Scouse123

I just come back and know a lot of people down there. I was unaware of the luggage checks as we drove to the border, then took a taxi from Chong Chom / O Smach. My hotel was busy, but the town itself was not. I stayed at Koulen Central hotel The tuk tuk drivers told me trade was abysmal.

Why I wouldn't want to see you in my rear view.

Crap comparison by you. You are talking nonsense. The South Americans, many of which have entered the US illegally are genuinely running from cartels, who aren't running cities, they are running countries with the assistance of corrupt officials. They are fleeing persecution, and Trump and his team are now forcibly repatriating them. That's the similarity to the Uighurs in China. So the USA slaps travel bans on Thai officials, who are just doing the same as US officials.

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No it isn't Forcibly repatriating people, many of who are in mortal danger. Very unlike the boats landing in the UK and pretending they are asylum seekers when they are just there to sponge off our state. These guys are not in danger. Many of the South Americans are. But that doesn't fit the present US narrative under Trump.

Not activated yet. I have it but I will await retirement extension to lapse, then go Cambodia and re enter to activate it

Yes, you can do that. I applied in Cambodia, and it took a while, but eventually came through to my email when I had already returned to Thailand. If it says ' pending ' they are dealing with it.

And what about the atrocities now taking place under the Trump regime regarding the forced repatriation of South Americans in chains? Many of these people are fleeing persecution, murders, blackmail, decapitation, etc at the hands of the drug cartels in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, but that doesn't matter, does it?

I just had an order delivered. Well happy with products and packaging delivered to Kalasin. I ordered some meats, cheeses and curries.

I had Tax ID before because I used to have Thai limited companies, I was the main shareholder, of course back in the day there was employee insurance etc, that was many years ago. However, I closed those companies down in a correct fashion through a lawyer when I became ill.. So, this time I was starting afresh after many years of zero work in Thailand. I still do some unrelated business in the UK and Cambodia. My UK income, I pay over there. My Cambodian interest is taxed at source. I don't do anything in Thailand apart from living here, and spending money which I transfer in from savings. They said I was well under the threshold of the money transferred in and the allowances I am entitled to. Not only that, but I am too young for pensions, so they were not in the equation. They used my pink card and issued a new Thai tax ID based on that.

Guys, I am offering no advice at all. I just knew I owed them nothing, and now I have a receipt to prove it.

Well, it came through on my phone. Anyway, I went and filed, they said I owed nothing and gave me the yellow tax receipt dated and stamped to prove it. I must be honest, I don't know what the hell they are doing, but some comments unnerved me on here. At least it's done and dusted.

OK Guys, Quickie for you. My phone pinged this morning and an SMS, it was Krung Thai Bank. It was an urgent message saying under the rules and regulations, I must report etc and collect my bank statements and go to the tax office blah, blah, We went straight to the tax office yet again. I produced all documents prof and evidence. This time, the senior official was in good form. I was given the official yellow tax receipt with official Garuda stamps, they said I was way under my tax allowance limit and nothing to pay. It is stamped 0.00 to pay. I have filed it at home.

Ask the Thais to join in then, but unless it's taxed at source as in hotels, VAT on goods, etc, THEY WON'T PAY IT.

Now that's what I call a ' record breaker '😆