ThaiEskimo

lol Nobody pays taxes. That soup cart down the street doesn't pay taxes so why should you or I? These people trying to do everything legal with these silly visas are just nitwits. There is no black and white in los. You do what you can get away with. In digitial nomad cases, they get away with dodging t@xes and working ill3gally.

Maybe you don't pay taxes, zierf1 but plenty of legitimate companies do.

Once you reach a certain income level, you want certainty in your financial affairs.

When you are just starting out, you might skirt some rules. Understandable.

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But you want black and white?

How about this excerpt directly from the Thailand Department of Revenue website?

Taxpayers are classified into “resident” and “non-resident.” “Resident” means any person residing in Thailand for a period or periods aggregating more than 180 days in any tax (calendar) year. A resident of Thailand is liable to pay tax on income from sources in Thailand as well as on the portion of income from foreign sources that is brought into Thailand.

The law reads pretty clear.

If you are making significant income, you could actually save money by setting up legitimately.

There is a further post on this here:

This article might be useful to those following the thread: What Digital Nomads can Learn from the Immigration Raid at PunSpace

Great job General! Keep up the good work!

This is what Thailand needs: a focus on economy.

To the thai visa commenters...

There are many great reasons to start a company in Thailand.

The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) already provides many different incentives for business owners:

• better ratio than 4:1 staff
• own 100% of a Thai company as a foreigner
• 0% corporate income tax for up to 7 years
• own land (up to 1 rai for director)
• diplomatic entry at airport

Read through the BOI manual, or check out this website with explains simply with infographics: SiamStartup.com

Or message me, more than happy to tell my experiences running a high tech company in Thailand and how to apply for BOI licensing.

Hey ThaiEskimo.

Thats a really interesting site and I had not seen it before.

Judging by your last line what is said on the website is actually implemented.

Cheers.

Thank you,

I have many friends, (foreigners and Thai's) who run successful businesses in Thailand.

Perhaps they are successful because they read the laws, talk to others who have done it, and don't believe what they read in an online forum!

We created SiamStartup.com to make the BOI process and Thailand laws understandable for the average person.

Financial and Legal issues in Thailand may be more challenging than other places, but they are not unsurmountable.

Here are some things you'll find on Siam startup

• We have interviews with venture capitalists who have invested in Thailand, and entrepreneurs who have successfully grown a company from scratch.
• We have infographics that clearly outline the process (including work permits, BOI applications, registering trademarks)
• We have a job board where we post about opportunities (in development)

Hopefully we can play our part is fostering entrepreneurship in the Kingdom of Thailand, within the Software High Tech industry.

Great job General! Keep up the good work!

This is what Thailand needs: a focus on economy.

To the thai visa commenters...

There are many great reasons to start a company in Thailand.

The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) already provides many different incentives for business owners:

• better ratio than 4:1 staff
• own 100% of a Thai company as a foreigner
• 0% corporate income tax for up to 7 years
• own land (up to 1 rai for director)
• diplomatic entry at airport

Read through the BOI manual, or check out this website with explains simply with infographics: SiamStartup.com

Or message me, more than happy to tell my experiences running a high tech company in Thailand and how to apply for BOI licensing.

I hear the guys at TropicalDev.com are hiring...

Live and work from a startup in Chiang Mai Thailand

Want to escape the 9-5 grind and join a startup company that cares as much about your lifestyle as your working style? Want to join a fun team environment

We are looking for a passionate Front End Product Engineer who is excited to work in the dynamic environment of an early-stage startup company. We’re searching for forward-thinking creatives who are willing to push the envelope and revolutionize the people think about healthcare. If you’re obsessed with product design and delivering a user experience that is both beautiful and functional, this position is for you. We’d love to see what you’ve done. Please include a link to samples of your work for consideration.

Apply at http://TropicalDev.com

Responsibilities

Exercise creative flexibility in the planning and development of the entire user experience on an iterative basis

Collaborate closely with the Technical Lead and Back End Product Engineer to integrate product components and meet aggressive deadlines

Experience

Web application development

Smartphone and tablet optimization

Agile software development

Skills

NodeJS

HTML5

CSS3

JavaScript

Familiarity with Wordpress, jQuery, Ajax, MySQL, JSP/ASP/PHP, SEO is a huge plus

Benefits:
Work in a fast growing emerging economy

Live in one of the oldest and coolest cities in the world

Go on weekend trips to see elephants, rainforests and waterfalls

Get 70% more purchasing power and higher quality of life

Unlimited Coffee made for you daily

Company wide lunches and breakfasts

Work permit and Visa handled

Legitimate career

Apply at http://TropicalDev.com

Try Mailbird that's what I use

You should look into Bangkok Bank which has a NY Branch. Easier to transfer into and out of thai bank account from paypal as US person.

