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some indications that apple cider vinegar causes akalinic changes in the body vs acidic - I have been an oatmeal eater for many decades - i too is acidic in nature but that acid can reportedly be cancelled out by apple cider vinegar - I only eat "soaked" oatmeal, in almond or walnut milk plus 2 tablespoons of appple cider vinegar every morning and haven't had any negative affect whatsoever so plan to continue doing just that. I do note that I fast 18-19 hours daily and am never hungry ever so maybe that is one of the benefits most noticiable as my weight also is very stable without being overweight either. Good health to all and appreciate this type of info being passed around on the forum too.

I fortunately assigned here 50+ years ago, learned Thai fluently most of which by now is fading. I also after assigned here studied many other languages and had to re-learn my Thai when I retired here but like I said, it is fading. I think that 50 years ago speaking some Thai (not fluently) was necessary for one to get around as few people spoke adequate if any English. Now though Englsh is "taught" in most schools (poorly in my opinion) but adequate for many types of businesses, especially anything with foreigners so unless one is in a more remote area where few tourists roam, then I think that foreigners can easily survive for a long time here without speaking much Thai. I though do enjoy the occasional chat with a neighbor or someone I meet on a walk around the mooban or even in the shopping areas. I can still watch Thai news and understand what the news is about but I also realize that some of the vocabulary that I once knew well, has faded behind a lot of those other languages too. I also find myself occasionally filling in a word of the same meaning as the Thai word, but a Thai listening would query me as they wouldn't recognize that word but to my brain of course it wa all correct in meaning and I would laugh to myself just how dumb that must seem to the Thai listemer. With the current available Thai language at just about any level using computers or translators, one could easily learn or suvive with those translators, probably more easily than me. Best of luck to anyone wishing to study foreign languages - Americans are noted for being too lazy and willing to put forth much effort. Even the education system dropped a foreign language requirement around 1980 or so.

I think he changed that proise to "within the first 100 days"

Yessir, from what I have heard from forum users and TRD people and agents, the US DTA spells out more clearly on some issues. But hopefully the govt and TRD will treat expats nicely.

agree with you and I have watched it since the early 1950's. It most likely has been done just about forever but since the invention of tractors of all kinds, the burning creating pollution MUST be stopped

another excellent message for all - note different DTAs could be 100% different from others, thus ignore what one member that quotes with his country DTA unless you too are from that country. The only sure way to be aware of your country's DTA is to read it for yourself!

Since the tax in Thailand issue began many moons and messages ago, and since so little information has been forthcoming from the TRD, forum users concerned or not with the tax issue still continue to GUESS what the final situation might be in the whole world and like all the other offices i.e. immigration, traffic police, etc, every local office has its own interpretation of a particular law. All we can hope I guess too is for all to be happy with the final situation.

excellent information as some of us only know about our own govt regs so ignore what others might be looking for or provide something that is not universal in response to a question!

what the problem that some people obviously do not seem to understand. If you are in this country (Thailand) more than 179 days in a calendar year, you are the definition of a TAX RESIDENT. Now as a US citizen you are still required to file your income tax in the US with the IRS even though your country has a DTA with Tghailand so you should become familiar with it and read and understand what it says. i.e. NON repeat NON civil service pension can be taxed by Thailand , only US govt civil service pensions can be taxed solely by the US IRS and Thailand can tax state pensions or private pensions - this then allows you to get a tax credit from the Thais, lowering your US tax. I am unsure about all the remaining DTA as I am only concerned about my pension and what the DTA says about that. DTAs in ENGLISH or Thai are easily found on the internet! They are also within the English version of the TRD "www.rd.go.th.com"

Depends on the country's DTA, as US DTA says civil service pensions are only taxable by the US but that state and private pensions can be taxed by the county in which the US citizen is a tax resident i.e. THAILAND. We all have had the opportunity to link to the TRD many times and you are well aware of where it is or you can just google DTA for whatever country you want.

