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11 minutes ago, stament said:

...I merely pay the balance of tax due at the end of the tax year.

The Revenue Department doesn't especially care about your employment status. All they are interested in is the collection of tax.

1 minute ago, stament said:

I did say to them that if I was a consultant they would have had to deduct 3% withtholding tax...

Yes and no. If you were a consultant you would have to be employed by a company that then offered your services to third parties.

The NGO would pay the consulting firm a service fee (which would probably cover more than your cost of employment) and the NGO would deduct withholding tax from the payment.

The difference is that the withholding tax form would be in the name of the consulting firm who issued the invoice for your services, and not in your own name.

As a foreigner, how could you issue an invoice in your own name when you are not allowed to be self employed?

Moved to the Jobs and Business forum.

23 minutes ago, stament said:

Thanks.  So if my understanding is correct, "consultants" who are issued a work permit and have a valid visa are required to be entered into the social security system?

A company has 15 days to register an employee for Social Fund after they are hired.

Job titles do not matter to the Social Fund Office.

If you were a consultant then you would be working for a consulting firm.

That consulting firm would have a service contract with the NGO.

You would not receive an employment contract from the NGO.

In such cases it would be abundantly clear who was the employer, who was the employee and who was the third party the employee consulted for.

It has to be this way. As as foreigner you cannot be a self-employed consultant.

2 hours ago, stament said:

Are employers allowed to register consultants in the SS I wonder?

It's not optional. Employees are required to register any employee who receives payment. Job title is irrelevant. Essentially, if the Ministry of Labour has granted a work permit, that's what counts.

In the case of a foreigner, Social Fund must be paid or your extention of stay will not be processed.

3 hours ago, stament said:

However, my argument is that that is their rules not the Thai rules and it's the Thail Law which prevails.....

Yes, exactly.

Most of their packages are 1 Gbps download. You pay more for greater upload speeds.

They have a 1 Gbps down/100Mbps up package for 590 baht per month plus VAT (631.30) baht.

I use that for work, and it is plenty fast enough for me.

700 baht plus VAT (749 baht) gets you the same 1 Gbps down but 500Mbps up.

The difference between the two packages is over 1,400 baht per year.

If your daughter is Thai then what about a copy (and translation) of her Thai ID card?

That has her address on it, and her identification number, which would match the number in her Thai passport (if you are submitting a copy).

I don't know for a fact if this will work, but it seems reasonable to me.

NGOs don't have any exemption from the law. They have to pay severance in the same way as any other employer. The only exception I can think of would be if the NGO was in some way part of a diplomatic mission or UN type organisation, in which case while the law would still apply their organisation could not be made to pay should they decline to do so.

It has been said that the employee must have a contract or a work permit. In fact this is not true at all. The Labour Court takes all circumstances into account when deciding if someone was employed, and believe me they are not easily fooled by employers.

Consider that if a work permit or a contract was required then any employer could completely avoid prosecution by denying their employees these documents.

In reality the Labour Court does not work that way, and the Court would take an especially dim view of an employer in these circumstances.

Shame on the employer for not providing or requiring documentation provided by law, not on the employee for being put in that position.

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What date did your initial lease start?

Does your lease state that you are responsible for paying the land and building tax (or Par See Rong Ruan as it was previously called)?

It's the piano meant to be playable, or is it for visual effect only?

As the British Embassy do not administer passports I will move this topic to the Home Country forum.

For those that struggle to understand the logic of sign tax, perhaps it might help if you view the sign tax in its historical context.

The sign tax law was promulgated in 1967. In that time the Communist Party of Thailand was strong, with its own military wing, the People's Liberation Army of Thailand. The PLAoT were armed and carried out multiple assassinations, and even at some points openly engaging the Thai military.

There was also a communist radio station called the Voice of the People of Thailand that broadcasted from Yunnan in Southern China.

The CPoT heavily subscribed to Chinese communism, so perhaps you can begin to see that the sign tax was originally intended to promote nationalism and unity by discouraging Chinese advertisements.

It really had nothing to do with the English language. Consider that in 1966, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson became the first U.S. President to visit the Kingdom of Thailand, which can be seen in this video.

The following year in 1967 King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great undertook a state visit to the U.S.

I hope this puts sign tax in perspective.

Sign tax isn't racist, because it doesn't discriminate on the basis of race.

Consider that signs written in Thai/Mandarin (of which there are many in places such as Bangkok) are taxed at the same rate as a Thai/English sign.

It's not just Thai/English, it's Thai/any foreign language.

1. Did you receive any security for the loan?

2. What assets does the borrower have?

3. What regular income does the borrower have?

How much is the loan for?

It depends what you want out of the card. If you want airmiles then SCB My Travel is good assuming you will spend enough to waive the annual membership fee 

As the British Embassy do not issue or administer British passports I will move this topic to the Home Country forum.

4 hours ago, lungbing said:

Now my banking app has been updated to allow use of upto three devices I would like a spare.

Which bank please? This is very good news.

6 hours ago, BangkokBoyJohnny said:

AND on a side note on the same day TrueMove told me he had to be 20 years old to convert his pre-paid SIM to a post paid SIM !

This is because a minor cannot enter into a contract, even willingly. A post pay account is contract based.

If True gave your son a post pay SIM then they would have absolutely no way at all of recovering any unpaid amounts from your son as he cannot be sued for breach of contract.