KhunHeineken

Who cares where the buyers come from? Why is that relevant? Or, are you suggesting Chinese and Russians are exempt from tax on remitted funds? The simple fact is, if a property was say 5 million baht before this tax, you paid 5 million baht for it, exchange fees aside. Now, you still pay 5 million baht for it, but at the end of Thailand's financial year, you MAY be have to pay tax on the 5 million baht you sent to Thailand to buy the property, thus, making the property more expensive. I gave the same example for a car purchase, and a major medical operation some time ago. They both MAY become more expensive because the larger remittance to Thailand MAY be taxed the following year. In my opinion, people with knowledge of this tax, who are considering buying, may hold off in 2025 to see what unfolds. You are entitled to disagree with my opinion, but it's my opinion never the less.

Or, it attracts only the more wealthy, and over the coming years, the poorer farang are weeded out. Think about it.

Is English your first language? Why would anyone rehash your rubbish?

I guess this guy was just unlucky. https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2024/02/22/chonburi-police-arrest-3-chinese-nationals-in-two-criminal-cases/

I'm not American, but if this tax policy does end up having some "bite" then it's 179 days Thailand, and 6 months in Vietnam. There are only 3 month tourist visas in Vietnam, so I would time it that the 3 month visa run would be the Singapore Formula 1 race. Back to Vietnam for 3 more months, then to Thailand for another 179 days. Rinse and repeat. No problem for me. My friends in Vietnam have told me Vietnam has no problem with back to back visa runs.

The "cost" will be different for everyone. I have said in the past, if Thailand taxes me to the point I feel it's a rip off, it's 6 months Thailand and 6 months Vietnam. No problem for me. Thailand hasn't got me on the hook. It's not like that tax is giving me any rights here, going towards permanent residency, or anymore use of infrastructure etc. Eg. medical. Basically, is money going out for nothing.

I agree, but the funny thing is, this policy would seem to make an incentive for the wealthy to leave Thailand for 6 months of the year, whilst retaining those with less funds at their disposable, thus, those not inputting much into the Thai economy by way of spend. Interesting times ahead.

Passing taxation rights to another country doesn't mean the funds are tax exempt though, does it?

Now that the tax policy is more widely known, I predict it will have an impact on 2025 sales. Just my opinion. Can you post a link where you got these figures from? I was not being condescending. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I just happen to disagree with yours as to why this tax policy may fade away. I certainly agree with you about Thai nominees being used to purchase property. That time bomb is still ticking. It will go off one day, and not just for an individual, but collectively. Yes, I am on the opposite side. Where's there's smoke there's fire, and I have never know the Thai's to walk away from an easy baht. I've said before, for most, all this tax policy may mean is paying 500 baht for a Certificate of Clearance from the TRD come extension time. Just like the Certificate of Residence is free, but most pay 300 baht for it. Just an earner for the TRD, like immigration do. We don't know at this stage how it will unfold, but there's foreign cash cows there to be milked all over Thailand, and I just can't see that ZERO will happen.

Thanks, but there were no updates released today. They may be in the next 2 weeks. Can you post back and let people know if you received them. This is why I asked about people upgrading late November early December, and receiving the December cumulative updates. Did they work? Like I said, I wonder if Microsoft can patch / block these upgrades at a later date. I also did read that in order to get the latest feature updates it would require a whole new Rufus install, which is not a problem, just a PITA. I could upgrade tomorrow, but if they are going to play games in October, or earlier, I'll save my time and stay with Windows 10.

Rent per month isn't really going to rack up a significant tax bill, but moving a larger sum of money to Thailand to buy a property may do, so of course I was talking about sales, not rentals.

It sounds like you have quoted 2023 information / stats for 2024. Can you post the link where you got these figures from? I predict there will be a slump in property sales in 2025, as many prospective buyers, particularly those recently retired and wishing to relocate to Thailand, sit back and wait to see how this remittance tax unfolds, no matter what the Thai government says about foreign ownership of property laws. Does it really matter if foreigners can own 60% of condo's in a block as compared to 49%? I see you have put forward "the Thai's would never do that because they would lose too much money" and "the Thai's don't have the infrastructure in place to implement this policy" argument. I said from Day 1 they must have something up their sleeve, however big, or small, we are yet to see, however, if I was considering buying a property in Thailand, I would be holding off, at least to the second half of 2025.

