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US Bank Account as Expat
This requirement has been waived a while ago.
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Laptop Servicing Shop Needed Pattaya
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Trump's deportation shock harms US workers
Can we stop calling each other liars? if you don't agree with the facts shown, just show us your findings.
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Trump's deportation shock harms US workers
- Best way to self-pay for operation
You should be able to pay by QR code scan. I had spinal surgery and stayed a few nights at BNH about 6 months ago. The estimated cost was 730,000 -780,000B. I paid 730,000B by QR code right after the pre-op two days before the surgery. Again paid by QR code the final bill when I was being discharged. My Bangkok Bank daily limit is set at 1,000,000B.- Bad News For Trump Haters ... Economic Boom in 2026
2026: "US stocks are off to their worst start versus the global market since 1995." https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-stocks-are-off-to-their-worst-start-versus-the-global-market-since-1995-110019152.html- Bad News For Trump Haters ... Economic Boom in 2026
- U S Topic. Exchange rate for FBAR reporting.
- Thai-Laos border crossing.
I am thinking of making a trip to Isaan during the cool months, may also drive into Laos. I am looking at the Thai/Laos border crossings at Mukdaham and Ubon. Can I drive a Thai car into Laos at those two crossings? I have crossed Nong Khai border to Vientiane with my Thai car before so I know all the paperwork requirements. Also can I enter into Laos at a crossing and exit through a different border crossing?- Film For Car Window
It's a very nice shop. I have been there, paid 10,000B for V-kool firm just on the front windshield to block 20% light. Other brands are cheaper but are too dark for me. Most of them start at 40%.- Film For Car Window
I have been going to Pop Auto Glass. https://maps.app.goo.gl/DaiaGSb48cSUxiZw8- I'm A Chronic Acid Reflux Sufferer.
- Pregabalin
I just had back surgery, came home after 3 nights in the hospital, with Keflex antibiotic for 5 days and Celebrex for pain and anti-inflammation for 7 days. Vitamin B complex which I already have at home. Also 20 tablets of Codigesic , which is 300mg Paracetamol 15mg Codeine in a tablet. Also given 21 tablets of Tarlige 5 mg which is similar to pregabalin. I had the surgery on Wed night, today I don't feel much pain so I am just taking 500 para which I have at home, if para cant handle the pain i will take Tarlige. for the first 20 hours post-op I was on Fentanyl IV drip, I felt great. Then different day different pain killer including Tarlige, Lyrica, Ultracet, paracetamol.- Pinched nerve. Your personal experiences in Thailand?
I can't walk more than 20 minutes before my feet feel numb. X-ray and MRI. I have L4 L5 stenosis. Doctors at both Bangkok Pattaya Hospital and Bangkok Nursing hospital recommended fusion. I will have it done at BNH by Dr Wicharn this Wed Sept 10. 730k to 780k.- 0% capital gains under "big beautiful bill"
If your other income is not over the standard deduction, you will enjoy 0% tax on $48350 of CG in 2025. It was $47025 in 2024. If your taxable income ( after standard deduction) is $x, the tax free CG is $48350 less $x. All your CG is taxable if $x is over $48350. There is a worksheet in the 1040 instruction on how to calculate Qualified Div and CG tax without knowing the rules behind it.- 2025 SSA Form 7162 - "Hello, are you dead yet?" forms.
- secured credit cards?
secured credit card is not for those who carry a balance. When you have money as deposit you most likely can pay off the balance monthly. Every time you pay with it, 'credit' is being extended, no interest is charged if you pay in full on time.- 2025 SSA Form 7162 - "Hello, are you dead yet?" forms.
Thai Air Mail for me, as always.- 2025 SSA Form 7162 - "Hello, are you dead yet?" forms.
got it. Jomtein 20150.- 2025 SSA Form 7162 - "Hello, are you dead yet?" forms.
Jomtein postal code 20150, still waiting.- IRS head says free Direct File tax service is ‘gone’
Americans spend more than $100 billion each year to prepare and file their returns, according to the National Taxpayers Union Foundation. Direct File was developed as a method to help taxpayers avoid paying tax-prep and filing fees. The IRS spent about $13 million on the Direct File pilot in 2024, according a December report from the GAO. That funding came from money the tax agency received from the Inflation Reduction Act, which Mr. Biden signed into law in 2022. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/irs-direct-file-taxes-trump-elizabeth-warren-letter-democrats/- IRS head says free Direct File tax service is ‘gone’
Are those sites private paid tax filing services ? Don't THey require US phone numbers and addresses? Its free for lower income but my yearly income is way above that. "Free File Fillable Forms" is a government site with no income limits, which worked for me for years up until a US phone number was required to create an account, the site should still works for you if you have a US phone number of which I don't. As of now OLT.com is the only site I can use. No US phone required, no income limits. Federal income return is free while they drew income from other services such as state income return.- IRS head says free Direct File tax service is ‘gone’
you can use a pencil to file 1040 forms?- IRS head says free Direct File tax service is ‘gone’
It's 2025. Hello? - Best way to self-pay for operation