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Yes, local banks probably already share but if not then will begin to share banking data to the revenue department and then it will be up to them to get your banking data from your home country if they signed on to FACTA or CSR and the OECD 2023 agreement. Once the data sharing begins in earnest, the locals will either be totally swamped and delay total implementation or they will just select a certain limit where they will concentrate their efforts. Maybe the new govt will have totally different ideas - though they will be looking for any baht they can find too.

I was here in the 70's for that coup too, seen the others in this century, any progress being made was always put on hold and those charges against the new pm's daddy would not be charges in most countries. The military had many years to unearth and fabricate whatever they would charge him with. Now they start from scratch again. Until the people actually wake up, and realize that they do not want this kind of government, then it will remain like this. Seems to me that the common folk get poorer and poorer - oh yeah that is in the developed countries too as the elected officials give tax breaks to the rich while shrinking whatever middle class there is. However once the middle class is gone, real trouble will probably follow. I hope this country remains stable for a while as I still love living here. Now we await the words on tax schemes and visa schemes. Best of luck to the new government and all the expats here.

That's like the idiots that go to the autocrat ruled lands, get thrown in jail for something very minor or trumped up charge and thrown into the local prison and then they and their families complain that their government is not doing enough to free them. Total idiots should not be allowed to travel to those countries in my opinion.

Villamart (BKK) does online delivery throughout Thailand. I go to the Villamart (2 of them) in LadKrabang and the Tops in the Robinson Mall in the same general area - all have blue berries, cherries and strawberries all the time, but Villamart also usually has several other berries (raspberries, also has pomegranate, and sometimes blackberries). Their online has them but if you are ordering, not sure if they have them all the time. Strawberries are usually imported fairly expensive from Korea. Normally, I live in CM and Rim Ping always seems to have some berries and other fruits as does the Tops in the Central Mall and on weekends, the mall usually has some fruit sellers also in the basement. Good luck.

actually, before they pushed for this tm.30 bit, there was the TM.28 which was the expat responsibility for providing staying away from home or whereever but they finally just trashed that and then started the pressure on expats to insure that someone filed a TM.30 or the expat might even be fined although it wasn't really our responsibility but after all is said and done, TIT rules always.

Yessir, lots of snakes in all those wooded areas and especially I have read in the Mountains. I also am an avid golfer or used to be and not so accurate so I spent a lot of time in the woods and heavy reeds looking for my wayward shots and too many times ran across some slithering monters - some of those black snakes around the salt marshes were as huge as some of the boas or pythons. Sometimes the ball would be in a nest of them - just took a drop on many of those shots. Best of luck!

I have done a lot of scuba diving in the Philippines - have seen sea snakes come up to me and tap on the face mask - since I have seen them so many times and read about them, I never bothered them and eventually they just swim away without any harm to me! That doesn't mean that the "pucker factor" wasn't in effect!

Yeah I saw enough of them in the MD woods as I was growing up. Their markings are pretty evident so easy to guess what they were and to avoid bothering them. Never saw any rattlesnakes but many king snakes and have to remember the rings of color so as not to bother that colorful one and make a mistake on the colors - I forget exactly what that was now. Too old and stay away from that area.

Yeah the joke in Thai class (from the teacher of course) was in Thailand there are 50 different species of snakes, 47 are venomous and the other three will squeeze you to death! But I have since leaned that there are a lot more different species of snakes than that in this country. Beware for sure if you see anything resembling a snake near you or your friends.

Suggest you get a book or google pictures of snakes - a copperhead is not a rattlesnake though I have heard of a few rattlesnakes found in the mountains of northwestern MD - close to Penn. Just saying as one should at least familiarize himself if possible about dangerous snakes - especially since the US has so few it is easy enough to recognize them. Best of luck when in the wild.

Yeah I heard today that if one is buying "quality" salmon, then the package must have the word "wild" in it or it will be farmed salmon. Just saying as I sure don't know but sounds correct to me.

From what I have read about copperheads (fm MD and many in our woods) children are often their victims since they only bite if touched - and kids will do that. That is what I was taught in my youth. Maybe the southern ones don't like the locals .

If they are familiar with that warning cackle that all the group of geese wandering around on the grounds. Have scared up quite a few over the years.

Yeah, US embassy employs geese - they have a large pond on the grounds but even before moving across the street toi this new bldg, they had the geese which raise a loud racket upon meeting any snakes on the grounds - Soi Wittayu so right in the middle of town. I live in Sankamphaeng CM in a village surrounded by other mooban, rice fields, canals too and I used to walk every AM 3-4 oclock - one morning ran into a 4 meter Burmese Python - had to help the guard catch it before it did any damage to pets or folks. When it opened it mouth to bite us, it seemed it could swallow my head completely! I also ran into small cobras and other UNID types to me. I learned a long time ago to avoid snakes even when I thought that they might be harmless. I shudder to think about all the times I ran around in the jungles of this and nearby countries with all the really dangerous snakes and animals without even thinking about them seriously. Ignorance of youth! Sure wouldn't do it anymore.

CM IO have always required this yearly statement but for me I understand since the Embassy stopped providing a lettrer of pension and at that time I went to the monthly 65K minimum for my yearly report, then needed the bank statement where I have my account for each monthly payment plus then a letter of the account for 12 months from the main office in BKK plus my day of extension status of account. Easy enough to do and still easier than it used to be. Good luck to all.

TIT alive and well!

Yeah I read that there were some new categories - butg I didn't realize that the belly flop was one of them. Or was he going to be in the break dance?

I think the picture says more truth than Trump and his doctor about his actual healthy body

This can't be valid, we all know Trump doesn't weight more than 215 lbs while here in this fake picture one leg weighs at least that much by itself.

Philippines doesn't tax pensions, other SEA countries have various rules and regulations concerning expats just takes a little search and reading to find out if any fit into one's lowest or no tax to be paid. By ignoring the laws about taxation and seeking ways to avoid ever paying taxes to any country is why these international agreement come to fruition. Eventually, all will probably be shut down by changes in tax residency or visa extensions, etc. My opinion as it seems this is the start here in Thailand anyway and am sure it is going on in other countries too.

But they can't refuse visa extensions to the local Thais. Most Thais that are not paying taxes probably don't make enough to survive hardly let alone pay taxes too. However, tax residents that pay no taxes to any country are one of the stated reasons that the OECD agreement of 2023 was signed by 138 countries around the world including some of the Autocratic ruled countries. Eventually, I do think that the world revenue departments will become aware of all those that do not pay any tax to any country and will seek ways to eventually get them. As Benjamin Franklin siad over 200 years ago - the only certainty in one's life is death and taxes or words to that effect.

Even the LTR is not tax exempt on in Thailand income earned - the exemption is for foreign-earned income remitted into Thailand. Just saying but, I would think that the LTR would be cheaper though one would not get all those "free" bennies that the elite would get. For me the LTR is the best. Good luck to others.

If you take the words of praise from their likes of Trump then you are posting on the right media for sure!

Recently I heard the watch king wants his turn as the big boss too.

To him they all look the same!