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For those considering surgery, Prostate Artery Embolization is now available at Siriraj Radiology Center, 72 yr Building 2nd floor. 02-419-8731.

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Not making oversea remittance tax free disregard of when it was earned shows that they haven't learn the lesson.

To impose 3.5% ( or is it 5%) tax on foreign remittance on poor immigrants is just heartless. US citizens may be exempted.

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This is good news for those of us who have Roth IRA in US.

If i sell US stocks and transfer the proceeds to Thailand, the entire amount will be tax free, if i read the OP correctly. The cost basic was money from prior to 2024, and the capital gain is recent income.

Since your address is outside of US, no US court will have jurisdiction to probate the account. Have you ask Schwab does a surviving joint account holder still need a transfer certificate from the IRS ?

International account registered to non-US person is subject to US estate tax because the investment is in US. The exemption is only $60K. Please see IRS form 706NA and the instruction. For US citizens, the exemption is about $14M.

I just had lower spine MRI on 3.0T machine at Bangkok Pattaya Hospital at the promo rate of 8000B whithout contrast, great value.

The elephant in the room is the IRS transfer certificate, Form 5173. I believe IRS rule is that this certificate only applies to decedents who are non citizen and non resident. But it appears that Schwab reqiures this form from the IRS in order to transfer your account to your heir after you've kick the bucket outside of US, even if you are a US citizen. What about other brokerage firms such as Vanguard, Fidelity or Interactive Brokers? May be I'll sell all my stocks, transfer my money into a Thai bank and make a Thai will.

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1/8 of my money is in BRK/B. up 18% ytd, 34% in a yr.

Which financial management companies would you suggest, in Hong Kong and/or Singapore? I need to move my portfolio out of US to avoid IRS Transfer Certificate Form 5173.

S&P500 is down 4.33% YTD. That is about the same as I my portfolio is down YTD. But my invesment in BRK/B is up 16%.

I called Fidelity yesterday to deleted the first zero of my Thai phone number. I am able to receive the passcode now. Thank you for the valuable info. I had turned off 2FA in the account and was able to log in without a passcode. Some how it was turned on in mid February. I am going to keep the option on now that I can get the passcode.

I have to call for OTP to sign on my account on NetBenefits app. Is there another Fidelity app?

In 2024 Jomtien Revenue Office claimed to have mailed a refund check to me twice. After the second check didn't get here, I had to pick up a new one on the 4th floor. I still havent get any of the first two today 🙂

First withdrawal of the month is free at Interactive Brokers and it can be International transfer. No minimum to open a Lite account, no maintenance fee. It comes with a linked bank account that you can deposit SSA benefit into. Thai address acceptable. Request transfer online or set up auto monthly transfers. There are other brokerage firms with free international transfers.

Both Bangkok Bank IDD which the OP is trying to set up and Interactive wires will use SWIFT tranfers.

Bangkok Bank IDD is a good idea to have automated transfer. Interactive Brokers is the only brokerage where I can set up monthly auto transfer.

If you are Non-US citizen, Non-US resident and if you are a Thai resident. US tax: File Form W-8 BEN with IBRK to have correct withholding of 15% on interest and dividends. If the withholding is correct, you do not need to file US tax, unless you have other US income. File form 1040NR with Schedule NEC to pay the difference or claim a return if the withholding is incorrect. Form 1040NR is tedious but there is a short cut for this purpose, it's in the instruction. Capital gain from the sale of US stocks are tax free for you. Thai Tax: only if you bring the proceed into Thailand, I don't know anything about Wise let others help you there.

Using 3 Tesla MRI to investigate prostate cost 63,000B at Bumrungrad, 32,000B at bangkok Pattaya Hospital. Using 1.5T cost a lot less at Payathai Siriraj. 1.5 T with endorectal coil is good enough for prostate examination: https://ajronline.org/doi/10.2214/AJR.04.1584

To enjoy the river view, you can go through Starbuck on the left , or enter Napalai Terrace through the small door on the right.

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