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Yes.

Probably not, it was a request from the Surat Thani-provbince head office – they probably select some to check and I had more than only retirement pension in my tax return form.

Yes, which happened to me and several country fellows...😉

Surat Thani is the provincial head office that required check of 2024-foreign transfers, local branch is Koh Samui. In my case was everything in perfect order. However, country fellowmen in other parts of Thailand – Isaan – have also been visited by the revenue department, just like I, about 5 years ago; So, probably not an all local issue to check if foreigners pay tax...

Because the revenue office might check foreign transfers – which they carefully did in my case – and by giving them my status of my savings in my home country per 31st December 2023, I have a clear line, also for the future. They already had my savings status attached to my tax return form, so they did not ask for it. With that specification, it is easy to state/show that future transfer of savings is from specific savings account or selling specific bonds or equity. As my home country has a Double Taxation Agreement, the two States – Denmark and Thailand – have agreed to share tax-information, so the Thai revenue office can easily from my home country's revenue department check my savings status five years back. So in principle: I have nothing to hide and won't gain anything from not stating where my savings come from – they can easily check it anyway, if they so wish.

You are welcome to ask. No, and it is actually second time, as the revenue office where I stay checks that foreigners pay tax either here or in their home country. First time I – and around 30 country fellowmen staying same area – was checked is about 5 years ago; i.e. before the new intention of tax return shall be filed foreign transfers. I also did my tax return back then, but the list with names – which the auditor showed me – came from the immigration office. They checked foreigner country-by-country and began with Danmark and Finland – I was told – as it was easy to share tax information with these two states.

You will need documentation for that the fund were in your savings deposit by 31st December 2023. When filing you next tax return, just include that proof and a note of when the fund were transferred, preferably with a copy of the bank transfer slip; write in the text field that it is savings from before January 1st 2024, and keep a Thai bank statement, where the fund transfer from abroad is shown. That method worked for me; I've even recently been called to meet at the Thai revenue office to show proof of that tax has been paid on all my foreign 2024-transfers, either in my home country or Thailand, savings from before 1st Januar 2024 excluded from Thai taxation. I will not advise you to send the funds directly to your wife's bang account, as the tax free gifts might be intended for funds already taxed in Thailand; not foreign fund that might not have been taxed.

If you can adjust the tone, less bass might do a difference. Hearing loss does generally affect frequency response, loosing the higher frequencies and thereby the understanding of vox (speak/vocals). Optimal hearing aid includes a personal frequency adjustment.

Soundbar might not solve it, as it's often the frequency responce that is the problem – apart from volume. If you sit closer to a speaker than others, it might help. Headphones can often be a great help for improved hearing. It's depending on the TV-model, if it's possible to use both heaphones and speaker; otherwise a splitter cable – changing the headphone signal to two lines – can send one audio-signal to a sound bar and another audio signal to a headphone driver, so you can adjust the headphone volume. Both splitter cable and headphone driver can be bought cheap from Lazada and probably also Shopee.

If you are holidaying abroad, you don't need to file 90-adys address report, as it will be reset upon re-entry. If you are holidaying domestically, use the online method to confirm your address; preferably two weeks in advance of expiry, as you might be denied when using online report if it's too close to expiry date.

Solution/problem solved: Keep medical cannabis in the hospitals, they might already have departments for that purpose, like the government hospital where I live...

A P.O.Box might be better – the post office where I live charge 500 baht annually for a box.

Not needed anymore.

I look forward to equality – so, we men are not restricted to mia nois and side girls...

Yes, the bank clerk gets commission when selling an insurance.

If Shopee cancel a prepaid order, they return the funds to the same account / credit card, from which it has been withdrawn; often immediately.

It might be worth for you to use the pinned thread about "Samui Immigration" in the local Samui/Phangan/Tao-forum, which might help you with fast replies from locals. Link here is for the last posting: Bangkok Bank branches – and the islands main office in Nathon iight be better to use than their Central Festival branch – cannot issue any statements for more tha 6 month. You will need to order a 12-months statement from the headoffice in Bangkok – the branch will do that for you – and pick it up in the branch, don't accept a statement by E-mail, it need to wet-sign it for the immigration office and a bank branch will nopt sign a print from your E-mailed statement. It might take up to a week to get it, but ask the banch; again preferable in the Nathon main office that are used to deal with that kind. A statement from the head office costs 200 baht. Updates of bank book can show "combined" with only a balce as withdrawal or deposit for a period. Best thing is to keep your bankbook regulary updates, if you use the income method. Samui Immigration require photo copies of all pages in the bank book, need to be portrait format and signed by you. You might need to use the 800k method one more year, if you cannot provide full documentation; but ask at the immigration office, if they will accept the bank's statement coming later. If you keep the 800k baht in a 12-months fixed term deposit, Samui Immigration use to acceot bank letter plus a 3-months statement; the do for me, I've used the deposit method since 2007 and last extended my stay in October 2026. Please note, that your bank book(s) need to be update "same day" as you application for extended stay. If you appointment is early, they might accept updated from the day before – the accept that for me, but I'm using a 12-months fixed deposit. Your photo copies of (all pages in) the bank book need to include the "same day update". There is a photo copy service-shop next to the immigration office.

No, if you have a pink ID-card, you are considered resident, just like in the US. I got in for free last year using my pink ID-card in Bangkok-attractions – I used it to check if an ID-card for aliens worked, it did...👍

Bangkok Bank has your passport number printed with invisible ink on the last page in the bank book together with invisible signature. When the bank clerk is checking passport as ID, the number shall match the Bank book's ID. That is why it is important to update passport number in one's bank, especially Bankkok Bank. Hopwever, if your stay is based on extension and your visa and entry stamp has been moved to your new passport, you old passport number will be shown together with the visa-rubber stamp in the new passport, which might work for a bank ID.

From CCTV it looks like there is a stop-line on the road where the high speed SUV comes.

I've moved fixed term account 3 times. I've always done it same day, so no "holes" in deposit. Today, I would advise other to do it as suggested by @BrandonJT , so there is 400k baht in both accouts upon move.

Sounds like Bangkok Bank, their branches can only print 6-months statement. You can order a 12-month in the branch, and pick it up about a week after; they will probably sign it. I've never tried to order a signed 12-month statement; so far, I've managed with 3-months statement and copy of all pages in bank book – they ask me for all pages, even it says "show last 12-months" in the information sheet – but I use the 800k deposit method with funds in a fixed 12-month account. My last extension was in October 2025.

Might be a cool idea, but don't forget that while dreams are a great thing, they don't always come true... «"If you can dream it, you can do it" is strongly associated with Walt Disney and his inspirational legacy, he never actually said it; the quote was written by Sheralyn Silverstein for the Horizons attraction at Epcot and later became popularized as his, perfectly fitting the Disney ethos but not his words.»

Yes, Trump made that last year.

Yes, and you can read about it in the pinned thread about DL on Koh Samui – link directs to latest post... https://aseannow.com/topic/1135250-drivers-license-guide-koh-samui/page/2/#comment-20087659