KhunHeineken

Your prize in in the mail. You won the right to be taxed on your world wide income. Congratulation.

This is exactly what I have done with immigration, and exactly what I will do in relation to this tax policy. I do not want to have ANY contact with ANY Thai government employees, and I am prepared to pay for the privilege. The agents can deal with them, at their quoted price. If anything comes back to me, I'll hand it on the agent and tell them to take care of it. Of course I will check their work, but if I have the various documents for immigration and the TRD, I consider the job done for the year.

I think the chaos will only get worse as the 31st March approaches. Then, there will be cases of enforcement being publicized to ponder. Interesting times ahead, but in my opinion, at the end of the day, the Thai's will turn a baht out of it.

Pensions are well documented in the Australia / Thailand DTA. Article 18 and Article 19 specifically set out the rules between the two countries regarding pensions. Government service pensions are covered by the DTA. The aged pension welfare payment is not covered by the DTA. Both are deemed to be an "income" at Australian tax law.

Maybe he never wanted to come back anyway. Quite common for first time tourists who go to Phuket.

China and Russia same same for this. State sponsored, and the money goes all the way to the top.

And the corruption that comes with it.

+1

Australia's aged pension is the same. It's not covered by the DTA.

If you are bringing in a large amount of money to set up your retirement in Thailand, I suggest you transfer it as planned, but you do not stay more than 179 days in Thailand in 2025.

Do you understand what Worldwide Taxation is?

Thanks. I didn't know a TM30 was needed.

Yes, I suspect there will be some cheap Chinese made hardware floating around. If you are Aussie, as your username suggests, a slowing Chinese economy is not good for Australia, and the AUD.

Somchai strikes again.

Even after Aussie pensioners in the Australia Forum watched it, they still believed the Aussie aged pension was covered by the DTA.

So, they are not getting a commission from the photocopy shop that's just outside. That's good news.

Or, how Thailand doesn't work.

What would you have done if a TRD staff member told you "no need for you to file" because it was near their lunch break, or they were busy chatting with their mia noi? Would you have just left the building and not filed, safe in the knowledge a TRD staff member told you that you didn't have to file?

Yes, pay your taxes, or one day you will be detained at a "border." When asked why you did not pay tax, you can tell them, "Somchai said I did not have to file."

You've Somchai'd yourself.

I'm not the one doing border runs.

You are taking it personally. No need to. If you are fine doing NOTHING about this tax policy because Somchai at the local TRD Office said you don't have to file, that's your right. Why troll other members who suspect Somchai has given you the wrong information????

Not trolling. It's the main reason Thailand is attractive as a retirement destination, because you do not need to leave the country to extend your visa. One can retire here and never leave. Countries that force visa runs, such as Vietnam, do not get many expat retirees, when compared to Thailand, for this very reason. I know some old geezers that can no longer wait in the queue at immigration and have to use an agent. Age catches up with all of us.

I agree, but at least they had a Senior Legal Advisor from the Thailand Revenue Department on the panel. He just needed to ask more direct and specific questions for him to answer.

How many expats would be living on 120k / 220k baht? I would suggest very few. Link please. That basically means everyone who holidays to Thailand, perhaps more than once a year, who has a bank account here, would have to file. Also, the "snowbirds" who escape the European winter for a few months. If correct, very messy indeed.