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Thank you.....I'll go in person as always, it seems less complicated.

Don't deep throat if you are an epileptic, it won't be a good night, especially near water.

Your post serves no purpose. It isn't necessary to broadcast the private ruminations of your mind unless you are seeking validation but why should you need that? you aren't the master of your thoughts anyway.

Strike that last word and replace it with dictatorship. If the basis of communism is truly, "To each according to his needs, from each according to his abilities" then it would be an ideal system but it was never actually practiced, it was always dictatorships from the word go, it is wrong to criticize a system that has never been put into practice. I am not a Christian but the religion is often vilified these days but again it is a religion that has never been practiced by a whole society, the USA is not a Christian society despite all the hypocritical assertions and in Europe it has died out as a mass religion. Unfettered capitalism is a horror show as can be seen from the past in Victorian England or the late 1800's in America, only social democracy with controlled capitalism, a parliament, trade unions and a free press can control the worst excesses of the human psyche and even that isn't perfect, there is always someone or group willing to take advantage of the weak links in the system which exist in order not to slide down the slope to dictatorship. There is a lack of true spirituality within mankind which has the propensity to stamp on the weakest and take what they can.

It's a 'legal' coup before MFP had a chance to govern, nipping democracy in the bud before it had a chance to blume, this decision is a disgrace and is rightly recognized as such by the international community.

Yes you pedant, I haven't had my morning coffee yet

There never has been a communist country, plenty of dictatorships claiming to be, even the Soviet Union didn't give itself the title communist, it was a dictatorship that called itself the Soviet Socialist Republic of Russia. (no, socialist doesn't equate with communist)

Those pictures make me think of football hooligans, mindless violence as a way of life; surprising to think that they are the product of the same nation that produced Sir David Attemborough and Stephen Hawkins. One can only hope that in addition to Geiran's prison sentence he will be made to pay the 32k pounds for the police van, why should the tax payer have to pay.

and yet here we are, somewhat more livable than the UK at the present time.

Society is worried and in despair, there is more than immigration in question here, people are frustrated and the myriad of problems facing the UK seem unsolvable. Riots on this scale throughout the UK is extremely rare, unlike the French British people don't riot, social cohesion is being eroded and politicians have no answer. The government don't want refugees but are bound by the UN charter as are all western nations, the UK is not alone with this problem but riots of this magnitude aren't happening elsewhere which points to more deep seated problems, drastically falling living standards could be one.

Oh you ate awful.....but I like you

she could look on the bright side, an enormous weight loss in a short amount of time. I fail to see how overstaying her visa complicates matters, does that mean that now no crime has been committed?

Depends on the media coverage, as soon as a lawyer gets involved they can move quickly,

yes

A lot of old expats were arrested a few years ago for playing bridge.

playing bridge probably

No, it's called facing up to reality.

Yes as there is an international agreement concerning tax liabilities and Thailand (under pressure so I read somewhere) has just signed up to this agreement, information from banks and other such organizations will pass freely to the tax offices of any signed up country, there is a big clamp down on tax avoidance.

The rules are the same as for Thais, no prediction needed. The tax on remittance of money to Thailand is fixed, the only thing in the balance is whether they will tax all earnings, dividends,interest etc. in our home countries. The German consulate letter I received for proof of pension for the IO contained a clause asking that I be spared paying tax in Thailand due to the double taxation agreement. As I don't pay tax in Germany I asked the German tax office for clarification, they told me that I am not taxed in Germany as they assumed I would pay tax in Thailand, so no help there.

It isn't the amount that is important it's the principle, I will probably be the only person in my village paying tax and yet they can get concessions that I don't qualify for.

Yes that is what is being broadcast, a Brit I know has already been to a tax accountant and had his future tax worked out, 40k Baht. I've worked out mine using the table for deductions, wife, child, age, etc. and come to 28k.

I'm referring to concessions, and future tax payments are fact, not just 'possible'

I am aware that we haven't yet paid tax, but we will so I think a discussion should already be taking place among the powers that be concerning a change in our status......but nothing, it's just pay up and keep the status quo, unless some noise is made now nothing will change.

perhaps I've been watching the wrong news and podcasts. Perhaps you could educate me as to why this is just an opinion. There is no need for this to go through parliament apparently, the present tax laws with tweeks are sufficient to put this into operation. It's clear that the tax office is targeting Thai companies and rich individuals who are taking advantage of the one year rule to avoid taxation but unfortunately we are now under the same umbrella.

Not yet, you have until March 2025 to pay your tax debt for 2024, do keep up, it's now fact.