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Three years ago, I had my state pension suspended as I hadn't returned the life form. Like many, I'd never even heard of a life form. I rang and was told that they had sent me the form on January 7th. I was calling them on May 16th? I'm not sure why such a delay. The woman I spoke to on the phone told me she'd had 100s of other calls from Thailand. Unfortunately or fortunately, whichever way you take it, these life forms don't come every year. A little tip to save a lot of hassle. Copy the form. Then ring them mid-January and they will tell you if you've been sent a form or not. I phoned in January this year and was told a form was on its way. I sent the copied form, and two weeks later, I received a text from the state pension people informing me they had received the form and not to reply to the text. The sent form arrived approximately three months later.

I live in the Pattaya area and for the past 15 years, I have bought my asthma puffa at the Pharmasy called Facino. They have a few branches round the Pattaya area. Unfortunately, they don't stock any preventors anymore. Does anyone know of a good pharmasy where I might get help?

I might be wrong here, but the Government Service pension is not the UK state pension.

Jomtien, Second Road.

I didn't ask her. It was less than I had worked out, not a huge amount I should add. She was very helpful, filled out the form for me, put in the allowances then showed me a figure I needed to pay. As it was less than I expected I happily signed and paid. This was at the Jomtien tax office.

Sorry, I'm a UK non-resident.

I don't know all the different rules. I'm classed as a non-resident, so not sure if that affects things. At the end of the day, it was a very small amount I paid. I spent more on two bicycle tyres yesterday. Right, wrong or indifferent, I'm sorted for the coming year.

I paid my 2024 income tax this week. I wanted a stress-free life here and decided to pay up. I went to my local tax office last November for advice and to register for a TIN. I should add here I get a company pension and a state pension paid directly into two Thailand banks. I've lived here for fifteen years and have no bank accounts in the UK now. I went back to the tax office on Wednesday armed with two bank statements for 2024, my passport and a photocopy of my wife's ID. I dealt with a very nice lady who helped me fill out the form. She added my pension payments together and then worked out my allowances. The amount was a bit less than I had worked out but I didn't mention it. I paid up, collected a receipt and walked out wondering what all the fuss was about.

I just thought I'd pass this on. I have just come off the phone to the UK pension centre. While I was talking to them, I thought I'd enquired about the Life certificate. The guy checked and informed me I will be getting one and it was sent out last week. He also said they normally send them out every two years. I had one in 2023, so makes sense. Unfortunately, it seems to take a long time to get to Thailand. My last one arrived after the 16 weeks they gave you to send back. I knew nothing about a life certificate until my pension didn't arrive and I had to ring them. The actual form took 18 weeks to arrive. Just a heads-up to anybody who received the form two years ago.

Yes, one is a company pension and one is the state pension.

Yes, one is a Government pension,

chiang mai, thank you for you're swift reply, appreciated.

Would some kind person tell me the different allowances I will be able to claim when I visit the tax office? I have two small pensions coming directly to my Thai bank account from the UK. I know about the 190.000 for being over 65, and the 60.000 each for the wife and myself. I read somewhere that the first 1000.000 of my pension is not taxable, am I correct in thinking that? Now, one I've been told, but never seen written is that the first 150000 of my assessable income is zero-rated. Is this true? I have some health insurance and read somewhere that you can claim up to 25.000. Thanks in advance for any information. Also, I had some advice earlier in the year from Mike Lister. He was very helpful, Looks like he hasn't been active for quite a few months, I hope he is okay.

Okay, well I won't bury my head in the sand. Today I will visit my local tax office and register for a TIN. Now, as I'm not that great on a computer I would appreciate a little technical help, please, Kasikorn has sent me three forms to fill out in a PDF format. Is there a way of filling out these forms without printing them off and filling the forms out manually?

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