Sheryl

I have not read the UK DTA in detail but pretty much any DTA protects from double taxation so if tax were paid on a state pension to the UK then that amount could be claimed as a credit on Thai tax return. Whether or not this would be advantageous or not (vs taking the PTA, paying no UK tax and then paying Thai tax without a tax credit) is another matter.

But in the case referenced he paid no UK tax.

If by "here" you mean Thailand you are tax resident in Thailand. Under the UK-Thailand DTA, UK State Pensions are not exempt from taxation in Thailand and since you pay no tax in UK, no credit to apply. To my understanding If you have been having this pension directly remitted to Thailand you have always owed tax on all the remittances. If you were first banking the funds abroad then brining the funds in in a subsequent year it has previously not been taxable but will be starting next year. There is no applicable DTA exemption or credit in your case as far as I can see.

I strongly suspect that 1) the income was not from a source exempted under a DTA 2) He is considered non resident for tax purposes in his home country, or else is below a threshold so does nto file tax return there Of course in that case, it is taxable and if being directly remitted, always has been. And DTA has no effect since not paying taxes in home country. The "new procedure" i.e. the new regulation takes effect 1 January. If he has already been taxed then it has nothing to do with the new regulation.

By an opthalmologist at a hospital? She does not mean just a vision test.

I have no idea why, but today I can get in (same email as before).

This. The Sydney Consulate may just be choosing to list the equivalent amount in AUS$.

Just let your current extension of stay elapse then apply for the OX once back in Australia, assuming you can get the necessary insurance and meet the financial rtequirements. Which you are required to have for the whole duration of the visa as well as for any subsequent extensions of stay based on this visa.

No, it is not. Conventional surgery is a resection not removal. They just trim away excess tissue which is blocking the urethra https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/turp/about/pac-20384880 Alternative treatments also reduce some tissue to shrink size, through various methods. Brachytherapy and other forms of radiation are nto used for BPH

Hardly. Middle Eastern and many African countries are by far the worst. Death sentence for homosexuality in some of those places. Comparatively speaking "Western" countries are more tolerant than most. Thailand of course is similarly tolerant. But I don't thin kthe OP was asking about Thai people's attitudes, rather that of expats in a specific part of the country.

Bickering posts have been removed. So has a post with an unreferenced claim. In the health forum it is indeed necessary to provide links to claims about research findings.

Great, thanks a lot.

They likely will start at least asking questions (as will banks) when very large sums are brought in.

It is way to soon to assume that the RD "practice" with regard to retirees has changed. The bank staff were responding to an overall requirement not one specific to, or primarily aimed at, foreign retirees. To specifically go after retirees would be a huge amount of work for the RD in exchange for very small returns. Many retiree's remittances are still not taxable (mine certainly are), and figuring out which are and which are nto would in ite=self be a huge hassle. Just does not make sense to make that a priority and the only indication that it would be is coming from assumptions posted online.

There has been no change to tax reporting requirenents. No reason at all to expect additional reporting requirements for anyone let alone expats.

Can you provide link to this? Thanks

They always owed taxes and thus should have filed returns. Nothing new on either front.

Moved to the Health forum, and inappropriate/unhelpful replies removed. @stuartd1 Stage 3 hemorrhoids usually require surgery, whether done with excision, laser or radioablation (Raefolo) it is fairly straightfoward and often just a day procedure. Some hospitals have the Raefolo technicque (which is still considered a surgery). I know Bangkok Hospital in Bangkok does it, possible the Bkk Hosp Chiang Mai does but not sure. It will likely cost more than conventional surgery . You need to see a colo-rectal surgeon. Suggest Assoc. Prof. Suwan Sanmee who can be seen at either Bangkok Hospital CM or at Sripat. https://www.bangkokhospital-chiangmai.com/en/doctor/dr-suwan-sanmee-m-d/ https://sriphat.med.cmu.ac.th/en/doctor/detail/390

If she was still on treatment, her viral load was likely undetectable and she would not have been infectious. The biggest risk of transmission is from recently infected people who are not yet on treatment. Often they do not yet know they have it.

Not really. The "survival of the fittest" was based on surviving long enough to have, and raise, many offspring. The much increased number of people living far into old age is the product of medical science, not evolution.

BPH is nto an inflammatory condition. You may be confusing it with prostatitis, which is inflammatory (and often an infection)

The new regulation (regulation, not law - the tax law has nto been amended) does not "target" foreigners. It applies equally to everyone resident in Thailand 180 days in a year or more and from releases by the Revenue department is primarily aimed ("targeted to" if you will) wealthy Thais. Foreigners are not exempt purely by being foreigners, but that is hardly the same as being targeted. The new rule does not alter reporting requirements in the least. There are no new reporting requirements. The only thing the new regulation does, is remove a prior clause that made otherwise taxable income brought into Thailand from abroad non-taxable if not brought in during the year it was earned. It is worth noting that foreigners who were having old age pensions directly remitted to Thailand have in some cases (depending on type of pension and terms of the relevant Tax Treaty with Thailand) always owed tax on it, though most have not been filing tax returns or paying. Their situation remains unchanged.

impossible to know about old age illnesses that long ago. But the numbers of people avoiding all those things and reaching old age would have been few.

Did that (reset password) Same problem. It accepted new password but on logging in keeps reverting to login page. Tried in 3 browers: Firefox, Chrome and Safari.

Tried this. Keep getting error message that the email is already registered (as it is, in the old system). ?????