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On 7/5/2024 at 4:26 AM, Mike Lister said:

Most of this post is incorrect! There is no general requirement to obtain a TIN by September, other than for those who have been tax resident for the entire year, up to that point, AND who have assessable income, in excess of threshold.

 

TINs must be acquired within 60 days of becoming tax resident, AND exceeding the assessable income threshold. 

 

Taxes must be filed, after 1 January and BEFORE 31 March each year.

 

Having a Tabien Bahn does not replace the need to acquire a TIN.

I didn't say you need a Tabien Ban to obtain a TIN. I said you need to have a Thai ID number and if you haven't got a Tabien Ban beforehand, you won't get one. I didn't say that you need a TIN by end of September. The process of getting a TIN will start then, you have until end of March to complete the process.

On 7/4/2024 at 1:13 PM, topt said:

Absolute rubbish..........

End of September - please show a link........(there isn't one)

Thai ID for a Thai Tin - no you don't need.

Yeah, that's right, I invented it. Do some research.

AS FAR as I know: expats in Thailand will, from end of September be required to obtain their taxation number (ITN). For this you will need a Thai ID, an easy process if you don't have one but have a Tabien Ban. Taxable persons have until end of March next year to obtain this number (theoretically, not doing so makes you liable to a fine). Whether your visa extension application will be affected by proof of payment or non-payment I rather doubt. 

I asked at our local immigration a month ago and the answer, essentially, was: "Why worry about something that hasn't happened yet?". Plain Text: Nobody knows, wait and see. 

.. and I'm bloody outraged that people come to Thailand and want to eat baked beans. Maybe afraid that they would get food poisoning? 

I very much doubt that Bitdefender has any useful role to play for Linux machines. Ubuntu Pro is free and built specifically for Linux. By the way, you wouldn't be working for Bitdefender in some role, would you?

Anybody mention, or even know what are, The Minsk agreements? 

Sorry, I read through the first few comments... I guess not.

Many writing here seem to have completely missed the point. Thailand, along with quite a few other countries,  signed a (globalist) agreement  with the OECD:  

"Thailand signs Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent BEPS. On 9 February 2022, Thailand signed the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent BEPS (the MLI)."

The tax number that you will receive if you take the trouble to apply for one (TIN) will be an International Tax Number, "This enactment brought into effect the Automatic Exchange of Information Common Reporting Standard laws." So if you escape paying taxes here, you will eventually finish up paying them elsewhere.

https://www.expattaxthailand.com/tax-identification-number-thailand/

Google Thailand form L.P.10.1

50% would vote for a convicted felon. (That likes the ladies)

50% would vote for an (as yet) unconvicted felon. (that likes little girls).

13 hours ago, noobexpat said:

 

You may have had a refund of your contributions and therefore no accrued service.

 

Whilst this rule is not applied in recent times for public sector schemes, historically it may have been.

Thanks! I did receive a response from WYPFE at last, confirming that I had received refund of my contributions as I was emigrating. Sounds right.

1 hour ago, noobexpat said:

 

How many years membership in the scheme? ...possibly less than 2?

Oh dear, dunno. About two years I guess, maybe three...

Many years ago I worked for this entity, which no longer exists. I still wonder if they have a pension fund in my name, but various attempts to contact various organisations have come up with 'no record'. Does anybody have a suggestion as to where I might apply? 

Thanks.

1 minute ago, bob smith said:

we are in Thailand though.

 

bob.

Yes, you spotted it. I was trying to say that this isn't uniquely a Thai problem.

Who cares? I have experienced worse in the UK.

6 hours ago, Neeranam said:

I only eat Weetabix and berries/fruit for breakfast and something healthy for lunch, no meat. I don't have dinner. 

My problem is not digestion. 

 

 

 

 

Many of us would disagree. Weetabix is not good for the digestion, meat is. You have a disease of the digestive tract, sounds like a digestion problem to me. You can completely change the wildlife living in your digestive tract by changing your diet.

I have seen such a thing as citrus potting compost but any well draining, slightly acidic soil will do. Here in Buriram they plant into bio char, which you would then need to fertilise.

Looks to have been planted too deep. It might be a tricky job in the heat but: water. Dig around carefully and lift the tree out. Make sure that you replant to the same depth as it grew up in, should be obvious. Don't neglect to water. Or buy a new one!

On 4/11/2024 at 10:20 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

Sure, Israel is peaceful and all that...

How about those roughly 500,000 illegal Israeli settlers? Does it help the peace when they build their houses on other people's land?

 

 

Every time Israel makes concessions it brings peace, yes... for a few weeks. The West Bank as well as the Golan heights are essential to Israel's security. Terrorist attacks are now almost unknown in those areas, the Arabs living there, like the Arabs living in Israel, are happy with the way things are. Things could be better of course. Try to understand: the Jews aren't going to lie down and let themselves be massacred by people that say that that is what they want to do. 

Remind me about toxic masculinity again. 

17 hours ago, candide said:

And as I already replied, it's a false equivalence.

Palestinian people living in Israel were already living there before the creation of Israel. They are not settlers imposed by force like Israeli settlers in the West Bank.

If Israel refuses that Palestinians can settle in Israel (for understandable reasons from their side), there is no reason to accept that Israelis may have a right to settle in the West Bank. One of the basic principle of fair international law is reciprocity.

Jews were always present in the area, before Islam invaded and bloodily expelled the original inhabitants, including Christians, from large parts of the Middle East including Turkey. The Crusades that the Islamists complain about so bitterly were caused by the mistreatment of Christians and Christian holy places in Israel, as well as the closing of the trade routes and wholesale slave raiding committed by the Arabd throughout the Mediterranean and even up to Iceland and England. I wish we could get away from complaints about what happened many generations ago and try to find a rational solution based on the present situation.

15 hours ago, placnx said:

SInce when can Palestinians join the army? Druze can, though. Army service confers various advantages, so Palestinians are disadvantaged.

According to the "Palestinians" everyone living in that area is a Palestinian. Arabs living in Israel can do all of that and more. They aren't interested in participating in the Gaza conflict.

On 4/11/2024 at 3:11 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

 

equal rights?

What a bad joke. 

Never been there or read much, have you? Palestinians living in Israel can vote, become judges, join the army, work freely. But don't let facts interfere with your joyful commenntaries. 

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Sure, Israel is peaceful and all that...

How about those roughly 500,000 illegal Israeli settlers? Does it help the peace when they build their houses on other people's land?

 

OK. Get them to agree to a two state solution and problems like this would be solved. Those Israelis would either become West Bank citizens or be forced to return. But Hamas (not present in the West Bank), Iran and Syria  wouldn't like that, would they? FFS go visit the place for yourself before believing all you read on the 'net. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/348699