Well I think that is incorrect info being given in that the DTAs do not exempt all income uch as the US- allincome is taxable there by law if you are a US citizen anyway but some pension and other income is not protected by the DTA but is taxable by the Thais. Just read the DTA for your country and it should psecify what is and what isn't taxable by Thailand. But as this is TIT, thy might do as other places have too and not tax retirees at all in hopes of getting many to come there.

the lawyer from the TRD said in response to what happens if you should file but don't and the lawyer said and the other TRD official said, the best thing to do if not sure is to look in the rd.go.th and check as it specifies what needs to be assessable income. Then get a Tax ID file and the rd will determine if any tax should be paid or a refund if too much tax was paid. I thoughtit was pretty clear that if one has exempt remitted funds, no id or filing. They also said if one remits funds into the country but doesn't file, they must keep accurate documentation in case the rd asks them about those remittances. My case is easy to do in all aspects and I remit quite a bit each year all exemt and I have yearly documentation proving just that it is exempt so I am not worried at all.

iF you have an LTR, all foreign income is remitted tax exempt, and if the pension amount is below one's country's tax chart, then no taxes are paid to the home country yet the money does not meet assessabel amount so no tax id or filing is required on those funds remitted.

See my above, TRD officials, one a tax lawyer too in the expat interview claim that this is not true!

Obviously either a misquote or wrong translation of the quote. Havng listened to the RD officials on the expattaxthailand interview, not all expats/foreigners will have to file for taxes on remittances if those remittances are not assessable by the TRD criteria. However, I do guess that at some point if the govt follows what Taksin wants i.e. negative income tax for all of Thailand then expats as well as poor working Thais will be required to get a tax id number possibly and file so that the poorer Thais can be more free money from the taxed richer folks. This is only my opinion of course and since TIT there are a lot of other possibilities.

from some of the comments, absolutely none!

a lot of guessing throughout but TIT and, your guesses are as good as all the rest. I do hope that for the majority of expats here, the govt realizes the value of long stay retirees and other foreigners.

depends if it meets the necessary amount to be assessable as some anuaties do not pay a whole lot of money.

amen!

also within the rd.go.th https://www.rd.go.th/fileadmin/download/insight_pasi/DTA_Book.pdf

should be a copy in the Revenue dept ..

so possibly a "State" pension versus a civil pension which is usually taxed only by the paying country and might be determined by the Thai side as an assessable income unless it is a written correctly in the DTA.

I am sure that they will have someone do an app on the tax forms and then interview the expat, depending on country of origin and DTA as part of the app - probably do like my US 1040 I just did yesterday - log in to the company I use each year - maybe half an hour if that much time to do my 1040, pay for it and print out a copy to get my couple of thousand refund - last year took two weeks only after the company forwarded it to the IRS. The totat 1040 is 16 pages long and has a lot of questions but my financial situation isreally simple and since it costs me less than $30 to file it, it would take longer if I had to check everywhere necessary. Anyway, locally I hope that they do come up with the final scheme and expats are all happy.

Just as an aside on who knows what or not, I read today from one of the Thai ltax lawyers and advisors he interprets this new interpretation of the old law that ssavings or monies earned prior to 1 jan 2024 can be remitted tax free during the calendar year 2034 but after that any of those foreign funds are taxable whenever they are remitted after 31 Dec 2024. I have read a lot of the interviews of the finance folks and like many do not mention expat as specific targets for worldwide taxation and added to the Thai tax program. For example, read the Setta talk that program and he talks repeatedly about getting the foreigners added to the tax base in Thailand. In another advisor, his company says that there is nothing on the plan to tax retirees which may also be true but...I am no expert by any means and see so many different ideas. We all continue to guess at what will happen when maybe nothing will happen.

One reason is that locals with foreign bank accounts never worried that the over seas banks would advise the TRD of the Thai individuals' bank accounts. Now with the joining of Thailand with all the rest of the OECD and CRS FACTA exchange of banking information, the TRD may learn about citizens that have those foreign bank accounts.