tomazbodner

This is video of it and it clearly shows that bus was not slowing down which it should from hitting others. So finding out it wasn't brake failure isn't much of a surprise...

Of course there is one way to do it which costs nothing - make your own digital currency out of thin air, let people trade among themselves but don't allow them to exchange it for THB until 5 years later or something like that. By the time it's 5 years either it's another government in charge or currency implodes and is worth nothing.

If you qualify for the annual extensions, you could. But if you don't, then you'd have to stay on visas issues from outsite the country. For most foreigners, majority of requirements are the same with or without annual extension, when you renew work permit, except the salary requirements, which are 50/60k per month minimum to qualify for annual extensions: https://www.immigration.go.th/en/?p=14714 (first one at the top): In the case of business necessity, for example, the applicant must stay to carry out work for a company or partnership Criteria for Consideration The alien must have been granted a non-immigrant visa (NON-IM). The alien must earn an income per the attached Table of Income (Annex A). The business must have a paid-up registered capital of no less than Baht 2 million. Said business must have submitted its financial statements as at the end of its fiscal year for the past two accounting years which have duly been audited and certified by a certified public accountant or a tax auditor, to prove that the business is sufficiently secure with actual and continuous operation, according to the guidelines for consideration of business status concerning the actual and continuous operation attached hereto (Annex B). Said business needs to hire aliens. Said business must have a ratio of one alien employee per four permanent Thai employees. The following businesses shall be exempted from the Criteria (3), (4), and (5), and the ratio of Thai employees specified under Criteria (6), shall be reduced to one alien employee per one permanent Thai employee: (a) International trade business (representative office) (b) Regional office (c) Overseas company (branch office) Documents to be submitted Application form TM.7, photograph 4×6 cm., application fee is 1,900 (Application must be made in person) Copy of applicant’s passport (copy of passport with your photo, last arrival stamp, Re-entry Permit stamp, Departure card (TM.6) and last extend visa) Certificate of employment prepared in accordance with the form prescribed by the Immigration Bureau (Sor.Tor.Mor.1) – A table showing the numbers of all foreigners employed by the company, also their salary on monthly and annually basis, and their total salary, is additionally required. Copy of work permit Proof of corporate registration e.g. certificate of incorporation of company or partnership certified by the Registrar with validity for 6 months Copy of list of shareholders certified by the Registrar with validity for 6 months A copy of latest balance sheet and income statement, together with corporate income tax return (Por.Ngor.Dor.50) and receipt.Copy of Sor.Bor.Chor.3 they must be certified by the Revenue Dept. or by The Department of Business Development. Copy of 3 latest monthly withholding tax return (Por.Pro.1) showing the name of employees and the alien applicant, together with receipt. Copy of latest personal income tax return of the applicant (Por.Pro.91), together with receipt (or an explanatory letter) Copy of 3 latest monthly social security contributions return filed with the Social Security Office (Form Sor.Por.Sor. 1-10) Copy of 3 latest monthly value add tax return (Por.Pro.30 or Por.Por.36) together with receipt. Proof of the need of the business to employ the alien e.g. no Thai candidate has applied after advertising such a position Location map of the place of work Other supporting documents required by the competent authority (Sor.Tor.Mor.2) Photographs showing the location of the business a. Exterior photographs showing the address and the sign of company name b. Interior photographs showing the employee while working Original documents of Nos. 5,6,7,8,9 and 10 must be provided. In case the applicant are accompanied by the family member, proof of family relationship e.g. marriage certificate, birth certificate of their children must be provided. If these documents were issued by a foreign government, they must be certified by such foreign embassy. Remark: Documents required for permission of temporary stay no. 8- 11 must be certified true copy by authorized officer of government unit concerned

That's one part of it. The other part of it is how do you prove tax gain amount when it's not a single purchase and selling... example: You buy 100 of stock x at say 100$ on day 1 year 1, paying 10,000$ You buy 100 of stock x at say 150$ on day 1 year 2, paying 15,000$ You buy 200 of stock x at say 200$ on day 1 year 3, paying 40,000$ So basically right now you have 400 stocks with median price of 162.5$. But now, the stock price is 150$ and you sell it. Technically, you're losing 12.5$ per one, but say you only sell 100 of them. You get 15,000$ for them. Against which in the list is capital gain calculated? Average price? Purchase price of which one? It would be 5k capital gain against first lot, 0 gain on second lot, and significant loss on the third lot. I haven't got this clarified anywhere. In fact one of the posters here was claiming that I would get taxed on the whole amount... So in this case, if I sold 100 stocks at 15k$, I'd get taxed (let's assume it comes into 30% bracket), 5k$ in tax in Thailand, which would wipe out entire gain on first lot. That can't be right. Is there anyone here who knows how capital gain is established in such cases, willing to share?

Who cares. Bear looks happy!

There's more to this story. The reason was that despite trying very hard, he could not demonstrate that the bell works!

You made a mistake in line 2! It's Y not Z!!

Actually even for pedestrians, sidewalks/pavements are often blocked and require stepping on the road to get around the power poles, traffic signs, trees, potholes, overbridge stairs, etc. Maybe all this is designed by people who never had to step out of their 4 wheeled status displays...

