TigerandDog

Your initial comment re the tax office not knowing what a DTA is is INCORRECT. It was an individual that didn't know, the manager was aware of the DTA and ascertained from the Provincial Revenue Office whether her interpretation of the DTA was correct. Apart from that I'm not really sure why you posted a comment about your German situation. This information was ONLY relevant to Australians. Other nationalities will need to do their own investigating relevant to their specific DTA's if they have one.

As stated in my post, the Oz Age Pension IS a Govt pension, which means it is a social security payment, and it was stated by the Provincial Revenue Office that it is NOT assessable under Thail tax law. Also under the Oz/Thai DTA Govt pensions/social security are ONLY subject to home country tax rules, therefore NOT tax assessable in Thailand, AND Govt pensions/social security payments are NOT listed under the definitions of income in the Thai tax legislation. Private pensions, e.g. superannuation etc, ARE assessable & subject to taxation in Thailand if remitted into Thailand for Thai tax residents, and then tax offsets are done against Oz tax paid as per the Oz/Thai DTA.

First of all the information in this post is ONLY relevant to Australian expats who are Thai tax residents and impacted by the Thai- Australia Tax Treaty. This afternoon, after compiling the total amount of my aged pension payments remitted to me in Thailand during the 2024 calendar year, I proceeded to visit my bank to obtain a letter detailing the interest I had earned and the tax that had been deducted. No issues encountered at the bank. I then proceeded to my District Revenue Office to lodge my tax return. The first question I asked was whether under the Thai-Australia DTA my pension was assessable for tax in Thailand. The Revenue Officer who was attending to me was unaware of the DTA and could not answer the question. The Revenue Office Manager was called over and she advised, but was not 100% certain, that as the aged pension was a payment made by the Australian Government, and therefore deemed by the Thai Revenue Dept to be a social security payment, in her opinion it was not assessable. She, for the sake of clarity, telephoned the Provincial Revenue Office and their response was that it was not assessable and therefore there was NO requirement for me to include any portion of it in my tax return. The end result being that my tax return comprised of only the interest earned and the tax deducted, thus meaning I will receive a 100% tax refund. So hopefully this helps other aussie expats who are concerned about whether or not their aged pension is going to be taxed here in Thailand.

It appears that everyone whose comments are in support of this ridiculous legislation have little or no knowledge of how this originally started. Israel, which did not exist as a country pre WW2 was created by the UN and annexed from Palestine. The real terrorists in this ongoing saga are Israel, and especially Netanyahu. First they annexed the Golan Heights from Syria, then they annexed the West Bank & Gaza from Palestine. The PLO, Hamas etc, whilst internationally labelled as terrorists, are doing nothing different to what Ukraine is currently doing with Russia. Defending their homeland from a terrorist govt continually expanding, and essentially invading, in the past Syria and currently Palestine. under the pretext of their national security. I'm not a supporter of the methods used by Hamas, BUT Netanyahu has ALWAYS been the instigator in these incursions into Palestinian territory. Netanyahu is the real terrorist here and he should be arrested on site. This only thing this stupid piece of US legislation does is show the USA's support for a terrorist Prime Minister.

Foreigners with Thai bank accounts pay 15% tax on all interest earned. Some banks deduct tax regardless of the amount, others wait until 20k baht interest has been earned and then back tax plus deduct tax on every additional interest payment made during the calendar year. Some banks pay interest monthly others only twice per year. Regardless, of which way the interest is paid and tax deducted you can lodge a tax return with the Revenue Dept, supported by a bank letter stating how much interest was earned and tax deducted, and as long as your total Thai assessable income is less than 120k per year you should receive a 100% tax refund.

That's not true. My annual Thai tax refund MUST be credited to my Krungthai account, and it gets interest paid on 30th June & 31st December each year. It's just an ordinary savings account. ttb pay interest on their non-fixed account, but to have a non-fixed account you MUST have an ALL FREE account (no interest paid & no bank fees). The all free account has a debit card, and to access funds in the non-fixed you need to transfer down to the all free account and then either withdraw or transfer the funds. I'm sure other banks also have accounts that pay interest, has nothing to do with whether you are a foreigner or not. The only aspect that being a foreigner impacts is the interest is subject to 15% tax, which you can claim back each year between January-March.

why do supporters ALWAYS lay the blame for poor results on the manager? Perhaps they should start and put pressure on the board to give the manager a squad capable of performing more consistently. How many good managers has Spurs had come & go over the past couple of seasons, Poch, Conti, Vllas Boas, Mourinho, Sherwood, Esperito Santo. Managers don't suddenly become bad/poor managers overnight. The last major trophy Spurs won was in 2008 and they've consistently finished top 5 or 6 under each of the aforementioned managers and still those managers were sacked by an incompetent board & Levy. The problem is twofold: #1. Look at how many injuries Spurs currently have, especially defenders. No team is going to get good results if all their first choice defenders are sidelined with injuries, you only need to look back a couple of seasons and see how Liverpool performed when they're first choice defenders were all injured. #2. Spurs will NEVER be a top team until Levy & the current board are all gone. Between them they only ever have a single means of trying to improve the team. Sack the manager. Perhaps they should take a look at the quality and depth of their squad for a change and blame themselves for their failure to buy better quality players when they are available. Sacking the manager is the easy option and actually the actions of a cowardly board. Give the manager the support he deserves and buy the players that HE wants. This applies to all the football clubs that have a history of a rotating door when it comes to managers.

every one of those precautions are already in place. However there are 2 aspects, which as usual due to poor planning that have not been accounted for. #1. The account holder can log into their banking app and change the daily & individual transaction limits to suit themselves. #2. No consideration given for legit payments that exceed those limits. e.g. annual health insurance premiums, buy a new car etc.