Link?

Ok. I have read that feature updates will also need reinstalling with the Rufus method. Was that your experience with the latest feature update, or did you just stick with the older version?

Happy New Year. Now, do you feel better?

I know how to do it. That's not the issue. Would you care to comment on Microsoft's patching of these unofficial upgrades? I am particularly interested if the patch can be retrospective, meaning, Microsoft can / will detect Windows 11 on unsupported hardware in the future and block updates. If this is the case, I'll save my time and not upgrade.

Thanks. Can you tell me how long ago you did the upgrade? Do you know if the Rufus method can be patched by Microsoft? I mean, for new installs, plus existing installs.

No over excitement here. Just merely commented that Microsoft's push to have people upgrade their hardware may backfire, whether it be with Google, paid third party updates, or unofficial work arounds. I could understand with very ancient hardware, but with Core i7 processors. Really????

I know it's been covered, but that was pre Microsoft patching. There hasn't been too much recent information since then. I bumped the thread from early November. 2 months ago. I have read the work arounds still work, but you don't get updates, so not much point upgrading. I have read the work arounds work, completely. I have also read the work arounds no longer work. I have also read some of the work around work, while others have stopped working. I don't need spoon feeding. I bumped the thread to request any members that have upgraded in the last few weeks, but prior to the December cumulative update, to post of their experience.

Two Australian cities are in the Top 10 of the world as the most expensive for property. That has to be passed onto the consumer when we are talking about commercial rents as well. That means $250 breakfasts. Anyone would think Australia is short of land, like Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore etc, but there is plenty of land and only a 28 million people population. This disaster has been made by design, so the rich get richer. https://www.canstar.com.au/home-loans/expensive-cities-buy-property/

I've just bumped a thread about this. Interesting. Maybe Microsoft's push to help out chip and hardware manufacturers might backfire and send many to their opposition, being Google. If Microsoft will not let you run the latest OS on older hardware, but Google will, then people might decide to jump off the Windows platform.

Sounds like you just have a few Microsoft user accounts stored in the PC. Maybe at some stage you have signed in with different email addresses, or you have permitted other people to use your PC. Go to "Settings" and then "Accounts" and have a look around. Post back with what you find. Your condo block is using the same ISP, but not using the network, like a hotel or bar, for example. However, that fact that you did not change your router's default password may mean a neighbor could have been leaching off your WiFi, so they may have had access to your network. That said, gaining access to a device is a completely different thing, and not so easy to do.

Windows 7 was a great operating system. Its user interface made sense to many. People could find what they wanted to find without too much trouble, and make tweaks also. I used Classic Shell and now Open Shell to make Windows 10 appear like Windows 7. I held off upgrading my Windows 7 machines to Windows 10 until Windows 7 reached End of Life. I installed Windows 10 on an old Core 2 Duo running a HDD that I use as a media player. I did it for practice before moving on to other machines I have. The old machine handled Windows 10 without any problems. I've just bumped a thread about Windows 11 on unsupported hardware. If Windows 10 can run fine on an old machine that from factory had Windows Vista on it, the whole Windows 11 on unsupported hardware is BS, particularly as many people around the world used work arounds to run Windows 11 on unsupported hardware and reported no problems. When the day comes, and your hardware fails, and you need a new computer, download Open Shell for the Windows 7 user interface.

Bumping this thread. We are now in 2025 and the Windows 10 OS will reach its End of Life this year. Some geeks had found some work arounds to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware, but last I heard Microsoft were patching those work arounds so they would not work anymore. There were mixed posts on this thread, and others, as to whether the work arounds were still working, and Windows 11 on unsupported hardware was still receiving updates. Does anyone have a recent experience of upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware? If so, which method did you use, and do you get the monthly cumulative updates?

I checked it out and you are correct. Good for you. Enjoy it while it lasts.