At the far left of the terminal, behind the first class TG check-in counters... Gates are A and B at the far left. The purple on the left... And sorry Woof... saw your post just after submitting mine.

Maybe instead of Netflix, he should be watching Disney Hotstar's NatGeo documentaries like "How to catch a smuggler", "Banged up abroad", etc., which could have prepared him for his future life better...

Why road? Why not just train tracks? Surely more economical than trucks to move cargo from one coast to another. PS: What happened to Kra canal again?

Teacher in elementary school is explaining the rhymes... Teacher: Can anyone give me an example of one? Johnny: In the sea stands Mick, water reaches his knees... Teacher: What kind of a rhyme is that? That's not a rhyme at all! Johnny: It will be during high tide...

If it looks like below, then yes. Mind you, yours could be different in printing below, check that it has this written: INPUT 100-240V ~50/60Hz, 1.5A Max. If it says INPUT 110-130V ~ 60Hz then it's not usable in Thailand. In that case you can buy 65W USB adapter from UGreen or Baseus (about 1k THB) or pretty much any laptop USB charger (most are 45/60/100W) Example: https://www.lazada.co.th/products/baseus-65w-gan5-charger-quick-charge-40-30-type-c-pd-usb-charger-portable-travel-charger-fast-charging-for-iphone-14-13-macbook-i4494842131-s18199339223.html?

M Yup. Move out. It's not the only property on the planet available for rent.

How dare you! There are children dying in Africa with no water and you're splashing it here for fun!

Well, you put whole government on the same flight and you could end up like Poland.... or Wagner, if Vlad is managing aircraft maintenance. Even companies don't allow more than a couple of people to fly on the same flight... I guess for government that doesn't matter... Remembered a joke: Government delegation was coming to visit elementary school so teacher wanted to prepare class that politicians were going to visit, to give good impression... Teacher: Can anyone tell me what would be a catastrophe? Johnny: If rabbit ate cabbage in the garden... Teacher: No, that would have been harm but not a catastrophe. Catastrophe would be for example if the plane, carrying entire government crashed... Got the difference? Johnny nods to confirm, when the door opens and delegation walks in.... Minister: Can anyone tell me what would be a catastrophe? Johnny: If plane full of government politicians crashed... Minister: Excellent, you know the terms very well! Johnny: But there would be no harm in that. Harm would be if rabbit ate cabbage...

Has something being absurd ever stopped being put into law?

So you're saying buying a company that exists only on paper with some Thai ID cards registered as shareholders to get your villa by the sea is not really legal? *GASP* Who would have thought so! I certainly remember reading somewhere... AN forums, maybe, difficult to remember where... how this was all OK and best way to own your home or Thai quota condo...

Well, it depends if you have any other income. Someone working in Thailand on work permit would have to have 50 or 60k baht a month for annual extensions. So minimum salary would already be 600 or 740k per year. Someone with say 200k per month would have 2.4m per year base. If you now add that 300k, then it will be taxed at 30% it would mean taxed at about 100k. To me, all that this announcement shows is that Thailand is effectively bankrupt in pretty much the same way as Myanmar, demanding 25% share of all earnings their citizens make abroad. While I don't mind paying my fair share of taxes here, and yes, this would probably make me sell off the shares abroad, it is unclear whether this is effective for 2023 taxes or for FY 2024 taxes - meaning, does it need to be declared in 2023 tax filing in Q1 of 2024, or for 2024 financial year, declared in first quarter of 2025? If the latter, I'll probably get rid of all foreign savings and investments and keep them away from Thai government, but if it's former, then it's already too late anyway. That said - I was told that in any case, Thailand didn't only tax earnings but entire amounts even now. There was someone in this forum claiming that. For example - I pay tax on 1 million baht income. With it, I buy 1 million baht stock say in Singapore. Leave them for 5 years. And now they are worth say 1.1 million baht (for the figure). Normally, I should only be taxed on 100k that value increased. But apparently, transferring the amount back to Thailand, I'd need to pay tax on entire 1.1 million baht, which would make investment there a total loss. If taxed at say 30%, that would mean a loss of over 200k. If I just transfer money to a friend in another country and that person returns to me the same amount a month later, I need to declare entire amount as my personal income and pay tax on it. That's pretty much lunatic.

You would, if you were actually moving, not just lie down and wait to be served...

I think it was about 9k baht for 14 Pro Max for Apple Care. And it had some limitations, like it was only covering first incident and not 100%... I can't remember what it was again. So many believe that it's not worth it. But then again, when it's a portable device, the chance of it getting damaged, lost, stolen, etc. is much higher than a desktop computer, hence I understand why compared to price of product, it's higher than their computers. Service of Apple, when item is well taken care of (looks like new on the outside but has electronic problem) is usually very good and includes item replacement. If it's beaten up, they'll replace with "refurbished" though.

They do but China embassy is all about business. While you need reasonable amount of paperwork, you can get express visa within a couple of hours. Obviously that's far more expensive than a "standard" visa with slower processing times

Was just going to write the same but you beat me to it

Take my phone and show me...

Needs something stronger than that to come up with those figures...