possible the "robbery" part is simply because he refused to pay for services.

Well, as they say, "Don't bring MMA to a gun fight."

How do Thai authorities know they are immediate family? I can gift a bargirl while we are standing at an ATM and then give her a payment for her trouble, and arrange to do it again next week. Same with gifting family. The "gift" debate has been done and dusted. Roll the dice with your "gifting" work around. You don't think the Thai's haven't thought about this loophole????

Then, I would expect little booths to pop up all over Thailand, like money exchanges, where you can transfer money to the staff behind the counter as "gift" and they hand you cash, minus a small commission.

I agree. Just typing "Gift" as the reference in the bank transfer isn't going to cut it.

So, do nothing and roll the dice. I wonder what the Thai's have planned for the farang that don't pay.

No other examples, really????????