MartinBangkok

'Foreigners will be happy because it's only 1000 baht when they should be paying more, so no need to leave Thailand for 6 months." How can you @KhunHeineken, and everyone likeminded to you, accept to pay even 1 Baht tax to Thailand? It just baffles me.

You are already getting ripped off in Thailand. Shall I give you the list, or would you rather continue keeping it under the carpet? And the other aspect of mistreatment of white skinned foreigners: Are you married to a Thai? How do feel about immigration officers in military uniforms coming to take photos of you and your wife lying in your bed? Do you think they are having a laugh?

"Death and taxes. Something one can not escape" For insane new taxes: Only if you are a stupid, submissive and gullible sheep.

I can count to 999 billion Baht. (I still haven't learned what the Thai word for trillion is I have to admit) Edit: Just learnt it now: The Thai word for "trillion" is ล้านล้าน (lan-lan), which literally means "a million million." Here's the breakdown: ล้าน (lan) means "million." Repeating it as ล้านล้าน indicates "a million times a million," which equals one trillion (1,000,000,000,000).

I've tried out three in 2024, Philippines, Malaysia and Cambodia. All three recommended.

I did. To another asian nation. It's a different universe regarding friendliness and respect. Not kidding.

The hospitality of the Thai people? Man, you need to get around.

Reading all these endless tax discussions makes me just feel sad for all the expats who choose to stay in a country that treats them the way Thailand does. I have outlined this in comments from last year and in 2023. (see below for a few of them) How can you accept paying ONE Baht tax to a country which not only gives you zilch in return. Not only that, but discriminates you to a degree you could easily call it something very derogatory. I lived 15 years in Thailand up until 2014. Already pissed off with the countless government mandated discrimination rules: 90 day reporting, reporting to police if you leave your home overnight and to police if you leave your province, triple mandated hospital fees, ten times fees in the judicial system including fines, 10 times fees in government owned attractions, farang pricing in hotels, groce discrimination in the property market. Not to mention the intrusive and degrading treatment of expats married to a Thai, and hostile treatment by immigration, I decided enough was enough. Now I am in another SEA country (I managed to stay only 179 days in Thailand in 2024) What an eye opener. Just feel sorry for you the guys who are cemented in Thailand without means or energy or will to get out. My 5 cents.

So one single M-Flow gate is causing all these problems. What does that tell you about Thais and Thailand...?

Bull<deleted>. M-Flow lanes have barriers.

Most of the Thai people that get a free helmet will sell it. Heck: 200 Baht is four hot meals.

You have no clue @ChaiyaTH. Less than 180 days in Thailand = zero tax in Thailand. If you doubt me, speak to a tax expert in one of the big 5. Status in other countries is irrelevant.

You are both wrong regarding salaries. Pension is a grey area.

Completely wrong in your first paragraph. Correct in your second paragraph. PS: Your are obviously blind to your own contradiction here. (Paragraph one versus two)

Jesus. You should stop commenting. You haven't got a clue.