Wanted: Growth Hacker, Digital Marketing Strategist.

1. Are you looking for a challenge in a growing company?

2. Looking for a longer term career in Thailand?

3. Would you like a consistent salary + bonus for delivering results?

4. Are you a hustler who can solve problems on the fly?

We are looking to hire a marketing manager immediately, for fulltime positions.

Skills Required:

· Marketing Skills

· Copywriting ability

· Technical knowledge of CRM

· Sales funnels

· Conversion optimization

Benefits

· Work from our beautiful office

· Unlimited coffee made for you daily

· Company wide trips, nightlife and sporting events

· Work permit and health insurance

Apply at tropicaldev.com

Tell us why you're interested, what you're doing now, and include a resume, and your portfolio.

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You will be the marketing manager and digital strategist for the following:

· Manage Content Create. You’ll be the go-to content person oversee cultivating content campaigns.

• Manage Podcasts. You will be accountable for making sure our podcasts go live on the website. Don’t worry, you’ll have help with this one.
• Edit, research, and develop content. You’ll be my right-hand person for everything that goes out on one of our content sites. You’ll edit all the posts and provide support by preparing research, notes, and copy for a wide variety of content.
• Product Funnels. You’ll create an email funnel with upsells, downsells designed to make our prospects take action.
• Optimization. You’ll run split tests and make sure all the work you’ve been doing is effective. This is a great way to learn more about conversion optimization.
• Reporting. You’ll be responsible for articulating regularly to the rest of the team precisely what is happening with your projects and how that affects the business. You’ll generate weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports outlining our progress and participate in weekly team calls.

General expectations of you are:

• You must love content. This position is most importantly about consuming, curating and creating content. You should have a proven track record in similar channels similar to our own (blogs, podcasts, eBooks, communities, and forums.)
• You are observant and articulate. We’ll need you to be excellent at writing and communicating — you’ll be doing them both all day long–from writing articles, helping us to articulate policies, procedures, new content, and other fun stuff. What you say and write matters as you will be a voice for our team.
• You must be interested in a full time position with tons of growth potential. This is not an internship. For the right person, there are a great deal of opportunities for you to increase your level of responsibility, fun, and compensation. I’d like somebody to work with us for a few years, helping us grow this business, and making our community something we can be extremely proud of. It should be something you are stoked to wake up for every morning and work on, not something that find time for among your other projects.
• You must be a self-starter and full of drive. We are a small team but we have over 30 employees. We are small enough to feel like a family, but big enough that we are a real company. While 80% of this position will utilize processes we already have in place, for the other 20% you must be able take the initiative and run with it. You should always be finding ways to improve on our systems.
• You understand entrepreneurial mindset and love a good spreadsheet. You don’t have to be a total systems nerd, but you should always be approaching the decisions you make with careful judgement and having weighed out the business reasons. Every move we make and every new program we launch includes a comparison of upsides and downsides, a P&L sheet, and the necessary SOP’s.
• You must be excellent with computers. Most of our sites are built on wordpress which is mostly a CSS and HTML platform. You won’t be expected to hard-code anything substantial on the site, but you should know the difference between PHP and HTML, WordPress and Drupal, SEO and PPC, and so on. You must know your way around a WordPress site.
• Passionate and Knowledgeable about startups. Relentlessly Resourceful

Experience Required:

• At least 1 - 2 years experience in digital marketing as it relates to customer acquisition on a content basis and organic marketing basis

Some Perks:

Live and work in Thailand, from our Awesome office in Chiang Mai

Freshly brewed coffee made for you daily

Weekly company-wide breakfasts

Your own comfortable desk and workspace (we hate cubicles!)

Ample creative freedom and project ownership

Health insurance and benefits

Company wide trips, nightlife and sporting events

Please state your previous experience, link to websites you have worked on, and attach your most recent CV.

Here is how you apply. Anyone who doesn’t follow the instructions is immediately eliminated.

· Apply at tropicaldev.com

· Tell me the 3 latest books you’ve read or podcasts you’ve listened to.

· Explain how long you’ve been in Thailand and why you think you want to live there longer term.

· List out the software systems you’ve had experience with (i.e. infusionsoft, wordpress, zoho. Etc.)