alanrchase

My solicitor only mentioned the procedure in the UK. I assume once it has been approved by the Thai embassy a Thai lawyer will proceed with the requirements in Thailand regarding authority from the MOFA and probate. As far as I am aware this will be done after I die.

I agree that a Thai court can only deal with assets in Thailand but if a person has two Wills the only way a court could check for conflicts is if they see both Wills. If one Will states it is for worldly posessions and another states for Thai assets then there would be a conflict. My will specifically states it relates to all my assets anywhere in the world.

The Will is registered in the UK. Upon my death the Will will be presented for probate in the other jurisdictions. For Thailand the Will will need to be translated into Thai by an approved translator and then submitted to the Thai embassy for their approval.

I already have a single Will in the UK which covers five jurisdictions including Thailand.

You need iTunes on your computer or Apple Music on a Mac. Transfer the music to the computer, put it into iTunes then sync your iPod with iTunes. Bought an iPod years ago at the airport on a whim. Gorgeous looking little device. Little did I know what a pain it would be. An iTunes disc didn't come with it and only had dial up internet available so took ages to download. First and last Apple product I bought.

Agreed that the foreign Will would not be approved if anything in it contravened Thai law. Would still like to know what a Thai probate court requires when considering the assets of a foreigner. I would have thought they would need to see all the valid Wills a person has to check for conflicts. If that is the case the foreign Will would need translating as well so why bother with separate Wills?

Simply not true that a Will from another country is meaningless. The foreign Will needs to be translated into Thai and approved by the Thai embassy. If you have more than one Will problems can arise if anything in one appears to contradict the wishes of another. People thinking it is a simple matter of writing separate Wills for different jurisdictions may not be helping the beneficiaries when it comes time to sort things out.

I am British and recently did my Will through a British solicitor. I have one Will to cover all my assets in five different jurisdictions. As far as I can determine I will be considered domiciled in the UK by the tax authorities so my worldwide assets come under UK inheritance tax laws. Solicitors seem reluctant to give any hard facts on how an estate will be handled as there are so many variables that can change. I would be interested to know what a Thai court would require before granting probate for a deceased foreigner? Will they need a nod from the foreigner's embassy? Will they want to see other Wills the deceased may have?

Their is a component that automatically raises the idle speed whenever the AC compressor comes on. The mechanic mentioned engine idle so maybe that is what he means? If they don't make that component any more maybe join an owners club forum and ask if any other compatible ones are available.

For safety reasons the brand name chargers will not charge a battery pack that is below a certain voltage. All that is being done in these videos is zapping a bit of power into the battery pack to get the voltage high enough for the charger to work. May be no problem but if the battery pack voltage is lower than it should be there could be faulty cells in it and then there is the possibility of it catching fire.

I bought a cheap replacement on Lazada for a hedge trimmer knowing it would not be very good as I wanted the case. I then bought real 3,000mah 18650 batteries and replaced the ones in the case. New spare battery pack for about 600 baht. Been using it every week for over a year and it is still going strong.

Cracking thread?

Your UK pensions have been subject to UK tax at the nil band rate. The dual taxation agreement will mean that Thailand should not tax them.

No, just a Brit who saw this coming several years ago. Used to be regular topics asking when Thailand was going to start complying, will a Thai TIN be needed etc.. Exactly how it will affect my tax situation is yet to be seen.

Sour sceptic? Where is my scepticism? CRS has been on the cards since 2017 and Thailand complying with it now is no surprise. Perhaps reading up on what is involved to comply with the CRS would be of help. Thailand will be required to share the financial details of tax resident expats with the home countries of those expats. No surprise that a tax resident expat will need to file a tax return for Thailand to comply.

I mentioned Brits because the OP is about Brits. CRS compliance will affect all tax resident expats whose home countries are signatories. I agree with you on government overreach as well but my bank does not impose any regulations on me other that those needed to comply with that government overreach.

I have no issues with my big bank. The issues are all due to government regulations imposed on that big bank. These new issues are all due to CRS compliance, nothing to do with the banks. Brits that used to chuckle at US citizens and the way they were treated by the IRS are now going to have to swallow the same medicine.

IQ is not a measure of intelligence it is a measure of how good you are at IQ tests. How do you measure intelligence? Is someone who can speak ten languages more intelligent than a rocket scientist who can only speak one? My 16 year old nephew is more intelligent than JP when it comes to fishing in the local river.

Pensions are income.

My take on it is that the only thing that is changing is that money bought into Thailand by a person who is here long enough each year to be considered tax resident will have to be declared on a yearly tax form. If it is declared as income it will be liable for tax, if it is declared as savings it won't.

I wouldn't be too quick to have a go at a homeless person. Who knows what has happened in their life? Plenty of homeless vets in the US. Should they be chastised for poor decisions without any knowledge of what has happened in their lives? The world is full of decent people who are one misfortune away from being homeless.

FIFO Fit in or f off.

I've seen cats pop out from underneath the shelves in several supermarkets. At least these animals will be restrained.

My understanding is that each time you enter during the one year validity period of the visa you will get 90 days. If you enter with one day left you will get 90 days. I don't see why you wouldn't be allowed to extend that 90 day permission to stay for another 60 days. Hopefully one of the visa experts on the forum will post soon to confirm whether that is true.

I was under the impression that as long as you returned to Thailand before the visa expired you would get another 90 day permission to stay. I thought the idea with these visas was to time it to return the day before they expired to get a total of 15 months from each visa?