Expat4life66

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Racist garbage propaganda. Shame on you.

Stop gaslighting with your racism garbage comment.  Hiring inferior employees that are not the most capable to protect the leader of the free world is not racism..  Truth hurts...Will come out later this week after the hearing

7 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Who cares?

She's never tried to suggest she's a medical doctor.

Get over yourselves!

 

Dr jill lol was not a president or former president, a decision was made for  her Saturday event to keep the A team secret service with her and give president Trump a bunch of temps from TSA and dei hires that were overweight and not trained properly..the F team...what part about that don't you understand 

3 minutes ago, retarius said:

Do you have similar thought about when Reagan got shot.....or JFK? 

Bloomberg Asia was just talking about that.  Reagan had an initial bump in the polls that waned over time, but he was shot two months after he took office.  JFK on the other hand was, well...

7 minutes ago, LosLobo said:

How perceptive you are, I agree my comment has nothing to do with what actually happened as are most of the right-wing comments on this topic, including your comment about DEI.

Perhaps Comer needs to investigate why Trump watched TV for hours on Jan 6th virtually denying protection of the Capitol and democracy.

 

Nothing to do with what happened yesterday.  One of the new hires, looks untrained and scared.  

31 minutes ago, LosLobo said:

Seems in the past Trump was not very gun security conscious at his peaceful rally picnics.

'Former President Donald Trump urged the Secret Service to remove magnetometers at his rally near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021'.

Ex-White House aide: Trump urged removal of magnetometers at Jan. 6 rally - Washington Times

Your comment has nothing to do with what actually happened.  The shooter was outside the perimeter (event) with his father's AR-15 on a rooftop with a direct line of sight to the stage 150m away.  The key question is why didn't the Secret service either have that rooftop access blocked (there was a ladder on the side of the building) or agents on that rooftop.  Hopefully we get some answers from Mayorkas and his Secret Service DEI minions on Monday in the US.  They also need to ask him why Trump was denied additional Secret Service protection.  

10 minutes ago, thesetat2013 said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cljy6yz1j6gt

New reports from BBC. Biden encouraged and told the public to put a bullseye on Trump. 

 

He highlights recent reported comments by Joe Biden, before the shooting, about putting Trump "in the bullseye"

 

I hope that Trump can find a way to press criminal charges on Biden for this comment that led to his assassination attempt. 

One of his woke interns using the Biden account also posted the bullseye remark on Twitter last week .  Somehow it has been removed from Twitter.  It was still on Politico the other day, not sure if it has been removed.   Jake Sullivan, Obama and the communications team (KJP) need to tone down the language, probably why the Biden campaign pulled all ads yesterday.  

31 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

I was impressed by the guys around the stage.  The guys responsible for watching the rooftops, not so much. 

 

Witnesses claimed to be pointing out the shooter for "several minutes" while he was "bear climbing the roof".  They claimed to have the attention of the local popo and the SS, but the slope of the roof hid the guy while he was climbing.

 

I think there will be a reckoning among the Secret Service for what the not-so-MSM are calling an abject failure to secure the candidate.

  

Nahhhh...

This is what the Secret Service has been busy with, the new Director has a background in protecting Lay's and Cheetos.  Someone should probably be fired for not securing that roof at 150m with a clear shot.  ]

Mayorkas also recently denied providing additonal Secret Service detail to Trump and has never provided any to Kennedy despite multiple requests. 

There are a few threads I've been reading on Twitter with people trying to find the shooter's social media footprint.  Everything has been removed.

14 hours ago, stoner said:

 

yes like its much different than the play on words many of your comrades use on here daily. 

 

kettle black. 

Dude, not sure what your problem is

 I lived in SF in the early 90s when kamila was banging Willie and performing lip service on Terry and half the SF DA office (the straight ones anyway).  There wasn't a Friday when the DA attorneys came into our local and made fun of her and wondered who was next.  

23 minutes ago, thomasfielk said:

 

So employees of BOI sponsored companies only pay 15% flat tax? Seems even better than the LTR Highly Skilled Proffesionals at 17%!

