KhunHeineken

Remember this fine piece of captaincy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia_disaster

What state are you from? If what you say is correct, all expats should convert their license to that state. In NSW, over 45 years of age means presenting for an eye sight test, and over 75 means going for a medical test. https://www.nsw.gov.au/driving-boating-and-transport/driver-and-rider-licences/health-conditions-and-disability/fitness-to-drive/medical-assessments https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/renew-or-upgrade-a-nsw-driver-licence

The tenants in tourist areas have to pass on Thai Landlord "ripoff" rents to their customers. It's been going on for some years. It's the reason Thailand is slowly out pricing itself in the South East Asia tourism market. They have been pumping up the tourist numbers with cheap Chinese and Indian package holiday tourists, but the "spend" is down, despite the large numbers. Then, there was cannabis, working quite well, but only a niche market. Then, there was / is the taxing of remitted funds of expats. just another revenue stream by milking the farang cow even more. Next will be casinos. Only a matter of time. Money Number One here.

Dial the number, give the phone to the Thai missus, tell her to give you the phone when someone answers, meanwhile, "do other stuff." Just a suggestion.

He was one of the top journo's in his day. Been around the world, reporting on the big stories, and interviewing the big names. R.I.P.

As I said, I will keep an eye on this thread, and I am researching this browser also, but it just occurred to me, your biggest "like" of this browser is its speed, but you haven't mentioned what hardware, particularly what processor, and what speed of internet you are on. I am not using Carbon browser but my speeds are just as good, if not faster, on regular browsers, as you are getting on Carbon browser. Have you tried Carbon browser on a different network, with some speed tests of the internet connection? I ask because, you say Brave is slow, but if your hardware is old, and your internet connection is slow, Brave will not be slow for others.

Not "if" just "when." So why so dismissive in a previous post? Not to my knowledge, but it's not 2025 yet, is it? In the same way you are ushered to the overstay desk when they know you have overstayed your tourist visa, it's entirely possible you will be ushered to a TRD desk in the future, after staying more than 180 days inside Thailand. This is just a hypothetical, but the infrastructure for immigration counting the days foreigners are in Thailand is already in place at the boarders, and no, the immigration officer doesn't look at a calendar and count every day, for every foreigner, a computer does it. In the same way they want their 500 baht a day for a tourist overstay, they simply might want 500 baht at a boarder from a tax resident for a clearance certificate, should they not have one. Who knows? I rule nothing out when it comes to Thailand, the Thai government, foreigners, and money. No need for you to "demand" it from them, because they are most likely going to "demand" it from you. See the above.

What percentage of channels "grow" to the percentage of channels that wither away and die, taking a lot of the channel owner's money and time with it????

Minimal paperwork, as in, hard copy actual pieces of paper. The Immigration computer data base already knows about everyone's in, and out, of Thailand, including Thai's. They know the 180 days inside Thailand. I am simply suggesting they will put their hand out for "something." That's all. For high net worth individuals, Thai and farang, they MAY have a closer look at, but for most, it may simply be paying the TRD for a document come extension time.

Exactly. They COULD, but probably won't, but COULD. Up 2 them. They do get "spend" amounts of different nationalities of tourists from Visa Card and MasterCard, so the ability is already there to do so.

Maybe the first time you will encounter a problem will be at a boarder, trying to leave, after being inside Thailand for more than 180 days. Do let us know if you still managed to catch your flight. Did you ever consider you MAY need a document from the TRD showing your pension is a government service pension, thus covered under a DTA?

Maybe the geeks at GitHub can make a virtual TPM 2.0 to get around Microsoft's BS. Just an idea.

Just curious, not insulting you or being critical, what is the reason for you caring about no capital letters? The member communicated his information, did he not?

Sure. Fast, but at what cost to your privacy?

Well, as common place on the internet these days, if it's free, then YOU are the product. Happy to keep an eye on this thread with your research, and will also research myself. My search engine is Duck Duck Go, which I use in more than one browser. https://duckduckgo.com

The proposed changes do not differentiate between expat pensions, and "guys like Paul Hogan" do they? "Insignificant numbers" will still have the same classification as those in "significant numbers" under the law. There's nothing in the proposed changes that give any exemptions, or allowances. Why would the bulk of Australian pensioners, with absolutely no intention of ever retiring abroad, give a damn? You still post like you believe it will be an election issue. Where do you get that from? I posted what the British government do. Australia may tax, rather than freeze. Same same, but different. How many in their mid to late 60's, which is pension age, are that into social media, enough to protest about it, and if they did, it's a small minority who may even be contemplating retiring abroad. For most, they wouldn't care, because this change to legislation doesn't effect them. You still have the "pensioners will be up in arms" argument. Not going to happen, and even if it did, it would be in "insignificant numbers" for the government to care.

