DualSportBiker

This is not what I was advised by a panel of tax specialists here at a Sasin (Chula) event. If you earn money in year 1 and are in Thailand for 180+days that same year, even if you remit the funds in a year you are not here for 180 days, you are still liable.

The liability is based on when you earn the money, not spend it. If you were a tax resident when you earned it, you are liable if you bring it here.

You seem to have missed the point I made very clearly in my original response: I only pee once an hour in the day and only 1-2 times per night. I get quality sleep. So thanks, but I am good. And again, I will take my advice from a Dr.

I do so because that is recommended. Every doctor I tell that to gives me there approval - tells me I am good patient! US army policy here was 'if you don't need to pee all the time, you ain't drinking enough. So a US airman told me. I don't take notes on output volume. And I try not to drink at night or I'll wake more frequently...

I pee every 40-60 minutes and it is clear. This is because I drink 3+ litres of water per day. Plain water, cold teas, and/or Singha soda water. I don't drink booze anymore - perhaps 1-2 measures per quarter... I taper my fluid intake in the evening so I only get up to pee 1-2 times. I am just shy of 60.

"If insured, as responsible people do, would that not pay for transport back home ? " Would it? Only if the insured opts for it. You assume all should or would, or perhaps that it would be automatically baked in. That sounds to me like you have never read the small print of the insurance you buy when on vacation. Obviously you do buy insurance - you are a responsible person right? Or are you making me assume now? "Nobody needs to be here, he's dead." Nice. Some people need closure. Some people want to see the location, talk to people who saw their loved ones last. You have, perhaps, an empathy deficit...

Back in 1994 there was a French consortium that proposed a trial of automated lights right downtown. I can't remember which area it covered, but it was large. Let's say Asoke to Rama 6 and Rama 4 to New Petchaburi. They got approval to install and show that automated lights that coordinated with each other offered a path to improvement. The system was installed and operated for a few months. Not only did the Police manually override its control of the lights, they said that gecko poop was shorting out the system and it was a fire hazard and unreliable. End of project! It might happen, it might help, but unless the footprint is big enough it will not be as effective because the areas outside of its control will back up cars into it. Hope springs eternal!

So what it true?

I am not an accountant... However, I would urge caution with the transfer from her to you. That can easily be construed by TRD as income. The 400K can come from anywhere, but again is likely to be taxable. Best leave it there all year to avoid its taxation.

Just FYI, the 180 days and the earning of funds are tied together. If you earn money in a year you are not here for 180 days, then the following year you can be here for 180+ and remit the funds tax-free. That is my understanding from various workshops I have attended in the last several months. Please confirm with an accountant, but I would bet a round Guinness that I remember it correctly.

Yes. You are allowed to send up to 20,000,000 Baht per year to your spouse without paying tax on it.

TRD does not care about the passport one carries, hence no mention. The rules have changed so that all adults in Thailand for 180 days or more per calendar year are required to file their tax statements. For foreigners who are sent, or send themselves money, those monies are taxable.

Where does it say he had no insurance? Nowhere - you dragged the thought out of a dark dank place. There are multiple levels of insurance and only a few ever buy the 'repatriate my dead body' option - especially at 28 years old. Do everyone a favour and keep your assumptions to yourself.

Can anyone share the location of this corner? Or just confirm that this is correct? https://maps.app.goo.gl/biKdpZAcvZQMVcHd7

My wife and I have two apartments listed on AirBnB. Most guests are a pleasure to host. However there are whiny complainers that game the system. We had one muppet who booked two months, got a discount because of that, then cancelled the second month yet expected the price per day to remain the same. When AirBnB charged him for 30 days at the original date, he unloaded on us about how we should hand over the difference as compensation for his inconvenience! He threatened us with bad reviews and when told that reviews were a contentious space here, accused us of threats, unloaded on the phone to AirBnB support and left a bad review at the last minute so we could not respond. However hard you may find it, there are people who actively aim to game the system to get free and discounted stuff.

