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Agreed. There is 'nothing up with Kasikorn Bank bank'. This is in compliance with instructions handed out by BOT some time ago.

From the UK definitely. I wouldn't use any other although I do often disagree with their claims of 'how much I saved on this transaction'. They always seem to compare their charges against the most expensive method available. Maybe that's what this dispute in the US is all about. Whenever there are complaints on this forum about Wise they nearly always emanate from the US.

I appreciate your sentimentality, I love trains too. But I see no mention of 'high speed trains'. They are a different topic altogether.

A step in the right direction and a whole lot cheaper than the mammoth and probably impractical task of electrifying the complete network.

But @Sheryl Why should there be? If it's non-assessable it doesn't need to be entered on a tax return. IMO All it's likely to do is cause confusion amongst TRD staff who have never heard of DTAs until this year. Yes I agree with you. As I've already stated, my assessable reemitted income is well below my Thai tax threshold. Therefor by NOT submitting a tax return I will NOT be avoiding or evading tax, so would be nothing that they can hang me for. No crime = no punishment. To my knowledge, no one in the TRD has indicated that failure to submit a tax return could result in problems with visas/extensions. That seems to emanate from tax advisers and mischievous/ill-informed wanna be tax advisers. The former of course having a vested interest in watching the community panic over this. In quite a large poll of expats by the 'Thai Enquirer', 58% indicated that they WILL NOT be filing tax returns. Does one suppose that TRD would go to all trouble chasing these expats, only to discover that most them will not owe them any tax anyway or very little if they do? To my mind it seems like a very unlikely scenario.. I've read a great deal regarding this matter and taken on board experiences posted on this and other forums and my conclusion is: No TIN, no tax file, sit back and relax.

I don't you think you actually have a problem Sheryl. Did you watch the video I posted on Tuesday? In it the MD of Tax Talk was asked whether those whose remitted assessable income was below the tax threshold need to file a tax return. He stated, quite clearly that they did not And a senior legal officer from TRD did not contradict him! (View the video from about 28 minutes if you don't care to watch it all) So I guess from that and @NoDisplayName' comment above, you've no need to sweat about it.

Thank you sharing your experience @WingNut. I have a similar Dilemma as @Sheryl. In my case I have a mixed bag of assessable income of about 390K (pre taxed pensions) plus a non assessable UK government pension of 438K. So my logic says they only need to know about the former, i.e. 390K. It obviously does make sense to get oneself registered for the reasons that you stated Wingnut, but I'm still in a quandary about what I should actually declare. If, as Sheryl says there is no provision for non assessable income then obvious answer would seem to to be just enter the assessable income, And there was me thinking that 79 years old I could put all this crap behind me!

I'd rather sue for damages than be charged with murder!

I agree with you. I prefer NOT to use pedestrian crossings at all. They can so easily give one a false sense of security. The closest I came to being hit on one was when I was crossing a dual carriageway. I'd made it across the first half ok, but then I was almost struck by a motorcycle going in the wrong direction! I was, of course carefully watching for traffic coming from my left! In Thailand, always expect the unexpected.

And why not? A bull brings in a good deal of income from breeding.

But the owner didn't leave it to walk around did he. He was with the animal and was himself nearly hit by the pick up. But you are right though. I live in rural Issan and one does have to exercise an abundance of caution when driving around here. I ride a motorcycle and it won't be just the bull that suffered if I hit one!

I came across this interesting interview this morning which features two officials from the TRD along with Carl Turner from Expat Tax Thailand. Well worth watching for those who have concerns regarding the new tax rules.

Here's a short but informative for those have an interest these matters. It's many years since I cozied up to a fighter jet, but I like to keep myself informed. https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=is+the+saab+gripen+any+good&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:707d6b6c,vid:TdjGh5DgVm8,st:0

Agreed. Our village Phu Yai Ban (who also happens to be my wife's nephew) signs mine. No stamp but never been a problem.

Yes there is indeed. However on this page from the Gov.uk website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/life-certificate-form it says: 'Do not send us this form unless we have asked you to'. Confusing or what? Now if they were to send us an email asking us to complete a LC that would close the loop wouldn't it.

I read on another website, which I cannot find now, that DWP were loosing something in the order of 50m per year to overseas pensioners whose deaths had not been reported to them.

DWP do not need to know how to go about it. They simply need to out-source the verification process to a company such as My Pension ID and they'll do it for them, digitally. It would probably same them millions of pounds each year in preventing pensions being paid out to dead people! Many companies and local governments already use this process. It takes me just 5 minutes using a mobile app to confirm to BAE SYSTEMS that I'm still alive. https://mypensionid.co.uk/personal/

You are indeed confused. This conversation has nothing to do with the unfounded rumour that Thailand intend to tax our pensions. It's about HMRC failing to recognize that the state pension is frozen for expats such as ourselves. It's a problem that's been running for many years.

I've never bothered with the app as their web site is extremely good. You're right though. You're paid in Britain so you're taxed in Britain. There's no escape! 😞 But I always look on bright side. At least they're still prepared to pay out our pensions no matter where we are in the world. Some countries won't even do that!

Your wish might just be their command! ‘Life certificates’ sent to UK pensioners living abroad, including in France, could be moved online'. Many providers already do have on-line life confirmation. DWP are behind the times. https://www.connexionfrance.com/news/proof-of-life-certificates-may-go-online-for-uk-pensioners-in-france/104888

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Thanks, that's quite an interesting article that covers quite a bit more than just eye issues. Worth reading.

If you care to take a look at it, it says 'departure card'. So it stands to reason that it is valid until you depart. They used to request the card number when doing a 90 day report, but they have stopped doing that now so it's possible it may no longer be relevant, but there's no harm in hanging on to it. It doesn't weigh a lot does it.

Where is your evidence regarding Thai wives in the west running off other men? The coroner did not record her death as 'not suspicious'. They recorded an 'open verdict'. The legal way of saying I/we don't know the cause of death. The very fact that Armitage did not report his wife missing to the British police and took off to Thailand is suspicious in its own right and, at the very least he should be treated as a 'person of interest'.

There was no more than a second between the car becoming visible to the rider and the collision. She would have needed lighting fast reactions to even reach for the brakes never mind apply them. That, not withstanding, this was primarily the car driver's fault. However, one thing stands out. I and many others have spoken out time and again about the dangers of riding motorcycles on the hard shoulder. The rider was 'boxed in' by the car on her right and would have been unable to swerve out of danger, even if she did have more time to react.