Not sensitive at all. You asked another member for some stats. I jumped in and posted a link with some stats. So, do you accept there are over a million Thai's living and working abroad, with many of them remitting money to Thailand every month? If you don't, can you post a link showing otherwise? If you can, I would be interested in reading it.

I agree. Did you go to The Australian Embassy to vote in the last election? Why would pensioners in Australia care about a policy that doesn't effect them? This will most likely not even be an election issue anyway.

You are correct, but some members would disagree with you. If they are not focused on collection / enforcement, why did they draft the proposed changes in the first place? It seems to me they know there's some money there for the taking, they just haven't been able to take it dues to the current 90 year old laws. Why would they propose and pass the changes, and then do nothing different? Correct. This is because one can claim they are still "domiciled" in Australia, and have the "intention" to return to live in Australia. The proposed changes take that away. 183 days outside Australia = non resident. No reviews, no appeals. Once again, I am talking about the majority of expats who have not been back to Australia for years. They have been outside Australia for more than the 46 days in the last 3 year rule. What argument do you think they can put to the ATO on their first 30% reduced pension after the 1st July 202x after the proposed changes have been passed? The government knows they have been outside Australia for years. Slightly off topic, but the British government freeze pensions when the pensioner is outside the UK. That means, no CPI increases, which, in a way, can be looked upon as a tax, or punitive measure. Is it not possible the Australian government will start collecting their 30%, whilst still giving annual CPI rises, as normal? I mentioned the cutting of supplements after 6 weeks outside Australia, despite the pension not informing Centerlink, just to show how "automatic" the system already is. It would only be a small tweak to also cut the 30%, in the same way the supplements are cut.

Old argument, discussed before. When put to the forum, not one member said they went to The Australian Embassy in Bangkok to vote at election time. So, no lost votes from expats. Why would pensioners living in a Australia vote down a law that doesn't effect them? What makes you think it even will be an election issue? Liberal proposed them, and Labor didn't bin them, so they will most likely not be an election issue. They will probably sail through parliament one day with bipartisan support.

Correct. As I said in a previous post, as per the letter of the current law, we should all be paying non resident tax right now, and that includes pensioners. Another member has also pointed this out. The reason we haven't / don't is the loopholes in the current laws. The proposed changes will close those loopholes. Thus, it's obvious to me, the proposed changes focus on enforcement. The government wants the slice of non resident taxation that they have been missing out on for decades. If the proposed changes simply said: "The aged pension is exempt" i wouldn't have even bothered posting the proposed changes all that time ago, but there is no exemption, so what does that tell you?

Ok. I'll make it more simple. What's stopping the government from doing it? There are no exemptions, means testing, asset testing, or tax free threshold changes in the proposed changes. I don't see where pensions get a free pass. The DTA was put forward, but that is for government service pensions, and that's not an aged pension from Centerlink.

You simply asked for a source and some stats, and I supplied a link. Is the information in the link wrong? If so, can you post a link showing very few Thai's live overseas, sending money back to Thailand?

I agree, but what the proposed changes seemed to be focusing on is enforcement. It makes it sooooooo easy for them to enforce non resident tax. One should ask themself "why" focus on enforcement, if they are not going to chase dollars from non residents, including pensioners. Interesting. So, in your view, an Aussie expat pensioner, who has not been back to Australia in, say, 5 years, who is clearly a non resident for tax purposes, has nothing to be concerned about. Is this not the case with the majority of expats? Many haven't back in years. This is the demographic we are discussing, not people coming and going from Australia. I find it interesting that an Aussie pensioner can go to Thailand, not inform Centerlink they are leaving the country, and "automatically" have their supplements cut off after 6 weeks. This tells me Centerlink is linked to Immigration, does it not? We have read many account of it happening. You use the word "automatically." This is one case of "automatically" having money reduced, yet, many do not consider the same system could be used for non resident pensioners. Questions: Are you at all concerned there are no exemptions for pensions mentioned in the proposed changes? Why do you think pensioners will get a free pass? I see nothing in the proposed changes exempting any non resident, no matter the size of their income being derived in Australia.

I agree. It's the same with the Thai tax in 2025. However, "That's just for guys like Paul Hogan" and "I still have a Medicare Card so I am still a tax resident" and "Albo is in now so they will not be passed" and the many other reasons put forward, were not only incorrect, but humorous, yet members truly believed them to be genuine reasons for why nothing COULD ever change for them here. I remember one member stating, "I don't earn a pension" as for why he believed the pension was not an "income." The topic has debunked a lot of these false beliefs.