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I guess I could have gone to the Tax Revenue Dept to obtain my tax id # but opted to pay my accountant in Bangkok to get one for me. It wasn't expensive and saved me the hassle of having to travel to Bangkok to get my tax id #. I was referring to, if and when, retirees are going to have to start filing a thai tax return as part of the process to determine whether one has to pay income taxes to Thailand for income either brought into Thailand or for retirees total worldwide income. There is currently an ongoing push to tax retirees who live in Thailand for more then 180 days.

Seeing as how their is a good possibility foreigners residing in Thailand for more then 180 days will have to do a thai tax return for their personal income and investments, do you think it is important to obtain a tax id # now? If this proposal to tax foreigners income and investments is passed and comes into law, their will be a mad dash by 1000's of expats to obtain a tax id # in order to comply with the thai tax Revenue Dept regulations and requirements to file a thai tax return. If one does obtain a tax id now and this tax scheme is not passed, then so be it, and one will be out a few thousand baht for obtaining a tax id now. But, if an expat waits to see if the tax proposal is eventually passed into law, then one will have to get into the queue, along with 1000's of other expats, in order to apply and obtain a thai tax id # from the thai Revenue Dept should the tax proposal be passed into law. As they say in Thailand up to you.

You can get 4.7% on a short term U.S treasury bills fund at a brokerage firm like Charles Schwab.

I have been using the Avira free virus protection offering for several years and in the past, if I had an issue with their program, I could just uninstall it and then reinstall it again. This time I could not update my virus protection nor run a scan on my laptop. Avira has made it virtually impossible to either repair or uninstall my virus protection software which is currently installed on my laptop. You can't contact support unless you now have a license key which would necessitate you having to take out a paid subscription with them. They have a support bot which is worthless and in reading some other postings in their chat room, other folks who were using the free version are also having the same issue of not being able to uninstall the free version from their computer. The replies from Avira to the posters in the chat room are basically, tough luck, you need a license key to contact support and they have radically changed the process to force someone to have to pay for a subscription. I just want to uninstall my free version but when ever I attempt it, it says you can't and to contact support which puts you in a never ending loop. Any suggestions on what I can do to successfully uninstall my free version of Avira form my laptop.?

The Great liberal society. You reap what you sow.

They must find this sick, demented creature, chop off his member, and then throw him in a thai prison and let the inmates have a field day with him.

No I never filed a report with the FTC. Do you think it is a worthwhile endeavor and what exactly does it entail and what benefits, if any, are derived from filing a report with them? You have piqued my curiosity. P.S. Several years ago someone tried to fraudulently try and take out a credit card in my name but, fortunately, since my credit was frozen, I was contacted by one of the credit agencies to ask if this was me. I told them no and thus the scammer was unable to proceed with the application.

I am not overly concerned since I put a credit freeze on all 3 credit monitoring agencies. I use to pay for a credit monitoring service but in reviewing my free credit monitoring service provided by my bank, it was basically the same setup as the one I had been paying for. I have taken steps to ensure my financials were strengthened and safeguards are in place which I am comfortable with. A lot of my info which was found in the dark web is no longer valid and I changed all my passwords. Nothing is 100 per cent foolproof but I contacted my financial institutions and am satisfied with arrangements I made with them. It is important to never click on an email you receive until you are sure it is legitimate and never divulge any info to anyone. If need be I will contact the appropriate agency, if need be. I periodically check my credit reports and just remain vigilant, but don't get crazed since literally hundreds of millions, if not billions of other individuals and businesses have had their personal info hacked also. It is, unfortunately, a reality of life and no one is safe with all the countless agencies and companies being hacked by unscrupulous entities. You just have to be proactive and take necessary steps to ensure you are relatively safe from all the scammers looking to scam you.

Don't know about Lopburi but if you want monkeys, come to Prachuap Khiri Khan( the city) where there are literally 100's an 100's of monkeys swarming all around monkey mountain and the surrounding roads.I f you visit now there is a big festival going on until Sept 23, 2024. But if it is monkeys you want they are in Prachuap Khiri Khan in HUGE numbers.

Hi - I sent you a message about rental info in PKK.

It looks like I will have to contact the social security office in the Philippines in order to request a direct deposit fraud prevention block since I was recently informed that my ssn and d.o.b. were found on the dark web. Since I have never tried to contact this office before, can someone please give me the ph# and/or their email so I can contact them. Also, I understand it can be frustrating to finally talk to someone there so if anyone has in fact contacted them can you inform me when is the best time to call them or what are their hours of operation. Thank you for your assistance to this frustrating and stressful situation.

As the title says, maybe I missed the news but I am wondering whatever happened to the swiss guy who owned the elephant sanctuary and was deeply brewed in a public relations nightmare over his unfortunate behavior with the thai Dr. I thought he was supposed to be kicked out of Thailand. Any updates would be appreciated.

Wouldn't it be great if retired expats who reside full-time in Thailand, are given the opportunity to join the Thai 30 baht healthcare system, if and when they are forced to start paying taxes on their worldwide income to the Thai government. In so doing, they would be able to start using the healthcare system in Thailand and would be getting something in return for their taxes being paid to the government. I know try not to laugh to hard

As more countries, and just recently, Thailand, are moving away from the US dollar in its capacity as the world's reserve currency, and are joining BRICS to conduct their business outside the US dollar, what effect will this have on the US dollar? Do you think American's residing in Thailand will have any problem with the US dollar now that Thailand has stopped using the US dollar? Also, now that more then 1/2 the world's population, including Russia, China, India have de dollarized from the US currency, what effect will that have on the US dollar in terms of purchasing power, the devaluation of the dollar due to out of control printing of fiat currency to finance their debt due to more and more countries not wanting to own US dollars that are becoming worth less and less? No one has a crystal ball but am interested in folks outlook for the US dollar going forward, and how concerned are you, if any, about the present course of events globally as they unfold, especially in relation to your investments and pensions and social security, as well as ones holdings in other assorted investment vehicles denominated in US dollars.

Thank you Moose7117 and poobear for your info. Much appreciated.