Srikcir

Maybe better but naked in Thailand than but dead in the battlefields of Ukraine.

"wife's ID" Is this a Thai passport, national ID card, Thai driver's license? I would expect DOB on all three. Does wife/gf have all three IDs? If missing on one can DOB be validated on the other two?

Then that likely supports my comment. Pay Thai tax and get a benefit. Albeit, you pay tax on what - Thai income?

Topic is related to proposed taxation of foreign resident's foreign income. And my comment is related to what Thai privileges comes with that proposed taxation. Seems you're getting free government medical coverage under a different premise. Maybe you can explain further.

In the US states can set minimum wages higher than the federal rate. Over 20 states are set higher than federal minimum. Washington state is the highest set at $15.74/hr vs federally legislative rate of $7.25/hr.

Typical one-size fits all approach. For example, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) study found that ( https://tdri.or.th.en/ ): "despite lower monthly pay, civil servant's lifetime renumeration is higher than private companies' employees, regardless of education levels. During an economic decline, the employees of private firms face sharp drops in salary, while those of civil servants remain stable. The value of benefits gained by civil servants accounts for half of their lifetime income, while that of employees in private firms is relatively lower ... salary adjustments should be focused on high-ranking civil servants. The number of new civil servants with low skills should also be limited and their jobs should be outsourced to private firms." A review of the whole Thailand civil service functionality needs to be performed prior to civil service salary increases and impact on the whole nation's workforce. For example: Thailand civil service relies in part on "good governance." "Civil service reforms in Hong Kong and Thailand: similar goals, different paths," abstract produced by Emerald Publishing Limited 2020. https://www.emerald.com " ... good governance is merely a normative concept that requires many resources as well as the capability of governments to achieve those 'good' qualities but with little understanding of how to get there. ... it encourages a one size fits all approach to governance... ... civil service reforms in Thailand were largely dependent on the political will of the regime. Although there have been several attempts to modernize the civil service system, the results of the reforms remain unclear."

It seems frequently in Thailand that the quality of children's school meals has been affected more by corruption than climate change and agricultural pollution. Healthy entrees are replaced by school administrations with unhealthy selections or ommission of healthy selections to the financial benefit of school administrations. Provide better accountability of school meal funding and enforcement as necessary to protect children's health. It seems often such corruption is disclosed by insider whistle blowers instead of education officials.

There should be no discrimination nor politicalization of public policy. Every province should get equal and independent consideration in proportion to the desires of its citizens.

Will this proposed income tax apply to foreign embassy personnel being paid by their governments? I'd like to hear from the ambassadors agreeing to the tax, especially from wealthy nations such as China, USA, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Russia. I also find there is persistent lack of Thai pubished income tax revenue data expected from taxing foreign residents, especially how it compares to Thai citizen foreign income tax. Is taxing foreign residents material, especially compared to tax Thai citizens foreign income ND the mount of government oversight required for compliance? Is there really a monetary issue with foreign citizen income? What about NOT refunding VAT paid by the tens of MILLIONS of foreign tourists? No government oversight necessary, minimal change in laws, probably save government spending required to run the program. Furthermore, Thai citizens receive benefits through taxation, ie., access to government health services, right to vote, access to The Office of the Ombudsman and Office of the PM, Thai resident pricing to various venues, own land, etc. What do foreign residents get other than a privilege to reside In Thailand for 180 days annually in Thailand?

Why not just increase the cost for foreign "resident" type visas and/or visa extensions (ie., the more the extensions the higher the fee). Maybe free re-entries. I would think this would involve less legal and financial complications for long-stay foreigners and the government. The cost to foreign residents would be predictable. International double taxation treaties would not be unaffected.

I also read that it's an aggregate of 180 days in a calendar year.

Regarding the Long Term Resident visa, the "Wealthy Pensioner" is defined as having a minimum annual income of $80,000 or about 212,000 baht per month.

Witch hunt.

The constitution is the junta charter. The People did not vote in the junta.

I look forward to Srettha giving Biden a bow as befitting a superior statesman.

Get a frigate and all the Thai submariners will need more training. But at least they will already be familiar with a ship that goes under.

That's appropriate but it's not a Public Hearing per se unless it's open to the public, ie., citizens that could be potentionally affected adversely by the 4am closure. Hold a "Town Hall" meeting with the Public as well Pol. Maj. Gen. Nanthawut.

My experience going through Thailand Suvarnabhumi airport security to international departures is that the blade 3" length limit for carryon is cumulative. If you have more than one blade in the Swiss Army knife piece, the blade lengths are added, ie., two 3" blades gives 6" - not allowed. In my case the agent mistook a nail file being same length as the 3" knife blade in the piece and not allowed. When I showed the agent the "blade" had no cutting edge and had a filing surface - no problem.

Must be a lot of Brooklyn Bridges in Nakhon Phanom.

How nice. Thai police welcoming Thsi police. Seeing there is a State of Emergency still in effect in the South since Gen. Prayut's 2014 coup, no warm gathering can be demonstrated by citizens the majority of which are Malay Muslim.

Agreed. My personal experience bring transferred between two hospitals 25km apart during a week day having significant leg surgery the day before, siren blared out for the whole trip. As there was no urgency in the relocation and given the ear splitting shrillness of the siren, I asked the siren be turned off. No.

No majority committee resolution with the community owners, no go-ahead to operate 24 hours.

This new government's relationship with the military is very defined.

Nine are not outside of Europe.

This needs to be settled first. Going forward, a special airport district should be created whereby nearby impacted communities (TBD) will receive an annual percentage of airport net revenues reflected by extended operations without delays.