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  1. On 5/20/2024 at 8:39 AM, JBChiangRai said:

    If you have children you are putting through school or university (as I do), then it is more tax efficient to gift & send them taxed funds from your home country (UK in my case) and then let them pay their own expenses, clothes, education fees, cars, rent, property purchase etc than it is to give them the money here in Thailand.

     

    This is very smart, if you gift money to your spouse/children that is clearly separable from your personal living expenses. 

  2. There isn't a work permit for self-employed people in Thailand and most likely won't be anytime soon. 

     

    The first thing to understand would be whether you are simply receiving online income (passive income) or actively working for the said income. In the first case, you don't need a work permit in the first place. For example, you could own an LTD abroad and receive dividend income which you remit to Thailand. In this case, you could simply declare this in your annual tax return in Thailand (if you wish to pay taxes here). 

     

    If you are actually working online and do not wish to fly under the radar (like many do) there are companies that may be able to assist you to work in Thailand legally. For example, Iglu is a company that enables its employees to work remotely for foreign clients from Thailand. 

     

     

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  3. 16 hours ago, NativeBob said:

    I had online stores on the Internet and had exactly same question: how to legalize my activity if I don't actually work in Thailand and my income was coming from USA, AU and EU. So from greedy lawyer who suggested to buy dormant company and fake thai employees for 50K++ to the friend who told me to stay under radar don't worry. 

    I choose "under radar" option. Since 2004 never had an issue

     

    You wouldn't really need to "legalize" your activity in the first place if you simply own online stores abroad that generate your income. Of course, if you are actually working for the said stores, then it would be more of a grey area. But nothing illegal about being a business owner in Thailand and bringing in related passive income. 

  4. 5 minutes ago, shackleton said:

    Tragic accident as already mentioned no seat belts in Tuk Tuks 

    Looks like the Tuk Tuk driver at fault braking hard 

    Would there be any point in Sueing as he will have nothing 

     

     

    It could also be a jaywalker at fault. Although we don't know if it was at a pedestrian crossing or not. 
     

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    The driver of the Tuk Tuk he was compelled to execute an abrupt stop due to a pedestrian crossing the road on Taweewong Road

     

  5. 4 hours ago, AustinRacing said:

    A few comments above suggest biker’s fault. Seriously? Bike is going straight, car is turning right. Speed is irrelevant. The car must wait until it is safe to turn. 

     

    The biker victim-blaming culture is serious. It's an ongoing joke on social media: biker at fault" even when there is are no bikes involved. 

     

    100% car's fault, the rider is probably going 60km/h. 

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  6. 9 hours ago, Georgealbert said:


    So how is that relevant? Or do you feel the need to post the first few words on as many threads as possible?

     

    Do you support drink driving, because others do it?

     

    Easy to avoid getting done for drink driving, arrange a taxi, but there us always those with their superiority complex, who will be along to defend the drink drivers, blaming xenophobic Thai police.

     

    While there is no excuse for drunk driving, the Thai police allow the taxi mafia to operate with rip-off prices, making using your own vehicle the only viable option for many.. Some of my friends in Phuket have started booking hotels for the night instead of going back home because a taxi costs more than a room!

  7. It's a good question. I don't have any and have been wondering why. My only real Thai friends (without any "benefits" ), for some reason, are female too. I know them through a mutual hobby, which is riding big bikes. Sometimes we go on bike trips together, typically mixed farang/thai group. 

  8. Having seen all the videos of the incident, it's obvious that the car driver is at fault. It almost looks like she rear-ended him on purpose. There is no reason she'd be coming at the speed she did considering the traffic was stopped ahead. If she was intending to turn left, she was in the wrong lane. 

     

    Now whether the Aussie guy's actions are justified, that one is another discussion.. a bit too hot-headed behaviour, although I do like when people confront bad drivers here. 

  9. 9 hours ago, still kicking said:

    Vaping is not harmless and can cause a range of health problems12345. The health harms associated with vaping include:

    • Nausea and vomiting
    • Mouth and airway irritations
    • Chest pains and heart palpitations
    • Nicotine addiction
    • Intentional and unintentional poisoning

     

    There is no doubt that inhaling any foreign substance into the lungs is always somewhat bad. However, there are plenty of studies suggesting that vaping is much less harmful than smoking cigarettes, making it a great alternative for someone who wishes to stop smoking. Just some NHS guidelines for example here: https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking/vaping-to-quit-smoking

    Other than that, it's a personal choice. The only reason for any crackdowns in Thailand is due to pressure from the tobacco monopoly. Vaping is legal in most developed countries. Oh and let's not even mention the current pm 2.5 problem.. where most people have no choice. 

     

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  10. 7 hours ago, Kinnock said:

    It's freely available on the streets where I live - sold from the back of cars at night.  They all have bright flashing lights as advertising, so not hard for the police to spot if they believed it was threat to humanity.

     

    Anyone tried it?

     

     

    I tried it a few times - works great as a painkiller. It feels like more of a body high without psychedelic effects, compared to cannabis. However, it seems easy to "overdose" on it, with a sweet spot being somewhere around 7-10 grams for me when making tea. Any more than that and it makes me feel nauseous. 

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