KhunHeineken

Firstly, don't ever "hit" on anything unsolicited. In this case, you should have closed out and opened the app. Try uninstalling and reinstalling the app. Perhaps it's not your account that has been compromised, but your phone and / or phone number.

No way could this tax on remitted funds evolve to work the same way, unless one files and declares, it's just impossible, TiT and all.

Electricity prices are so bad in Australia they are now a regular election issue. A few years ago there was a saying among pensioners, "Do I heat, or do I eat, because I can't afford to do both." (in reference to warming the house in winter and also being able to buy food) The sad thing is, it was true of many pensioners then, and is still true to this day. People are suffering due to electricity prices, and there is no end in sight. Electricity in Australia should never had been privatized.

How wrong you were.

The vape demonstration merely showed where a 125nm covid virus could escape from. I understand your argument when it comes to vapor passing through the mask itself, but look at all the vapor escape routes for a mask on the human face. Those gaps are bigger than 125nm.

Can you even buy it these days?

Covid lingered in the air for 20 minutes. Educate yourself. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-long-is-the-coronavirus-infectious-when-its-in-the-air

For how long? The vaxes started to wane after 2 months, and gone by 3 months. That's 4 shots a year. Just the way big Pharma wanted it. Now, here we are with probably Covid 54 swirling around the globe, and most are unprotected from it. It's laughable.

Was Covid only transmitted by being spat on?

I accept this. Shall we call it "a shift in policy?" Does it really matter? The Thai government is simply tapping a new revenue stream that has been laying dormant for decades. That's the old argument that the TRD have no idea, they don't have the infrastructure to implement it, they are undermanned, TiT, TiT and TiT, blah, blah and blah. I admit, there is a chance nothing will happen, because of TiT, but I have never known a Thai to walk away from money because of TiT. They usually move heaven and earth when money is involved. Also, the media releases tend to show there's some "smoke" around the issue, and where there's smoke there's usually fire. Correct, bu there is also a lot of differences in the types and amounts of income that is remitted. Eg. pension, rental returns, dividends, annuities, business earnings, compensation payments, interest payments etc etc from all different nationalities here. Everyone has their own set of unique circumstances. I 100% agree. We all take great care not to overstay. Add paying any tax bill to the list. If you are not legal tax wise, one could expose themselves to some nasty consequences.

You are a farang. Do you trust the system here enough that you definitely know that's the way it's going to work out for you? I don't. As I said, there will be chaos, but when the dust settles, these things will be sorted out, and in my opinion, filing and declaring will be just like extending your visa, it will become a part of your requirement for your permission to live here. I accept this, but it will change and the Thai government will get some money out of it. Nothing surer.

Yes, masks offer great protection.

I am sure there will be chaos, but when the dust settles, farang will be made to pay "something" but in my opinion, ignoring it and doing nothing will not be an option.

A lot of members seem to be relying in "TiT." Normally, I have no problem with "TiT' because it has had little effect on my daily living in Thailand. Now, I am caught up in a Thai government net, as we all are, and we know we are all only here on a visa, not permanent residency, and of course not citizenship. Most are living here on what is pretty much just a 12 month tourist visa. Accidentally, or on purpose, if one was to break a law here, including a tax law, it MAY have some nasty and unforeseen consequences down the track, and I am not scaremongering. Example: we all know the punishment for overstaying. Eg. blacklisting. It's well documented. I wouldn't want to be the first to be scapegoated over not paying tax, not matter how big, or how small, my tax liability. Also, I certainly wouldn't want to have to male a large "tea money" donation to make any tax problem I have go away. As i have said in the past, a tax policy without collection and enforcement is no tax policy at all. On that basis, I just can't see how members can chose to ignore the whole thing completely.

Ask yourself this question. When you transfer (remit) you pension to Thailand, does the Thai bank know it is ONLY pension money that you have transferred? No. The bank only sees a foreign currency / exchange to baht deposit for a foreigner. The TRD know you are not living on air here. As another member said, in order to envoke the DTA or tax exemptions, you need to file and declare. Otherwise, as far as the TRD are concerned, your funds could be from anything, anywhere. All these posts saying, "I'm a Brit. We have a DTA." Or, "I'm Australian. There is a DTA." Or, I'm American. There's a DTA." It;s about your FUNDS, not your nationality or your age.

Not withstanding tax free thresholds, it can not be any clearer.

Had to deal with the same thing in the Australia Forum. It goes to psychology. Anything out of the daily routine, or anything new, just can't be accepted. Fear of change. Especially when the hip pocket is concerned. Throw enough rocks at the messenger, or ridicule the message enough, and they hope it all goes away, despite the message coming from government, and in relation to changes in the law. Go figure. Goes back to the same debate. A member posts on here that they remit funds, but they are tax exempt funds. All Thailand sees in the remitted funds. How and where those funds were "earned" is not known to them. It's up to the tax resident, that's me, you, and our fellow members, to file and declare, thus informing the Thai government their remitted funds are exempt, or, apply for tax credits, due to a DTA. Yes, rocket science. It's up to the tax residents of Thailand, who remit funds from overseas, to file and declare the origins of said funds, and then either have the funds exempted, or given tax credits due to the DTA. All of this talk like, "But it's pre 2024 savings so not assessable" blah blah blah - they don't know it is. You have to tell them, and you do that by filing and declaring, not by posting it on AN.

He took off for a holiday in Hawaii whilst Australia burnt. That's real Aussie politician leadership. No wonder the country is b*ggered.

Did you add up the time in all those phases? It goes into the years, yet, MRNA vaccines were released for use on humans within 12 months. Studies for side effects take TIME. Not all side effect reveal themselves in days, months, or even one year. I'm sure they did all the usual tests, but due to what was happening in the world, they didn't have the TIME to assess the vaccines for long term side effects. A prime example of this is Astra and the clotting, or do you deny Astra caused this side effect in many people?

Many couldn't sell then, and still can't sell now. Where's the money in that theoretical profit? You just said it was difficult not to make money at The Base. Now you say many got "stung." As I will. It's just that you constantly talk up the market to the point it becomes very clear you are only do so because you are financially exposed. Which is exactly what happened in many condo buildings. Many owners sold up and moved out, putting downward pressure on the properties in that building. Just the way the Chinese like it.

"Shedding raises the possibility of transmission of VBGT or oncolytic products3 from treated to untreated individuals (e.g., close contacts and health care professionals)." "For purposes of this guidance, the term “shedding” means release of VBGT or oncolytic products from the patient through one or all of the following ways: excreta (feces); secreta (urine, saliva, nasopharyngeal fluids etc.); or through the skin (pustules, sores, wounds)." I gather a condom can not protect one against a "shedder."

If I took an MRNA vaccine, and was now shedding, I'd be shedding myself.

Phuket has been a "premium" rip off for years. Phuket is Thailand"s "Money Number One" tourist destination. They don't call Phuket "Pirate Island" for nothing.

Well, geez, let me think about that for a moment. Country B's banking system, which is regulated, receives remittances into your account. Those remittances could be from yourself, as you transfer your own pension, or they could be profits from a share portfolio, income from a rental property, income from a business you own in your home country etc etc. How does Country B know the source of the income, thus remittances, unless you file and declare? Yes, I know, rocket science.

Can you name the last time the ACCC dragged any company to court and crucified them?