Sheryl

Are there people/places in Thsiland who can do this?

Is that in Thailand? I haven't seen Boots brand drugs in Thsiland.

It is already effectively 1.2 million (more or less, depending on your living costs) given that you cannot use the 800k for living costs for 5 months of the year.

There are several online pharmacies in Thailand, easy to use. But unnecessary just for ibuprofen. Ibuprofen often comes as enterically coated tablet or capsule so usually not advisable to break in half. Normal adult dose is 200-400 mg at a time.

You are right my mistake. I often confuse these 2 provinces Suggest OP go to Nakhon Phanom provincial hospital using the "after hours clinic" (usually starts around 4 PM) and tell the nurse he needs a doctor who speaks English well. Going through the public channel he will not be able to specify this and also will see only student doctors or interns. Alternatively could go to Mukdahan Int Hosp and tell the nurse/clerk he needs an English speaking doctor. (Despite the " International" in the name not all doctors will speak English but some will ...and among these, some better than others).

The existing tiles are securely installed. I know I could install new tiles over them but as mentioned do not want to as it will result in adjacent floors on same level having different heights and be unsightly where the kitchen floor meers the living room parquet floor. Ideal solution would be to somehow put a new top finish on the existing tiles. No idea if possible?

Have you spoken with the bank's Head Office? Should not need a court order to get your own bank recordd.

Exactly. I selected it because I have little assessable income and the tax I would owe would be completely offset by tax credits for tax paid in US. Not refusing anything, I"ll try to comply with the rules. But in my case I'm facing just paperwork headache and maybe accountant fee, not a real new finacial burden. Others may be.

The problem is that may have some assessable income but much larger cash flow of non-assessable income. And the assessable income may be so small as to clearly not be enough to live on, thus sure to trigger questions. With provincial staff who may never have heard of a DTA.

Same is true at Golden Jubilee medical center in Salaya (affiliated with Mahidol) but without knowing what the problem is I can"t say if either place apprppriate. Also no way of knowing what level of English fluency is really needed. OP needs to provide some details.

Have you tried taking 200mg rather than 400? Works fine for many people. This and related medications does have potential for serious adverse effects (especially if used often) so prudent to take the lowest effective dose.

Reading this with interest as I have related issue. The tiles in my kitchen and (to lesser extent) office area and foyer have a lot of dents (installed in 1997). Unless anyone can suggest some means of refinishing them or the like, I need to re-tile. It's an open floor plan and the kitchen borders on the living toom area which has parquet. So if I tile over the existing tiles the kitchen and living areas will have difference in floilor level and I am bound to trip, stub my toes etc. On the other hand removing the old tiles, which are set in cement, would be huge and messy job to say the least. Open to suggestions....

No idea. The time I was called in, it was just a month or so after filing i.e. it occurred when the provincial RD first saw my return. I think it was more questioning before accepting my return than an audit as such. Later audits could of course occur but would be more likely in cases involving (or suspected of involving) large amounts of money.

For what type of problem?

Ibuprofen can be bought at any pharmacy 400mg dose is more common but I have bought 200mg strength also. May have to shop around a bit for it.

The RD does not state what is "acceptable proof" nor require "proofs" to be submitted with tax returns. They can call you in for questioning later if they have doubts about your return. In my experience when they do (usually they do not) , there is no specific defined proof you must show. Depends on the situation and the person interviewing you, who needs to feel satisfied with your answers and that they have done their due diligence . It does help to have some sort of supporting documentation where applicable but there is no specified requirement. If you try to claim you live without any sort of income, or an implausibly low income, they aren't going to believe this. But if you have a reasonable explanation consistent with the return you filed, I think will be OK. The biggest pitfall I can forsee is if the tax forms continue to have no way to show non-assessable income and you live mainly on same.

I would not count on that.

You will not be required to submit these records with your tax return. You will need them only if your return is questioned, which most are not. You should certainly have supporting records just in case but no need to worry now about translations certifications etc which may not (probably will mot) even be requested. I had one experience with my local RD when I filed a return to claim back witholding on interest in a Thai bank (stopped doing that afterwards as not worth the hassle). Got called into the RD who demanded to know what income I had/where from, obviously thinking I must be working in Thailand. I brought in a stack of credit advices and copies of my bank book to show I was living on remittances from abroad and told them I was retired and living on my savings. Had to work up the ladder to a supervisor as staff had never heard of a retirement visa and were convinced a retired farang can not live in Thailand, but eventually got someone who knew otherwise. Ultimately they let me go. At no point was I asked for any US documents or to get anything certified, it was more that they needed plausible answers. I might have been asked to sign som3thing, don't remember.

Agree. Everyone makes their own choices but I would certainly not advise anyone to try to conceal assessable income. Could come back to bite you badly. For this current tax year 2024 only money remitted into Thailand matters. Best option is not to remit any assessable income if possible. Only savings or income exempt under your specific DTA. If you must remit assessable income try to keep it under the tax threshold if you can. For tax year 2025, all bets may be off if the proposed legislation goes through. Good idea to start estimating what your future Thai tax burden might be, especially if you do not pay taxes in your home country.

A breeze only if you pay no taxes in your home country and all your income (or, for current tax year, income earned in, or remitted to, Thailand) is assessable. The current forms will have to be revised to include way to claim credit for foreign taxes paid. And then there is the very much unresolved question of whether and how to show foreign sourced income that is non-assessable under terms of a DTA. I would not at all count on RD staff, especially upcountry, to be familiar with these issues.

There are certainly situations where there would be no assessable income e.g. people whose income source is specified in a DTA as not assessable in Thailand (US citizens with only Social Security and or government pensions; UK citizens with only governmenf pebsion etc) People living entirely on savings would have no assessable income unless they received interest on their savings (but of course most do) For the second part of your question correct as of now but if law is changed as proposed then remitted otlr not, interest income would be assessable.

Not accurate. There is a Foreign Income Exclusion but not everyone qualifies for it; for those that do, up to 120,000 can be exempted, not 70,000. This applies only to income earned abroad and there are requirements to qualify; also overseas employment for the US government is nto eligible. Interest income, pension income, SS income, other types of passive income, all remain taxable in the US, makes no difference if living abroad. And in calculating how much of SS is taxable the excluded foreign income is added back into the formula; in other words, you pay tax on a greater portion of your SS if you had income from abroad excluded. You also still owe Self Employment tax on full amount of income earned abroad if it was from self-employment. I have lived abroad for decades, and always owed US tax.

Hopefully they will have English language version by 2025. (or 2026 if new law comes into effect as of 2025). I just did a back of the envelope calculation based on my 2023 income and what I would owe in Thai tax and in taxes to the US would be more or less the same. So a total wash, just a lot more paperwork and claiming of tax credits. But that's me, and I have always been having to pay tax to the US. People who have been managing to avoid tax anywhere, and US citizens with foreign income exempted from US tax, may start to owe more in taxes than before/owe taxes for the first time.

Hardly an authoritative source and the article seems to conflate whether tax is owed/income is taxable with whether required to file. It also sites a section of the Revenue Code (41) which as far as I can determine, does not deal specifically with who is required to file a return. AFAIK it remains the case that people with no assessable income are not required to file. Also remains the case that there is no penalty for failure to file if you owe no Thai tax. I really do not think the Thai RD wants to start receiving a lot of null returns. Now what is true is that, IF this change to the law is enacted and IF it applies to foreign nationals, many more of them will have assessable income/owe Thai taxes than was previously the case. But that is not at all the same as requiring all foreigners to file a tax return.

I have seen no official announcement to this effect. Just as yet unsubstantiated speculation. Where exactly did you read this?