pedro01

I have a high-ish offshore income but I have no plans to leave. We've had it good for a long time and it's yet to be seen how this will all play out - but I like it here and I never chose Thailand for the tax benefits.

it's not one of their coolest features for sure

Did the OP make a decision in the end?

So he cracked a joke. Move on.

She was probably just putting it off till it got bad... Or maybe...

I dunno - if you'd sunk money in a holiday - would you cancel it because of that? Seems to me like it'd just be a fluctuation. Nothing to worry about.

I don't think this represents taking sides as it does employing a little common sense. It is unlikely that Israel will send people over here to bomb targets here. On the other hand, Iranian citizens have been caught making bombs here to target Israeli diplomats - back in 2012 (https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna46424910). Fortunately, the 3 stooges from Iran managed to blow off the roof of the building they had rented to make the bombs and one of them managed to blow his leg off with explosives he was carrying (there was one tale that he tried to throw a grenade at a taxi driver but it hit something and bounced back at him - but I can't find that reported anywhere and it could be a faulty memory) So yeah - this is a sensible move and targeting the right suspects.

I dunno - she has a billionaire boyfriend but is still a freelancer. I wouldn't get your hopes up for a cancer cure from her.

I imagine Thaksin breathed a sigh of relief on hearing this...

I don't think they jail 14 year olds here - but they can be put in a juvenile detention center. That's where he's heading unless his parents are wealthy.

I think it depends on the graduate and the course taken. My son could already do his target job when he left school at 18 - he still went on to do a degree - the degree, whilst being a formality is turning out to be VERY in depth and he is maintaining a high GPA. I am quite impressed with what I've seen so far from ABAC Suvarnabhumi. On the other hand, I have trained many IT graduates to become programmers and I think the issue there is that few of the professors have ever been in a professional programming environment, so the knowledge is very theoretical. I've not done this in the west though - so it may be that the training is the same there. Overall, I've worked with hundreds of Thais in professional environments and found them a pleasure to work with and very professional and dedicated. I've heard horror stories from others about Thai staff, I've just never experienced issues myself in 20+ years here. Still 25k for a graduate is still a pittance to be paid - once you figure out food, travel, accomodation costs - it doesn't leave them much left.

Perhaps they should sue for defamation - see how that works outside of Thailand

UK has no double taxation agreement with Thailand. So Brits will theoretically be taxed twice.

And there you have it! The left's knockout move... anyone that disagrees with me is a...

two trucks for 51 million? Do they have Louis Vuitton seats or something?

That's an interesting question. I get dividends from a HK company and the tax rate for dividends there is zero. I haven't avoided tax there - just that the rate is zero in my case. I wonder what will happen in cases where the payment has been declared in a country but the tax rate is zero.

High crime

Apparently France banned the iPhone 12 because of radiation levels... But then you don't eat your phone...

As a non-resident, you are not required to pay taxes on earnings in the UK. That means anything you get paid in the UK is not taxable. You shouldn't be paying tax on your pension.

I wonder how ATM withdrawals from an offshore bank will be handled. Previously, it's been a bit expensive to NOT bank here with those fees. I can see me eating those fees as they are 220 THB on a 30k withdrawal, which is way less than being taxed.

Before legalization, you could make a phone call and have an ounce delivered to your door in hermetically sealed bags (no smell), It was 12,000 Baht an ounce and came from medical marijuana growers who had licenses way before June last year. The stuff I know of even had it's own brand name and logos. I see that side of the business growing and becoming more widely available now that the network of growers has increased.

A friend of mine had MS. He would constantly shake uncontrollably but after 1 or 2 puffs on a joint, he'd be relaxed and no longer shaking. He certainly wasn't at "stoned" level at that point.

No - you just thought I meant something else. There's a lot of drugs that can only be prescribed in a hospital - in other words, the local clinic can't prescribe them. Drugs like Tramadol are a good example - they used to be OTC here but then Thai kids started abusing the stuff mixing it with booze and so they brought in additional restrictions years ago.

In Samui yes - in Bangkok and most of Pattaya, they cracked down on them years ago.

Unless they make it like valium and other abused meds and you can only get prescribed in a hospital.