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Perhaps this establishment: https://shiraz.jewelry/en-us

If you are 50 years of age or older, you can visit CM immigration and extend your non-O visa for purposes of retirement for a year with no insurance requirement. It's not a multiple entry visa but you can get a multiple re-entry permit which makes your extension of stay functionally the same as a multiple entry visa vis-a-vis travel in and out of Thailand.

Let's give AN member Mike Lister a break today, so for those who cannot be bothered to actually read what has been posted..... ....read the link posted by Mike Lister above. This one: https://sherrings.com/foreign-source-income-personal-tax-thailand.html Go to the last Q&A (this means you have to scroll down to the bottom of the screen on your computer, take your time). Now read the final Q&A where it discusses that if you pay tax on your foreign income (i.e., your pension) in your home country, it won't be taxed again here. (The second Q&A on that page alludes to the same....you won't pay anything to Thailand on assessable income which is exempted from tax, as with some income specified in various DTAs, or isn't taxable under the Thai revenue code.)

Man, I hope you aren't teaching English.

I suspect he means "wealthy pensioner" which is one of the LTR visa categories.

Apologies (I try to stay out of posting in these threads) but in your zeal to be "Khun Tax Guy", you are now posting information that is opinion, at best, and contradictory in some cases. Your Mazars quote indicates they believe that pensions are taxable if remitted in the year in which it is paid. Yet, various DTAs explicitly state that government pensions are not taxable in Thailand, e.g., US military pensions, US government civil service pensions, etc. Those types of pensions fit the Mazars "definition" - they are certainly from "work or business in the past" - but they are clearly not taxable by virtue of the DTAs. I would politely suggest you stop trying to construct a "one size fits all" model - it isn't possible. As a result, you are posting conflicting information that is obviously confusing some of the people you think you are helping. Further, you lend credence to "field reports" from interaction with Thai tax officials when it suits your own viewpoint but discount the "field reports" when they don't. (Pretty sure that's a form of statistical bias.) Take the above for what it's worth - some internet rando posting a comment on a public discussion board.

Nah, I post things like that to provoke a reaction from the pearl clutching members who incessantly whine on AN about air quality. "It is just super bad", lol. Destroyed the credibility of your entire sniveling rant with that one hyperbolic phrase.

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The 49ers are pretty much the only redeeming feature remaining for the city of San Francisco. Shame that the people in the pretty clothing lost the game.

In before someone asks where they can watch this year's Super Bowl. Radost is showing the game, opening at 06:00 am on 12 February. Cost is 400 thb in advance or 600 thb as a "walk-in", includes breakfast and unlimited coffee/tea. I think they'll have the full drink menu on sale as well for those who can stomach alcohol that early. (I am not associated with this bar/restaurant other than being an occasional customer.)

Cool story, bro.

Mention Pita to the rest of the world - at least the democratic bits of it - and they will tell you how much they love it with hummus.

Caption: Thai PM Srettha Thavisin grovels for digital wallet funding from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on the sideline of World Economic Forum in Switzerland.

Doubtful, IMO. Does the outstanding loan currently show as "open" on your USA credit report? If it isn't there now, it's unlikely that a default on your wife's loan would be recorded against your credit score. This begs the question, if you are 'on the bank papers' and you are concerned enough to be asking here about loan default, why wouldn't you take action to prevent said default? (Should you wish to check your up-to-date credit report, the free Experian app will provide your current credit score/report, including open/closed accounts.)

.....teach a man to fish and you can sell him a boatload of accessories.

Awesome. Another income tax thread.

There is no such law, rule, or regulation re: staying in Thailand.

I have a US Schwab account (not an international account) and always use a VPN to log in. No problems. I use SurfShark for my VPN, if that is of interest to you.

Call Wise and ask the rep to do so. Some on this thread have misinterpreted "tagging" to mean that your funds are "tagged" to show as a foreign transfer. When I posted "tagging" the account, it was intended to mean tagging it so that Wise only uses BBL to transfer my funds. That way, I avoid the intermediary bank dance step that results in a domestic transfer from one Thai bank to another. (Ergo, you still need to choose "funds for long term stay" when transferring via Wise.)

His response was to an individual who noted that his pension(s) totaled less than the UK taxation level of 12,575 UK pounds....thus, was not taxed in the UK. Ergo, it would be potentially liable for taxation in Thailand. That person said: ".......as my UK state pension and my company pension come to less than 12,575 pounds P.A. so it is not taxed it there my transfered funds will be taxed I believe that there other UK pensioners in the same boat ."

Well, yeah, it sounds bad when you say it like that.

This is factually incorrect. I send via Wise directly to my BBL account - every transfer lists as FTT. You are correct in that, on the occasions where an intermediary bank is involved, the transfer gets designated as something other than FTT. This is what OP should do. Wise is the entity to which he should be requesting assistance to prove overseas remittance. ------ Break ----- OP, you might consider asking Wise to "tag" your account so that all of your transfers go directly to BBL and not through intermediary banks. That way, you are *almost* guaranteed that you'll get the FTT designator, if that's what you choose when sending the money. Since "tagging" my account, 100% of my transfers have shown up as FTT (foreign transfer) because they've gone directly to BBL (not through an intermediary bank.) Wise will tell you that "nothing is guaranteed" re: tagging the account but they are 100% so far (knock on wood.) Edit to add: Tagging your Wise account to avoid intermediary banks may slow your transfer by a business day or so.