There's not always a car driver involved, but from what I've witnessed over the past 10 years, 99% of the time it's the pee brained motor cyclist at fault. They ride their motor bikes with gay abandon displaying their impatience, the mentality of a a person with a death wish.

you can't take any notice of the Thai road toll numbers because they ONLY count those dead at the scene of the accident. No accounting for those that die from their injuries. They just get included in the injuries number. The actual road toll would be thousands more if the numbers were correctly and honestly recorded.

You've misread the tax chart. Tax on 1.8m is NOT at 25%. Its Tax =115k PLUS 25% on income in EXCESS of 1m, viz 800k x 25%= 200k. Total tax payable = 315k. Of course this is with NO deductions and NOT taking a DTA into account if there is one with the OP's home country.

would love to see a screen shot of the pop up, as pop ups of this nature have a tendency to be scams, especially if there is a need to make a telephone call for assistance.

I'd make a slight change to your comment and change foreigners to farangs because the ONLY people being slugged by the dual pricing are those with white skin or black skin. I've seen Japanese, Myanmar, Cambodians & even some Chinese tourists only paying the same price as Thais simply because they are Asian. I also notice how the OP has conveniently omitted to make mention of the dual pricing in hospitals. How does that benefit teh culture. It just lines the pockets of the greedy hospital administrators and doctors.

I can remember when it was first floated to have a GST (VAT) in Australia. The Howard Govt was suggesting, if I remember correctly, 10% on everything. This was changed to 10% only on certain types of items. However, before the GST came into effect, most of the govt's top economic advisors were suggesting a flat 20% GST on all products, even imported goods, and ZERO personal income tax, which meant that people had more of their wages to spend. Their argument was that the govt would raise more tax this way. They even used Kerry Packer as an example. Packer purchased his private jet/s overseas and flew them into Oz, no tax paid on the planes. The economists plan, if implemented, meant Packer would have to pay 20% GST on a plane worth millions of dollars. Howard liked the idea but the Treasurer Peter Costello somehow managed to convince parliament that this wouldn't work. The economists did get it right because their GST formula actually meant that the rich would end up paying their fair share of tax as they would be purchasing high value brand name items, thus more tax paid by them, and with this GST formula it guaranteed that they paid their fair share of tax. Of course history shows that this didn't happen and the middle & low income earners still pay the most personal income tax as they don't have the loopholes & tax havens that the rich do. Govt's, regardless of which country, will always structure their tax rules to favour the wealthy.

because they weren't at the meeting. However, this headline is heavily exaggerated. This was not an unexpected/surprise random drug test, this is an annual procedure in every District across the country. My wife, who is our village's Pooyai Ban, tells me that our district will be conducting the annual drug testing of all our District govt officials in January.

If you received a refund of tax deducted from your interest payments, then you already have a TIN.

of course it's a scam. I also received the same email and I've NEVER had a Kasikorn bank account.

there are some and they can most likely be counted on 1 hand, and I use my wife (recently elected pooyai baan) as an example. All our villages previous pooyai baans have charged a fee (which they are not supposed to) to certify document copies etc. which have gone directly into their pockets. With all the certifications that has been required for Myanmar & Laos people who have lived in Thailand for more than 20 years being granted citizenship, she has been offered fees usually around 500 baht each but she has refused on the basis of it's her job to do it for free. Some of them have insisted, so she's issued a receipt and told the relevant people that their cash will be used as a donation towards the village, and it has been deposited in the village's bank account. She's also made it known to the households in the village that run their small casinos that no bribes will be paid to the police, so they run their casinos at their own risk. She has the support of the vast majority of the village over both these issues. So in short, there are some who are not involved in any form of corruption.

If the biopsy comes back malignant, even if the cancer is localised within the prostate the OP's PSA readings are too high for Brachytherapy. My PSA readings were in range but also around the same as the OP's and Brachytherapy was immediately ruled out by my urologist as an option on that basis alone. For me the choice was conventional radical prostatectomy (robotic wasn't available when I was treated) rather than radiation.

as much as I wanted Tyson to knock Paul out, Paul won on points. The fact Tyson at 58 went the distance says a alot for Tyson's fitness but also says that Paul aint as good as he thinks he is.

have you seen the videos of his training regimen for this fight. Tyson looks fitter, stronger and faster than he has in a very long time. I'm not saying that makes him a certain winner, but I'd love to see him knock Jake Paul out cold.

I notice he didn't say whether it was the orange convicted felon demon.

It's called a car park NOT a parking garage. parking garage is just another instance of americans changing the english language to suit themselves rather than use the correct english naming format.

WRONG. #1. I'm not aussie. #2. It wasn't sarcasm, you meant it you arrogant pommy b.

another bible basher with no grip on reality.