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On 9/26/2023 at 2:23 PM, foreverlomsak said:

Check in here

Double Tax Agreement (DTA) | The Revenue Department (English Site) (rd.go.th)

Great response!  Last updated almost 2 years ago but most likely still accurate.  It would seem to me that they would

be creating more problems instead of making more money but that doesn't stop them from trying to squeeze every cent out of the farangs who spend money here the entire time they live here!

2 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

OP Wat until a formal annuncement.  There is absolutely no way legally they can tax you for 4 months with the other countries agreeing not to tax you for the same period.

 

Imagine a snowbird comes here for 4 months and then goes back to their home country.

 

2 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

OP Wat until a formal annuncement.  There is absolutely no way legally they can tax you for 4 months with the other countries agreeing not to tax you for the same period.

 

Imagine a snowbird comes here for 4 months and then goes back to their home country.

 

On 9/25/2023 at 6:15 PM, Oliver Holzerfilled said:

You Americans have to make everything about yourselves.  Reminder, this topic is about a raid on a Thai senior policeman.

Yeah read today's healine too that he was chatting and laughing with the gambler at a party so that must make him guilty.  I was only comparing our senior folks with the locals.  Sorry you got upset, you must be one of the many hate-Americans here.  Too bad, your loss.

On 9/25/2023 at 2:56 PM, HappyExpat57 said:

Yeah, and the polls had Hilldog beating 45 before he became 45 by about 90%. So much for polls.

Yessir because so many people just voted not so much for Trump but to deny Hillary CLINTON an opportunity, now

we seem stuck between a rock and a hard place as they are both EVIL and we need new blood.  Among the hundreds of thousands of citizen eligible one would think that the parties could find an honest person to name as candidate!

On 9/25/2023 at 1:04 PM, brewsterbudgen said:

I never even realised I could use my Thai address for my UK Lloyds bank account!  I've always used a family member's address for correspondence.  

The reason for the new bank rules, comes not from any official finance office of home country but from the

judicial (justice in USA) office whatever they may call themselves and originally was set up to tackle the money laundering schemes or non filers I think that is what I read anyway when they did it.  I could use my daughter's US address but don't want to ever have a possible problem with the Justice Department so I joined the SDFCU bank in the US and have had no more problems.

21 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

I still have accounts with BOA, but I also have a house and mailing address in the USA. So for all practical purposes, they believe I live there, technically my brother does. I consider myself a guest here, not a resident of Thailand.

Yessir, Thailand doesn't consider you a resident either but they sure do want every penny they can get out of (us) you.

On 9/10/2023 at 1:33 PM, KhunLA said:

Wrong, that is for a total 'balance' amount of $10k in accounts.  Not if 10k or more has gone through the accounts, only if balance of accounts hit the 10k mark.

 

My 800+k DD for ret. visa does  not have to be reported.  Unless I leave it in there to hit that 10k mark, which I don't and make a withdrawal every 3rd or 4th month.

 

Only a few times have I needed to file FBAR, when using the lump sum amount for visa.

red the requirements for fbar filing...check your dictionary for the word "aggregate" as it means in English the total amount that passes through the account>  Just because you didn't file and haven't YET been caught, the 800K is over the 10K "aggregate" to start with.  Best to check with an expert who can understand written English.

On 4/14/2023 at 11:49 AM, Jingthing said:

Yes but internationally I reckon most expats are under that threshold most years.

well, unless my math is erroneous, 400K baht or 800K baht is more than 10K usd.  Requirement says any time your account reaches an aggegate of 10k you are required that year (if you do a yearly long stay report using the 400 or 800 totals) your bank acct has reached over 10K so you would need to file a fbar stating

that fact.  The reason they eventually catch folks is that the Thai bank under an international agreement can provide the US justice dept with your bank details.

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

As long as you don't have bank accounts in TH with $10k, then you have no worries.  And that would be an IRS issue, not SS, as they still wouldn't care.

not necessary to have 10K dollars in the bank - that 10K usd is for a yearly aggregate of at least 10K.

12 hours ago, franckpattaya said:

Hi,

 

I have to renew my one year visa (retirement) and I would like to know if

I can request the "letter" for immigration in a different branch from the one

where I opened my account.

Thanks

My permanent address is CM, I opened my self-only (as requirement changed) acct there too.  But yearly, while that bank does my 12 monthly deposits, the other "bank letter" has to come from the main office in Bangrak, Bangkok.  It takes 3-5 days for that so I advise my bank in CM that I need the letters for immigration and they provide same within the same couple of days, I update my Acct on the day I will go to Immigration and also make copies of ALL the pages in the bankbook.  Yearly there have been requests for each different report that I need so now I just include all these.  Originally they wanted my advice reports from my stateside bank too but now only from Thai banks.  Less than an hour at immigration now for yearly update of long stay.  MUch better today than years ago.

12 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

Same nutritional value as all oats. Chewier. I like all oats, and eat oatmeal every day. Just had some an hour ago with soymilk and orange marmalade. I usually eat quick cooking or rolled oats but will get steel cut if i could find them here. Used to eat them back in the US. Takes longer to cook but good texture.

If you don't need to cook them, you can soak them overnight and then can eat them without cooking.  