BOI IBC (International Business Center) rate is 15% if your business activities for your BOI entity are costed to multiple tax enties in the Region (APAC).  Been that way since before I relocated here with my multi-national in 2015 and is still in place.  I always thought the new LTR rate was strange when they announced a 17% rate.  

17 hours ago, Tug said:

If that’s what happens I’d be fine with it ,I’d love to see her pick Adam kisnger (I’m sure I misspelled his last name) he’s the Republican that was part of the j6 committee he’s a patriot and a vet and I’m sure the real republicans would be delighted and it’s truly bipartisan 

Take the blinders off and go eat some wind turbine road kill while you steal more colorado river water from the first people you stole your land from 

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

I can imagine it and if she's the nominee I will will certainly support it.

But she's not my first choice.

Because you are a sheep of the democratic socialists...think for yourself man...

5 minutes ago, steven100 said:

God save the King ..... because nothing will save Kamala Harris

She could revert to her stiff upper lip as she did with willie brown in the early 90s

19 minutes ago, candide said:

And it's not like the previous Presidential election had been overwhelmed by frivolous complaints and fake claims of rigged election, nor that the GOP would play the same game again for the 2024 election!

Oh wait! 😀

A democratic party with nowhere to go, no cabinet meetings in 10 months, everyone is doing their own thing, its messed up...

Just now, Jingthing said:

Sounds like a good  and pragmatic bill that saves taxpayers money.

 

How is she supposed to get elected in Michigan without support from Muslims? DUH.

 

Next

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And how is she keeping those neighborhoods safe when she supports defunding the police, she is a POS

On 6/29/2024 at 8:34 PM, Jingthing said:

It won't happen and democrats would be horrified too as they absolutely do not want Harris as the nominee.

Biden needs to voluntary decide to withdraw from accepting the nomination.

Choosing Harris would be a BLOW to America and tough thing to swallow, 555

14 hours ago, john donson said:

if 650k is tax due, damn, you earning millions a year...

You would be surprised, Thais and Expats working for large multi nationals in Thailand make 30-40% more than the equivalent job in the US.  Combine that with 40 days off (vacation and holiday/flex) a year, generous car allowance, a 15% tax rate, 10% match on Provident Fund (like 401K) and the US foreign tax and housing credit its a no brainer for someone that has already paid into US SSO for the full 35 years and wants to work overseas later in their career.  

10 hours ago, akda said:

 

Both current and new employer are under BOI.

Both companies registered/headquarter in Singapore.

Your companies also have a Thailand Tax designation / employer number (the tax ID on your 50 Tawi).  That's the ID you use when filing taxes which is why you will file two returns.  

With my multinational set up as an International Business Center (IBC) (e.g., old RHC), which has over 1000 Tax enties around the world, what determined your tax status was what countries your role actually supported.  Say you were in IT and you specifically supported a Thailand company or 3rd party Thailand company, you would be taxed at the progressive rate.  It you were supporting multiple companies across the region in APAC you would be taxed at the IBC (15% rate).  

How Employer 1 was set up with BOI also matters, perhaps not an IBC thus everyone (including Thais) gets equal tax treatment.  If you have any doubts that you were taxed incorrectly, you should ask your Employer 1 Payroll / HR department for clarification.  If they made a mistake, they would have to reimburse you overpaid taxes and issue a new 50 Tawi Summary for you to file your Employer 1 return.  Tax withholding is heavily monitored / regulated by the Thailand BOI so the IBC rate is not applied incorrectly.  

On 7/8/2024 at 7:05 PM, akda said:

Hi Everyone,

 

I have a query regarding my tax situation after switching employers.

From January to July, while working with Employer 1, I was under the progressive tax rate, and Employer 1 deducted tax based on this rate.

The total tax deducted by Employer 1 is 650K THB for the entire year.

 

Starting in August, I will be moving to Employer 2, where I will be under a flat 15% tax rate. If I calculate my tax based on this flat rate, it amounts to 480K THB.

Seems, I have tax refund of 170K THB.

