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Rubbish is what rubbish does. And that's just the OP. Another recycled yarn of a topic that's already been done to death. Let the dead horse rest in peace.

I’m cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs! cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs! I’m cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!

About 15 years ago, when I still had a work permit, I was called into the TRD office where they questioned me about some of the income I had reported on my annual tax return. The questions were not about the money itself, it was about if the income was legally earned within my work permit arrangement. If anything, those are questions that the labor department should be asking, not the TRD since they are merely the tax collectors. The point is, we don't really know what they're thinking, what they're planning or how much government departments liaise with each other. So I wouldn't assume anything.

I've seen a few of the usual suspects and their posts talking about how they're not going to apply for a TIN or file a tax return until the hammer falls where they need to supply one to the Immigration department in order to extend their long-term visas and/or they get threatened with legal or criminal action by the local authorities. What I think this brazen minority is failing to understand is that the TRD could simply take a list of long-term residents from the Immigration department and then start knocking on the doors of the ones who haven't filed a tax return for 2-3 years. The TRD and the MOFA might even instruct Immigration not to extend their long-term visas again until they clear all their back taxes, together with interest and penalties. That could get really nasty. Probably not worth tempting fate because if they smell easy money from some low-hanging fruit, then they are pretty likely to go after it. So I wouldn't want to be in those shoes a couple of years from now. Basically, it sounds to me like the ones who plan to put their head in the sand and ignore the tax filing requirements really haven't thought things through too carefully. But if you prefer to live life by the seat of your pants as you age into your golden years, then go for it.

kettle black, glass houses, hen rooster noisy, the biter bit innit.

no, what I wrote wasn't a response. that's for fools. I was calling you out. And it's Chumps with an "s"

Bar Boy Bobby, why don't you come up with a real topic for a change instead of this rubbish asking for people to write you up redundant lists of the various provinces in Thailand. Shameless. I pity anyone who wastes their time writing a real response to your back Soi trolling.

yep, the attention starved ladyboy lover hard at work, trying to get noticed. maybe he should have just stayed in Spain, but I'm guessing the trannies there weren't to keen on him so he did a quick reversal back to Soi 6/1

bob, you reckon slapping a sad emoji on every post that challenges your rubbish because your fragile little ego can't handle the truth that this chumped up action of yours is going to make you any less of a tosser? Naah bruv. Not happening.

He's racist obviously. That's why he worded it the way he did.

Like all the other past hare brained governmental brain farts intended to grab even more money out of the pockets of the people who come here and do nothing but spend money, this is just another disastrous misstep. And just wait until all the foreigners in the first three months of next year start showing up at their local TRD tax office to file a tax statement. Probably the majority of the people working in those government offices don't speak English, let alone Chinese, Arabic, Russian, etc. Not only that, many of the foreigners will be showing up with all kinds of financial documents written in various different foreign languages. I can imagine not only is this going to be a major headache, and an extra unwanted burden for the government employees who don't benefit at all from any of this, there will probably be a fair number of blowups with foreigners losing it when the locals don't understand their financial reporting questions. You will be sure to get a bunch irate foreigners souring the milk since emotions can easily turn hot when it's all about matters of money.

You know that this isn't Trumpland where you repeat the same lie enough times and people eventually believe you.

Here we go again, bob's latest "I've had enough of" entry. Fair to say he's done this tired narrative to death already.

All the smashed egos here of long time members. Epic. 😂

12 sessions at 30 minutes each means 6 hours a day on the site. Haha. You sure???

But alas, here you are. And the tosser of the year award of 2024 goes to…

It wouldn’t be surprising if Nigerians were involved. Nigerians are often linked to the cocaine trade in Thailand. There’s also a long-standing pattern of Thai women becoming romantically involved with Nigerian men in Thailand, only to be exploited as drug mules. These women are often unwittingly made to carry drugs like cocaine and heroin to other parts of Asia. Tragically, many Thai women are now serving life sentences for drug trafficking in countries like China, while the Nigerians who own the drugs remain free.

Transgender Science Fiction.

It's "Go Pro Bob Collins"

No, they were pretty heavy. You wouldn't want a box of 25 of them falling on top of you.

Nope, I've always believed that it's better to pay for it than to steal it or get it for free. I've turned down a number of free ones recently for that very reason. You pay to make them go away.

I actually retired from royalties. Never worked an honest day in my life.

Depends on the price of the book.

Some of my coffee table books on Thailand have sold thousands and my royalties were in the tens of thousands. Just sayin...

That was meant to be a synopsis actually or the type of thing you would read on the back cover of the book. Here is another one, mind you I didn't write these, I just put the AI on the right track: In "Has Anyone Seen My Wallet?: Tales of 100 Tuk-Tuk Rides", Coblin Smith invites readers to join him on a hilariously chaotic adventure through the bustling streets of Thailand. Each tuk-tuk ride brings new surprises—whether it’s dodging traffic, racing through back alleys, or being whisked off to a “special place” the drivers insist he’ll enjoy, like massage parlors offering Thailand’s infamous “soapy massages.” But the real gamble? Trusting the drivers. Smith quickly learns that while a tuk-tuk ride is cheap, the real cost often comes later—like when his wallet mysteriously vanishes (sometimes more than once). With sharp wit and self-deprecating humor, he recounts his wild attempts to navigate a world where every ride feels like a game of chance, and every driver seems to have a hustle. Outrageous, eye-opening, and endlessly entertaining, Has Anyone Seen My Wallet? is a love-hate letter to the unpredictable charm of Thailand’s tuk-tuk culture, a place where losing your way—and your wallet—is just part of the ride.