DualSportBiker

1 hour ago, lordgrinz said:

 

Not if you are here for less than 179 days (thus not a tax resident) in the year you remit the funds, it's a wide-open loophole. So in the year you make a a huge purchase, just stay out of the country for 179 days, then come back next year and enjoy your condo without owing tax on the remittance.

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.

On 1/15/2025 at 7:08 PM, Jingthing said:

There is a way you can definitely avoid any chance of being liable for Thai tax if remitting money to buy a condo.

Do not be a Thai tax resident that year! Period. Sorted. 

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.

On 1/12/2025 at 6:59 AM, KhunLA said:

IMO you're taking it too much, if need to P every hour or so.   Along with interrupting your deep sleep, as that's when the body does a bit of repair work.

 

 

Longer REM helps you immune system, or so I read ...

 

"You May Get Sick More Often

When you’re suffering from broken sleep, you may find yourself getting ill more often as well. You need good, uninterrupted sleep for your immune system to function properly. With consistently broken sleep, it’s harder for your body to fight off infections and reduce inflammation."

 

https://sleepdoctor.com/sleep-deprivation/interrupted-sleep/

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.

On 1/10/2025 at 7:50 PM, KhunLA said:

Any reason why you drink 3 L per day ? 

How much volume are you P'ing out ? 

 

If P'ing out 1 L or more, I think I'd be cutting back on the intake.  I guess I drink about 1.5 L, maybe 2 L max daily.  70 yrs old, and usually don't P at all after going to sleep.  About a 6 hr stretch, sleeping.

 

That's with drinking 500 ml between 1800-1200/midnight, as I keep a half liter bottle next to the bed at night.  Usually finish it.

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.

On 1/9/2025 at 1:18 PM, KhunLA said:

 

Did you read the story, 'being followed' doesn't mean 'chased'

 

If assaulted, then their would be indications of that on his body.   It's the naked part that implies ... a skinny dip oops.

 

 

If insured, as responsible people do, would that not pay for transport back home ?  Along with a 3 month holiday, implies, he and or family, can afford the 15k they asking others to pay for.

 

Instead of sis & dad flying over and staying here, as that might have paid for the 15k alone.  It is high season, and not cheap this time of year.   Nobody needs to be here, he's dead.

"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!

2 minutes ago, TheAppletons said:

 

  False.  

So what it true?

4 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

Does she need to keep that in her account or can she transfer it, once received from abroad, to my account?

 

Oh is there a fly in the ointment?.....the 400k I need for visa extensions will still have to go direct to my account....yes?

 

Thanks.

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.

22 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:

 

Asking me? I'm not currently in Thailand, and not planning to stay more than 180 days/year for now...

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.

On 1/4/2025 at 12:38 PM, topt said:

From reading the linked article I cannot see anywhere where new TRD DG actually mentions "foreigners" at all.........

 

It appears it was just a general statement about tax residents filing which the publication neatly segued into potential Thai expat requirements and it's own take on the subject. 

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.

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

15 hours ago, Airalee said:

Back in 2015 or so I stayed at an AirBnb in Bangkok (reserved the room for a month) and upon arrival, the cable tv, washing machine and the light in the bathroom didn’t work.  The owner kept dragging their feet and would have the building chang come and “look”…but nothing was fixed.  After a week went by and it was time for me to wash the sheets on the bed, when I took them off, there were blood and urine stains literally all over the mattress.  It was awful.  I took pictures and then decided to contact AirBnB and asked to cancel.   The owner fought it but as AirBnB had photos of the mattress (which they agreed was unacceptable) they refunded the remainder of my stay but not the whole thing.  I was completely ok with that.

 

I find it hard to believe that a guest can stay the whole time and then complain on the last day of their stay and get a full refund as the article interviewee claims.  
 

Maybe things have changed since my stay but I just can’t see where AirBnB wouldn’t have just said “you should have notified us as soon as there was a problem”.

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.

On 12/14/2024 at 3:30 PM, Lacessit said:

I don't disagree learning Thai is advantageous, and speak it well enough to cope with most situations. If I had learned it from childhood, I would be fluent.

 

I learned Latin, French and German as a teenager. Saying Thai is like Latin is ridiculous.

 

I did not start learning Thai until my late sixties, another reason for its difficulty. Perhaps you could cut older people some slack.

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.

On 12/14/2024 at 1:52 PM, Lacessit said:

That is the difference.

 

Thais manage to combine three or four vowels in a single word. We do it with consonants.

 

Ask a Thai who has never encountered the word before to pronounce "refrigerator".

Do you mean like Nonthaburi (nntburee)? 

On 12/14/2024 at 1:51 PM, totsakan said:

Any factual reason why thai alphabet would be harder than any others?

 

Arabic or Chinese or hieroglyphics for exemple are obviously harder for a western mind but Thai and Latin are rather similar (at least for those who learned both). As i currently learn a "more difficult' alphabet I can tell Thai alphabet was easier for me and felt easier to remember for quite a few reasons.

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?

18 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

Well it's starting next month and not only will your 70 minute wait be gone but also your multi entry visa. They are not offered in the e-visa system.

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

On 11/29/2024 at 12:21 PM, mokwit said:

oh man, you should have been here in the nineties [insert decade prior]

 

Seems to me it all stopped on a dime in 2005.

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.

1. Booked for a Tuesday as Monday was fully booked
2. Arrived to the back on the queue at 09:15. Only a single line with perhaps 10-15 people outside.
3. 70 minutes to get to the window
4. Did not bring a copy of three months of bank statements, so printed them at an exorbitant price across the road
5. Given a receipt
6. Returned at 14:15 on the Thursday - I was the only person there and the tray was full of passports
7. 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.

1 hour ago, Chwooly said:

Oh please., Jan 6 while stupid was less damaging and less costly and less of a worry then any 1 of the single "mostly peaceful protests" I am sure the police free zones in Seattle were also less disturbing to our democracy then the Jan 6 fake news insurrection. If it was a true insurrection where were all the guns? why was the only person who actually died that day a female veteran shot by the capital police? 

But that doesn't fit the narrative that the left wants to push or that you have bought into. 

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/ 

16 minutes ago, BruceWayne said:

 

 

Why don't you google a list of GREAT MALE LEADERS too???????

I guess it would be too long to paste here though

 

All those wimmin *apart from Thatcher* ARE/WERE either a <deleted>  disaster, diversity hires or had men around them doing the real LEADERSHIP work  but congrats on your copy / paste skills 👍

 

MEN MAKE BETTER LEADERS THAN WIMMIN - Fact checked ✅ TRUE

 

PS.

No matter how much you can C+P you're still a

fat

decrepit

mind cucked

gyno

paying for it in Thai

cos u couldn't get any at home

scumbag

 

PPS. This election doesn't matter irl so maybe stop drinking and ho'ing for a week or 2 and do some work on YOURSELF - like most on here you need it!  If in doubt ask someone who's honest (hard to find there but not quite impossible) and/or NOT on your payroll.

 

x

 

 

You seem like the large part of a dkwad to me