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She knew already..... Justice was given. Now the family is seeking to find a way to collect money sounds more appropriate. The man fired at the police and they are questioning why the police returned fire?

Usually, when someone hits the water too hard or hard enough to damage their body, they lose consciousness upon impact. I wonder how he was able to climb back into the boat. Perhaps he died from a heart attack following the incident or got internal damage that delayed his death long enough to get back into the boat. Either way, the boat needs to be checked for safety protocols. Sounds like they were not in place if he was so big for this to happen. ...

I understand your point. But look at the competition from NASA and at their accomplishments with the money they get yet, unable to produce the things that Musks companies have. NASA's budget for fiscal year (FY) 2024 is estimated to be $28,848.9 billion. This budget includes funding for space technology, science, Earth science, planetary science, and more Yet here we are. Musk got starlink working. He got the reusable and landable fuel tanks to work. He has a starship that can easily and quickly be relaunched. Plus all the other accomplishments his companies have made with less than 10% of NASA budget.

By the time he gets there is will be the 51st state of America haha...

I think you can not read. I said I was there and asking questions. I never said i tried to file the taxes. I wanted information to see if I had to file. My logic was sound. However, logic does not work when dealing with Thais. They have no clue what is going on. NO tax return was filed when there. Just unanswered questions.

I think he plans to move to the 51st state Canada haha... I am sure Thailand will be happy to kick him in the butt on his way out. haha... I am just curious why he would want to return to Thailand?

Sorry but i may be wrong. But i read today during my google searches that LTR are still required to file tax. I do not have time to find a link but you may want to check to be sure

the lady was estimating without using any form. she showed me calculator showing 27000 baht for the amount of my SSI. Not including my kids portion.

AS my headline said.. What a nightmare. I pity those who do have to sit there and file their taxes with idiots that do not learn their jobs and the new rules for filing. I think by Mar. 31 there is going to be many more cases of the ignorance the Thai tax offices have concerning how a foreigner should file.

My SSI as well as my kids are considered Non-assessable? I had thought they were connecting to banks to see what money was transferred to Thailand banks from abroad. To tax that money.

Thanks.. thankfully I did not file while there. I knew immediately they are not only stupid about the new tax laws but they were also stupid trying to ask me why I get disability and how long i have been getting it and where is my proof i am disabled. They really have no clue what to do about these new tax laws for foreigners. I will just save my documents and if they come knocking I will have everything handy.

According to recent reports, Thailand has outlined plans to develop itself into eight different hubs, including tourism, food, logistics, and aviation, as part of its vision for the country's future developmen

Haha well given that this tax office is trying to say I would need to pay thousands just on my SSI. this does not include half the amount I transferred including the SSI my children get as well. Half was 500,000. Mind you.. i only was at the office to inquire so i could obtain any documents they needed to file later. I have not filed yet. But this office was completely ignorant about it all.

Probably the best advice yet. However if anyone in Hua hin can tell me. Is the tax office there any smarter and english speaking?

You mean you do not know.. foreigners are required to file tax on money sent to Thailand throughout the 2024 year and to file before March 31 this year? But only if you are in Thailand more than 180 days. This came into effect Jan 1 2025 as far as i know

I am not sure.. but a million baht would not be considered below their required amount haha

No laws began for last year..

I already had a tx Id number from 13 years ago. I did not need to apply for that. To say someone is stupid for wanting to protect their wifes position and keep from problems arising is stupid in itself. My wife has a great job making almost as much as my pension plus benefits that even I rely on like their free medical for family. Her advancement is a sure thing. So why I would want to take a chance to have the Tax office contacting her or making her life and position at her work difficult for this reason?

I am American so it may be different fo you. I do not need to file a tax return in the USA but I am able to do so and have done so several times to get incentive monies during Covid. But it is not required of me there because my sole income is from SSI and they have records for this in their database. As for you, in America they do not care about threshold. Everyone should file to be determined if owed tax money or if have to pay. Even if you know your income is less than a certain amount. Income is normally automatically taken by the employer so there is a record of the amount paid. The employer sends you a statement showing the total paid into tax. I receive a statement from SSI showing the yearly amount received as well as a nice big 0 showing no taxes taken out.

As i know it. You must file tax return for all monies sent to Thailand from abroad. Report income earned abroad as well. Perhaps I am wrong.

You are required to declare and file tax return on all monies transferred into Thailand even if no tax is owed

I have been here for 13 years. My wife runs one of the Government ministry offices locally so i try my best to keep legal in all aspects. Since my income is solely from social security then it is not taxable in Thailand so I did not see a problem filing to keep legal problems from arising that may include my wife. But this office has no clue.

It is easy to see why they report about a CNN blunder. They seem to have been making many previously with the elections especially. There is no faith now in what CNN tells people

I just returned from the Prachuap Khiri Khan tax office at the Prachuap provincial office. (Not Hua Hin) I had my total amount that was transferred to fill in their forms. As well as proof the the monies were from Social Security office. While speaking to the personnel. They asked my wife where did my money come from. My wife showed them my form 1099 that showed how much was paid to me from the SSI. They then told her that all of that income on that piece of paper would be taxed and i would need to pay thousands on it to their office. I tried to explain to them (with wife's help in Thai) that the DTA for SSi to Thailand is not taxable. The tax office asked my wife why i got this money for mean she told them i was disabled. They asked me to show them proof of my disability. The office knew nothing about this and said I would need to pay on that amount and then clarified that disabled in Thailand are given proof of their disability and are only allotted an income of about 100,000 before they paid tax.. To make matters worse, the amount sent to Thailand was more than what i got from my SSDI. Because my children in Thailand also get SSDI and that is sent to my US account and then transferred to Thailand. They said only my income mattered that showed on my 1099 form. They did not care what was sent from the US to Thailand out of my pension. I then began thinking this tax office clearly has no idea about taxation laws and the DTA that applies to SSI pensions. I showed them online that SSI from the US to Thailand is not paid as per the DTA. They would not accept this. ( The US-Thailand Tax Agreement: Under this agreement, US social security income is exempt from Thai taxation. This means if your primary source of income is US social security, you are not required to pay Thai taxes on this income, regardless of how and when it's transferred to your Thai bank account } Again they wanted me to show proof that I was disabled as well. America does not issue proof for this as far as I know. WE do not carry a card around saying I get SSDI because I am disabled. Only when you require special services are you then given some document that grants permission for those services. (IE disabled parking, ramps, and other things that police will perhaps hassle you over. But not income from direct deposits coming from the SSI office. So here I am. Telling you the tax office here in Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan. Has no clue about how to manage my taxes and are determined to make me pay thousands on my SSI. Does anyone know if another office (perhaps Hua Hin) is more knowledgeable in this and has an English speaker working there to assist us? I know if I file through this office, they will do it wrong and make me pay alot for no reason.

Just another over-reaction by netizens as well as a bad reaction to what happened to the child that got pushed down. The parents should have apologized and the kid did not show any reaction to what the adults did which means it did not hurt the child. But the parents should learn to control themselves in this manner. Hardly worth banning them for doing it. I would hate to see what would happen to me when i playfully pretend to kick my own kids. A video would show the same and it would be totally blown out of proportion as this incident has been done.