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23 hours ago, notrub said:
I am 76, retired UK national with an income of about 25,000 baht a month income and 1M Baht on deposite in a thai bank. How will the new tax laws affect me please? I am married to a thai woman and live in a house that I built and paid for. I have no debt. Thanks for any comments.🙏🏼🙂
@notrub, do you recall how all this kerfuffle started and when? It was on the 18th Sep 2023 in an article in the Thai Enquirer which was copied here in ASEAN NOW.. You can go and read it if you follow this link.
And when you've read that go on to read this article in Siam Legal's website
Not convinced yet? Well try this one by BTI solutions.:
https://btisolutions.co/will-you-be-impacted-by-thailands-revised-tax-code/
Or this one from Thai Examiner:
I could go on there are more, but importantly I have not yet found a single article that indicates anything that contradicts notion that retirees on pensions will not be affected by this new law.
The only place that suggests otherwise is right here in ASEAN NOW. IMO this is nothing more than a home grown rumour,
Relax notrub and stop worrying. And for heaven's sake ignore the doomsayers.
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On 6/7/2024 at 1:43 PM, BritScot said:On 6/7/2024 at 8:25 AM, JimHuaHin said:
This is happening globally to coral reefs.
On 6/7/2024 at 1:43 PM, BritScot said:No it is not! Great Barrier Reef is expanding. Stop peddling the cult.
Completely wrong. Read this account from WWF Australia. Coral Bleaching GBR
On 6/7/2024 at 1:45 PM, BritScot said:Thailand stop dumping your wast and untreated sewage into the sea.
Wrong again. It has been proven that Coral bleaching is caused by high water temperatures just as it says in the article.
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On 6/8/2024 at 2:02 AM, still kicking said:
Don't tell me they look young, ones they over 40 they look the same.
That is far too much of a generalization. My wife is 62 and she is still quite an attractive gal. A little plumper than she was when we first meet, but back then she was working full time as a masseuse and that's quite hard work.
To answer your original question, simply put I find my Thai wife less demanding and far more tolerant and forgiving than her western counterparts. It's one of the Buddhist characteristics that I do have respect for. That's not to suggest that they're all like that!
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18 hours ago, MeePeeMai said:
We are heading into a worldwide recession/depression it would seem. All economies are now, or will soon be on the downhill slide.
True and I blame the Covid crisis and it's going take a long time to recover.
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My two golden rules when riding. Phone under the seat and fasten my helmet strap properly.
If I do want to use the GPS to navigate, I use my bluetooth ear buds and follow the verbal instructions.
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2 hours ago, anchadian said:
If say you transfer a lump sum to Wise from your Thai bank account and set up a scheduled monthly transfer to your Thai girlfriend over a period of your choosing, how would Wise know of your eventual passing?
Until Wise becomes aware of your demise, they will continue to do the transfer until either the money runs out, or the period you have set expires.
But why worry about it, what does it matter to you? You're dead and gone. If you're bothered about 'over paying' her, set up the transfers in limited chunks, say 6 months. If you're still alive and kicking, renew the arrangement.
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On 6/6/2024 at 10:35 AM, newbee2022 said:
Today we have another sad story about a Brit to read.
To ride a motorbike in Thailand is not for a long life. Driving a car he would have been alive.
RIP
If he had been driving a car in the same reckless manner as he was riding, he could have killed the Thai motorcyclist or the pick up driver.
Would you have been ok with that?
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4 hours ago, koolkarl said:
Its a muslim country so count me out. Reminded of them every time I enter an airport.
I see. So how come even Saudi Arabia rates higher than Thailand?
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4 hours ago, ChaiyaTH said:
I would start digging into the staff, male, who engaged with her that day so far.
Why? It's pretty obvious that she ended her own life. She even sent a suicide message.
9 hours ago, webfact said:Dararat sends a farewell message and maps coordinates to her boyfriend and aunt, unnervingly pinpointing the middle of the sea.
A sad case, but people do sometimes end their own life and often the reasons behind their action are not always known.
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Speak to your local Immigration office, they do tend to vary somewhat and it can differ according to your type of extension.
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This does not surprise me at all. When I was a lot younger and living in Singapore, I used to love visiting Malaysia. Usually on SCUBA diving trips, I also did some trips up in the Highlands. I've had a number of holidays there since then. I agree with everything that the article says about the country, so there's no point in repeating it, but it certainly deserves this accolade.
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11 hours ago, freedomnow said:
Grant Cameron (Canada) YT UFO/paranormal investigator had an episode on something similar.
Blindfolded kids being investigated for these abilities.
90% cynics probably mock - but these patchy abilities can happen.
It's the repeatability that is the issue at times.
It is known that some mystics and meditators are able to develop the ability to 'see' with their so called 'third eye', which is now known to be the pineal gland. This gland is actually light sensitive. So I don't dismiss this as just hocus pocus, especially in Asia where they are still in touch with more ancient traditions.