 

Given that Employer 1 has already deducted tax based on the progressive rate, will I be eligible for a tax refund after I switch to the flat 15% rate?

 

Thank you for your assistance.

 

For Employer 1, if you were working for a Thai only BOI /  a Thailand legal entity, you were charged the correct progressive rate. 

For Employer 2 if you are now working for a BOI / Region Holding Company and supporting legal entities for you company outside of Thailand and possibly also Thai Legal entities you would be eligible for the  15% flat tax on wages, Pfund is post-tax and if applicable, car allowance.  There are no deductions allowed with this rate, unlike the progressive rate that is eligible for deductions.

Without knowing additional details of your situation and assuming what I wrote above is close to correct, the answer is no you won’t be able to claim a refund, because you were taxed correctly.   You will also file two separate tax returns because you will receive two 50 Tawi (like a US W2) from two different employers. 

For Employer 1 – you complete PND91 like Thais complete, you can use the e-file system to create an account and file using the link below as soon as you receive Employer 1 50 Tawi (you may have to chase this up with former employer)

https://www.rd.go.th/272.html

For Employer 2 if you are working for a BOI/ROH you most likely will complete a PND95 in Q1 2025 and have to file manually at a revenue office.  E-file wasn’t set up for this form when I last filed in the beginning of the year. 

Good Luck, hope this helps

17 hours ago, thomasfielk said:

Just out of curiosity, what is this flat 15% tax rate? Is it for specific occupuations?

When I worked for a BOI / Region Holding Company, 15% was the tax on expats supporting tax entities outside Thailand (e.g., Malaysia, Phils) and possibly Thailand as well.    We had some expat individuals that only worked for one Thai entity, say a market GM or market CFO that were taxed at the same progressive rate all Thais are taxed.   

46 minutes ago, lordblackader said:

Work permits issued in conjunction with a Non-B (BOI) visa are two years. 

BOI extensions are now up to 4 years, the law was updated either in late 2019 or early 2020.  When my company's agent partner and my local HR worked to renew my last work permit in 3/2020 I received a four year extension stamp until 3/2024.   I believe the size of our BOI registered Thai Trading company (revenue) and HR had a role in deciding how long to renew (e.g., 1,2 or 4 years).   Previous to that everyone at my company on a Non-B extension including myself was getting 2 years.  

21 hours ago, ricklev said:

So I am 64 and lack 3 social security credits.  I've been living in Thailand for 25 years.  This year I declared and paid self-employment tax on $5500 to hopefully pick up those 3 credits. 

 

Has anyone else done that?  I am curious how long it takes for social security and therefore Medicare to credit the quarters.  

 

I mailed in my return and it was received a month ago but I don't think it has been processed yet. 

 

 

Assuming you mailed a paper return to the Austin address since you reside outside the US.  The last time I mailed a paper return (pre-covid) to Austin, the processing time was about 18 weeks from when DHL showed it was signed for in Austin. 

Basically it is probably sitting in a plastic mail tub with all the other returns received that day and will be processed in due course.  You can also check to see when it's processed on your account on IRS.gov (using IDme if you don't want to use VPN) or if you are also getting a refund on the mobile app IRS2Go.  

Hope this helps

4 hours ago, SenorTashi said:

I opened an account last year and registered online fairly easily and then within a week, they sent me a message to say  they have a new system now and I need to register again. I still havent done that. But when i log in to the original account, it takes me to my approved address but then I get this message which makes no sense. I just go round and round. 

I got the same error the last week of May (system update notice appeared on the login screen) becuase I couldn't select the radio button (upper left corner) of an address I added last year.   System won't process without selecting an address and gives this error.

To correct this issue, I added the same address in the TM30 system and reuploaded wifes ID and 2 HB pages.  It was accepted immediately.  I also deleted the old non-working address.  I was now able to click the updated address radio button on the left and on the right enter my PP, Nationality, dates of stay, etc. and the system immediately accepted the updated TM30.  After that, I searched for my TM30, located it and printed the PDF that others mention.  

Hope this helps