12 hours ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

I like my oats. Can you convince me steel cut oats are worth the additional cost to rolled oats. Seems they maybe keep you fuller but it’s still oats it seems. 

higher in protein but agree the price difference may not be worth it...up to each individual...I now mix the oats with Bulgar or millet.  since I am not cooking them anyway, I just soak them for 24 hours prior to eating.

Same as I've had for years age 76:  weight remains stable with no particular diet except for this breakfast.  Lunch is any Thai dish spicy hot and occasional;

US fast food.

    Steel cut oats (soaked for 24 hours so no cooking necessary), chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, turmeric, black pepper, flax seed meal, dash of

beet root powder, sesame seeds, (if available hemp protein powder or hemp seeds) walnuts, blue berries, (if available- seedless grapes, black berries, cherries, 

pineapple, raspberries, papaya, cantalope, melons  ((not all but mixed up)).  fortunately we here in this country have a multitude of fresh fruits to add to any meal.  In CM RimPing carried all, here in Bangkok there are several different stores that stock almost all of these ingredients.  BP stays just below level for someone younger than me, I avoid sugar and salt plus no booze either.  I usually fast from 2PM to 5AM but drink a lot of water.  I have extra protein on the days that I lift weights and I try to walk 5K every evening.  I am pleasantly surprised a how many folks here admit to eating somewhat healthy.  Take care enjoy life.

11 hours ago, placeholder said:

Stop with the nonsense about Reagan. Reagan ran record deficits in peacetime because of his tax cuts. He claimed that his tax cuts would pay for themselves with increased revenue to be taxed. Later, his budget director, David Stockman admitted that was a falsehood.

Yeah, very few political leaders have ever been able to control the pork barrel projects of our congressmen/women and maybe that is

why so many are so corrupt.  Yeah, I forgot to include Reagan on the spending which he did trying to bankrupt the Russians (which he did

successfully).

Lots of folks pointing fingers in all directions.  BUT while we are all here, google the SS funds "surplus" for many years yet now we continue to see the doom and gloom within a decade.  Reagan + other political leaders had a bill passed to increase the amount of social security taxes that workers had to pay so

that the future generations would be able to get benefits without those benefits being cut.  However, Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump took those "increased"

taxes since it was mounting up so that future retirees could get their monies back.  However since all since each of these "leaders" along with our great

congress people continued to pay for their "pork barrel" projects.  Now think about all those workers who have been paying the "extra" SS tax every year,

soon to retire and being told that their benefits now will be cut drastically!  Having live in foreign countries most of my adult life, I notice that the politicians

in just about every country are as corrupt as those in the US.  I noted recently that the Indian Parliament has tried but failed to pass an anti-corruption

law for 5 years without success.  In the US too, our politicians escape insider-trading sanctions although that is illegal.  Also, I read regularly news articles when senior politicians are visiting foreign countries, they take along family members who join companies (without having to pay any monies yet receive lots of 

valuable stocks) in those companies strictly because their family is a ranking member in the congress or government office. I don't know if all the stories I read

about these activities are in fact true, but since the DOJ seems to investigate them plus, I am sure that the IRS must be keeping track.  I for one would never

trust any politician anymore, as they change their values regularly depending on whatever their audience wants, even if it is blatantly false.  After almost 60

years of being able to vote, I gave up on each of the parties so now ignore the elections.  What ever happened to the values that our founding fathers had?

Now greed and hate seem to be the determining factors for people to run for office in my opinion.

Hope all have a nice week.

4 hours ago, Sophon said:

The 'X' has always been there, it is for you to click if you want to cancel the report.

Okay thanks very much for the reply

Last week, I received my notice from CM immigration that my 90-day report date was 15 dates in the future.  All good.  The next day I filed my 90-day report online and received the notice fm immigration that they had received it.  Normally I receive the next due date email attachment within 1/2 days but didn't this time so this morning I checked the "status".  On the far right side of the reports, it indicates "pending"

but on the far left it has a red X under cancel.  I am not in CM currently, visiting with my daughter/wife in Bangkok as daughter is entering her first year at college here in Bangkok.  The lady we rented a house

from sent in the TM30 that we are renting the house.  But, we bought a house in Sankamphaeng so this one we are renting now in Bangkok is only a temporary stay and I will be returning to CM when it is time

to file for another year stay.  Has anyone else gotten an X under the cancel and then the "pending" was okayed and the next 90-day due date message was received or is immigration thinking that I have

left CM?  Realize no one really knows what immi is thinking but just wondering if they are slow on returning the next date.

On 8/12/2023 at 5:20 PM, barrybike said:

Imagine sending 70 year old’s to fight , damn ????

actually, the article said it was from Business insider and that Russian 30 year olds that had finished their mil conscript duty could be called back up and that officers up to age 70 could be called up....easy to google any question and find where it is being reported from

On 8/12/2023 at 3:01 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

Nonsense.  Where did you read that 70-year olds can now be conscripted?

Article says "business insider" info

On 7/19/2023 at 3:58 PM, sandyf said:

Hardly the same Bill, not seen much in the way of Russian and Chinese troops being deployed around the world.

If you paid much attn to the developing world you would know that the Commie powers use proxies...have always done that...while the US has been trying to at least change from supporting extremist govts that have at least treaty-wise allowed them to station troops in a country to train the locals and provide jobs that most foreigners long for.