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You do know that you have always been “obligated“ to file a Tax Return if you meet the criteria of >179 days in Thailand & 120K (Single, 220K Joint) assessable Income. The only thing that has changed is the interpretation of the rule around what is assessable income, key factor being we can no longer use the “Previous Year Loophole” around what is/isn’t assessable income.

You’ve quoted the wrong person… I never said that, nor do I eat street food. What I actually said was 1 of my friends was spending 150K per month on schooling for his 2 daughters & another one is spending 70K per month for his son. But they do enjoy street food 😊

Maneerat, Soi Post Office (Soi 13/2 Beach Road)

Same here, 8000b (+ 4000b for the multi re-entry permit) & I believe it’s worth it. Others may see it as a waste of money & I’m sure if looked at the way they spend their money I would see things that I think are a waste of money. Different folks, different strokes.

Have 1 friend who was (he got promoted & had to move the family to Germany where he’s finding life really expensive) paying 150K pm to put his 2 kids through international school… Granted it was part of his expat package so it didn’t cost him directly but it does show that you can easily spend way more than 300K pa bringing up a child in Thailand. Have another mate paying 70K pm for the schooling of his 6 year old but he’s minted so it’s just a rounding error to his budget.

Mods delete please (though it did happen or I wouldn’t have even seen the thread)

Maneerat on Soi Post Office (13/2) Pattaya

Discount at the Agent I use is 4K (it’s 8K if you have the money in the bank & 12K if you don’t). So it’s an extra 6K over the 2K (1,900 immigration fees + 100 for bank letter) that you would pay if you do it yourself. Some people think it’s worth it & some people think it’s a waste of money… Up to Them. Edit: I am only required to get a statement showing the previous 3 months transactions which is great as I can get it done on the day (Bangkok Bank) I don’t know if that’s because I use an Agent or it’s because I use a Fixed Deposit account so there are only a handful of transactions each year.

I dont know about Bangkok but When i went for my TIN at Chonburi Tax Office I had to provide a residency certificate from Immigration

Google Sheets sounds like exactly what you need, though if you wanted to manage it on your mobile check out “Spending Tracker” doesn’t come much easier

Google sheets is probably the easiest if you don’t need complex formulas, Libre office does the same job as excel & is free but I use Excel as I have an MS subscription so it’s free for me.

How was my answer confusing? If you’re sending money from the original $20k that is not assessable then the money is not assessable until the $5K that is assessable becomes the oldest funds being remitted.

Trust me I know it’s hard as I have only one bank account in the UK that everything happens from but I have found a good spreadsheet (Libre Office if you don’t have Excel) makes life so much easier 👍🏻

If the oldest $5K part of that $20k was Tax assessable then yes the $5K you send would be tax assessable. The last $5k you deposited would (appropriately) be termed Last In.

Exactly this & is it really hard to keep a track of where the money comes from ? I have income from property, dividends/CGT from stocks & shares etc… and it takes a minute to stick in a spreadsheet when/where the cash came from. Then simply spend (or send to Thailand) from the oldest forward.