KhunHeineken

Name of Aussie bank????

I'd be looking closer to home then. No offense intended. I did ask, who has access to the card, and yes, that means while you are sleeping and not at home, since you do not carry it with you. As explained, the chances of a card generator "brute forcing" a 23 digit combination, twice, for the same person, in a short space of time is vert low odds.

As I have posted previously, I'm giving Thailand a chance this first time around. If none of this happens because of TiT, great, carry on as normal. If I have to pay a bit of tax, ok, I'll pay it. If I have to pay an mount of tax that I think is a rip off, and Thailand no longer represents a value for money retirement destination for me, then it's 179 days in Thailand, and the rest in Danang - Vietnam, where I have already chosen the condo building. Thailand is not the be all and end all for me. I show the Thailand the same amount of loyalty as it shows me - ZERO. Many here, mainly pensioners, will not have to pay much tax, but that new car or unforeseen medical operation may mean remitting a large lump sum to pay for such items. They will cost more, as the remitted funds will be taxed early the follow year, which could make such things a rip off. Yes, we can talk about assessabe income, pre 2024 savings, exemptions, blah blah blah, but they have us by the b*lls and they know it. Just how hard they will squeeze is yet to be seen, but I certainly have my Plan B in place, and I have no problem becoming a non tax resident of Thailand and they will not see a baht out of me in tax, VAT aside. Further to this, it just goes to show how unpredictable and unstable Thailand is, especially when that retirement visa / extension is nothing more than a 12 month tourist visa that can be revoked, at any time.

I can't speak for the member Ben Zioner, but I would not be surprised if the expats who stand to lose a considerable of money in tax, thus, forced out for 6 months of the year, start to adopt a similar negative attitude to Thailand as Ben Zioner. Can you blame them?

I never suggested it will stop tomorrow. What I alluded to is the Thai government now wants a cut of the pie. They have seen ZERO from this transfer of wealth in decades. Now they can basically tax the bar girls, indirectly, by taxing the funds flowing to them.

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If Soi Baukhao is for the elite only, then Walking Street must be for the fools only.

Yes, but everyone else is doing it, so what could possible go wrong?

Thanks for the update. I wonder what was K Bank's criteria for selecting customers for the mail out? Maybe they are doing it in stages, to ease the rush on staff.

I think most expats remit funds above the threshold. Most pensions from around the world are above the threshold.

Voiceover from 2008????

Getting more difficult to have a free consultation under Medicare. https://www.9news.com.au/national/gp-bulk-billing-cost-availability-data-cleanbill-blue-report/9998a21b-1e1d-43c3-b7cc-e8f8488c335f

Albo might get back in, but I would not be surprised to see a hung parliament. People seem to be turning away from the two major parties, giving minor parties the balance of power where deals have to be done. I hope to see in my lifetime a party other than Labor or Liberal in power, just to shake the b*stards up.

A scammer can't get lucky "brute forcing" a 16 digit card number, plus its expiry, plus its CVV, for the same person, in such a short space of time. Are you using this card in restaurants, hotels etc? Are you handing it to people? Who else has access to it? This is why a suggested that when you "hit" on that link, you maybe have downloaded some spyware.

I agree, but the long term turned out to be not so long. There's already data out there showing huge spikes, globally, in cancers, myocarditis, and other serious illnesses. The spike came not when covid hit, so it can't be blamed on the virus itself, but after MRNA was released for human use. The speakers in the video are credible. The woman releasing the figures for the US defense force paints a bleak picture. These are young, fit, and healthy people, and since it's the defense force, living on bases, it's a good group to draw data from, because of the uniform way of living across the group, no pun intended. The first one I mentioned was miscarriages up 300%. There's nothing in the environment that could cause such a spike? It had to be something introduced to the pregnant women either before, or during pregnancy. The time line goes back to the release of MRNA and vaccinating US defense force personnel.

Yes, everyone thought it would be like the polio vaccine, and rid the world of covid, or maybe one shot would last 5 years, like other vaccines. They were not keen to have four shots a year, but argued the point that the first shot was worth it, despite it only lasting 3 months.

Astra no longer an option, globally. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-08/astrazeneca-withdraws-covid-19-vaccine-vaxzevria/103819422

I bet they can't give it away.

You do know that those antibodies, what's left of them, were for only the original strain of covid, and not subsequent strains. You may have some slight protection against the original strain, should you catch it, but what about the others back then, and the new ones now?

Thailand has a huge cash / black economy, and not just in the sex trade. However, as an example, it's funny how a young Thai lady from Issan can end up with a house, car, money in the bank, gold, maybe a bar or a shop, and has never paid any tax. Is it so surprising the Thai government either wants to tax her, tax the foreigner who is sending her the money, or tax them both?

Watch between 5mins and 7.30mins of the video in the below link. More than one doctor speaking about P53 and it's "job" in the body and how MRNA effects it. https://rumble.com/vtao85-dod-and-fauci-caught-in-massive-scandal-hiding-death-and-damage-from-covid-.html In layman's terms, it can unlock the bad cells in our body to cause cancer. MRNA may have "coded" people's immune system to fight covid, but at what long term health cost?

I mean, can I even buy it in Thailand if I want it?

Yes, they took an MRNA vax because they were like sheep and followed the crowd. Then, when some negative side effects started to make the news, they said no more MRNA for me, but it was too late, it's already inside them, so they have to defend their decision as a matter of pride, and of course, they had safety in numbers. I watched conflict on the news. I wish I was the anti vaxxer being accused while the camera was filming. I would have said to my accusers in a gentle voice, "You are dying. You just don't know it. Please let me help you."

Good question. I went in to a branch and "submitted." It was strange. Hardly any significant details required at all. I wonder if there will be a second mail out to those who did nothing, and if so, what's the point if the bank actually does nothing if you do nothing?

Can you even buy it anymore?