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7 hours ago, Doctor Tom said:
Absolutely right. There is a great deal of false and misleading information floating around social media. Relax expats, especially the ones on retirement extensions.
Well, not strictly true Doctor Tom. 'Relax expats, especially those on retirement pensions that have been taxed at source in their home countries'. It's irrelevant what extension they happen to be on.
That's me BTW.
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19 hours ago, aussiebrian said:
I rang Kasikorn Bank and they told me that other people had also rung them about the same problem, and the problem was with the partner bank.
That's interesting. Inputs to this and the previous thread a few days ago clearly show that problems of delayed payouts are occurring to transfers originating from a variety of countries, including the UK were they are normally very quick, a matter of seconds in fact.
My logic tells me therefor that the problem must be at this end where the funds a distributed to banks and this comment by Kasikorn seems to confirm that.
Wise relies on monies being paid into the agencies accounts by the business community in THB which is the money used to pay us. See this website for more details We're often reading that the Thai economy is sluggish right now. I'd suggest that this could be slowing down the incoming funds on which Wise relies and causing a backlog. And I don't see that's a lot that Wise can do about that.
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3 hours ago, rwill said:
Touché
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1 hour ago, Olmate said:
Fallacy, foxes do not kill for fun. They eat their fill and cache the rest for leaner times. Just like a dog burying its bones.
1 hour ago, Olmate said:U obviously never had a chook yard in the Aust bush😭
Yes foxes do appear to kill to access, however if they are not disturbed they will return to the site of the kill and remove the access and cache it by burial. That's not killing for fun, that's killing for survival.
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3 minutes ago, Kinok Farang said:3 hours ago, Moonlover said:
Fallacy, foxes do not kill for fun. They eat their fill and cache the rest for leaner times. Just like a dog burying its bones.
Us humans are the only species on this planet who kills for fun, much to our detriment.
3 minutes ago, Kinok Farang said:Try telling that to victims of pit bull attacks.
Pit bulls do not attack for fun. They attack because they have been grossly mistreated by their owners. Man guilty once again.
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7 hours ago, Olmate said:
Simples, eat em alive, or just be like a fox and kill em for fun!
Fallacy, foxes do not kill for fun. They eat their fill and cache the rest for leaner times. Just like a dog burying its bones.
Us humans are the only species on this planet who kills for fun, much to our detriment.
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1 hour ago, ravip said:
How about the exchange rate/bank charges etc. , compared to normal debit/credit cards?
It's over 10 years since I last used one, but I don't recall being alarmed by the exchange rate. As they operate as a debit card I would think that they would be treated the same thereof.
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On 5/28/2024 at 5:06 PM, newbee2022 said:
Actually a gym is very helpful.....if you got your personal instructor, who is a licensed fitness trainer.
The only person I trust to take care of my back is me and I've become very good at it over the years. No problems for upwards of 30 years and not a doctor or a trainer in sight.
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The best description I can muster is a prepaid debit card linked to one of the major payment networks such as Visa. There's no need to have a bank account to obtain one. (usually)
They're the modern day equivalent/replacement for traveler's cheques.
I used them quite often when I was travelling between Egypt and Thailand.
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3 minutes ago, Kinok Farang said:12 minutes ago, Moonlover said:
I count myself as being one of yer average British expats and my only comment is: 'who the hell is Tommy Robinson?'
3 minutes ago, Kinok Farang said:Ah,ignorance is bliss.
So often true. I take little notice of news items that have no direct bearing on my current lifestyle.
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I count myself as being one of yer average British expats and my only comment is: 'who the hell is Tommy Robinson?'
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4 hours ago, thoengthaied said:
Hi all. Recently, when trying to install an app on my Windows 11 laptop I get a pop up message which is confusing me and I don't know what to do. The message is "Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device" Options below are "Yes" and "No". "NO" is highlighted. Which way should I jump? Regards,thoengthaied.
Yes, of course you want to make changes to your device. That's the only way you'll be able to install and use the app. If you're confident that the app is not harmful, (there are ways of checking I believe but I've never felt the need to) then click 'yes'.
New tax regs and how will they affect me here with a low income and with retirement visa.
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Yes of course I read this part of the linked article as my own remitted income is somewhere in this bracket. But I was addressing the O/P's situation, not my own, so I did not consider it relevant.
But since you mention it. If someone is remitting such an annual sum into Thailand and it has not been taxed at source, then yes, they could well be liable to a large tax bill. But I am addressing and always have been, the issue of retirees remitting their already taxed pensions and that's a different matter altogether.
Every article that I linked above suggests that such persons will not be subject to taxation once again and until someone comes up with any information that suggests otherwise, I'm sticking to my guns!