There is a short answer and a long answer. The short answer is to stay away from Downtown Bangkok, Pattaya, Hua Hin, Cha Am, Phuket, and Chiang Mai. There are second-tier T.Traps in some Rayong towns on the coastline, and the islands are off for you as well. The long answer is any town in the following list. In some you might need to avoid the 'capital' of the province, but you can be close and still be a million miles from a place dense with tourists. Samut Prakan Ang Thong Lop Buri Sing Buri Chai Nat Saraburi Trat Chachoengsao Prachin Buri Nakhon Nayok Sa Kaeo Ratchaburi Kanchanaburi Suphan Buri Samut Sakhon Samut Songkhram Phetchaburi Prachuap Khiri Khan Lamphun Lampang Uttaradit Phrae Nan Phayao Chiang Rai Mae Hong Son Nakhon Sawan Uthai Thani Kamphaeng Phet Tak Sukhothai Phitsanulok Phichit Phetchabun Nakhon Ratchasima Buri Ram Surin Si Sa Ket Ubon Ratchathani Yasothon Chaiyaphum Amnat Charoen Bueng Kan Nong Bua Lam Phu Khon Kaen Udon Thani Loei Nong Khai Maha Sarakham Roi Et Kalasin Sakon Nakhon Nakhon Phanom Mukdahan Nakhon Si Thammarat Surat Thani Ranong Chumphon Songkhla Satun Trang Phattalung Pattani Yala Narathiwat

I studied French, Latin, German, Italian and Russian. Thai was a real shock when I moved here. I wholeheartedly agree, Latin and Thai have nothing in common.

Do you mean like Nonthaburi (nntburee)?

I studied Latin for five years and must confess I struggle to see any similarity between Latin and Thai. Latin is highly structured, caters for a variety of tenses, infers actor, recipient, object very clearly through its accusative, dative etc cases. Thai is almost without structure, has limited vocab compared to English, and its syntax is minimalist. Can you explain to me how Latin and Thai share anything?

Well that is miserable. What happens with annual visas then? Have to apply for the multiple entry once back here? Or will all Non-Imm visas be single entry? Confused by one step forward, two and a half back! Thanks

I watched the opening night(s) at Lollipop when there were still restaurants, a pharmacy and a Lebanese restaurant in Nana. I agree with you, it was all pretty off by the early naughties. Don't go to any of my old hangouts any more. Too old, too bored with it, my mates have left or died, have changed my tastes and stopped drinking...

In the interest of sharing, here's how my Cat O Non-Imm visa application went at the Consulate in sunny Savannakhet. Booked for a Tuesday as Monday was fully booked Arrived to the back on the queue at 09:15. Only a single line with perhaps 10-15 people outside. 70 minutes to get to the window Did not bring a copy of three months of bank statements, so printed them at an exorbitant price across the road Given a receipt Returned at 14:15 on the Thursday - I was the only person there and the tray was full of passports Done and dusted and drove back to Thailand 30 minutes later Whenever they introduce e-filing the 70 minute wait will be gone. Just drop of one's passport and return two days later. Looking forward to that next year. What did I do for two days?

From 2010 to 2015 I had a company that delivered industrial cleaning services - high end stuff. The process we used creates large static charges and the equipment we used would only work if there was sufficient ground. A ground-check system was built in to the equipment. We would normally tether the work piece to the equipment to discharge the static to ground. All well and good... We'd ask for confirmation from the maintenance team - you have good grounding all around your factory (and expensive kit) right? Sure! Except, factories designed and built after building regulations required a ground would often not have one. I am talking about units on large and well known industrial estates. Not that the estate mgmt were to blame, but the designer and contractor would often not see the need and try and save a few thousand Baht... We carried a drill, very long bit, big hammers and a 1.5m copper bar to create our own ground more times than I can remember. There are standards in Thailand, it just seems none are enforce and nobody cares until someone dies.

You might want to refresh yourself with facts. The riots and protests that were not Jan 6 were protesting highly visible and documented police abuse of power and resulting deaths as well as the coverups and protection offered by DA offices and courts. Jan 6 was an attempt to stop a legal, lawful and legitimate government process for the sole purpose of usurping the electorate's choice of leadership. You would do well to consider the symbology and significance of the country that rails on non-democratic processes everywhere else succumbing to anti-democratic rebels subverting the documented will of the people. As for the guns: these facts might hurt: https://www.courthousenews.com/jan-6-committee-convenes-surprise-hearing-to-tackle-new-evidence/

You seem like the large part of a dkwad to me