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That's definitely what my wife is thinking 🙂 Not so much that one particular official wants it, but that this whole thing is set up so all the officials to get a constant flow of free imported products. I guess our only recourse aside from bribing a doctor to write a prescription is to convince them that it's not a medical product. I talked to the seller and he's contacting the shipping company because he says they should not be holding it. He said it's probably because the product's name is "medicube" but that it's not an actual medical product. This is going to be difficult. Plus we're getting charged something like 100+ baht a day while we try to sort it out.

I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with this. My wife ordered a small electronic device from Korea called the "Medicube AGE-R Booster Pro Home Skin Care Device" that supposedly makes your skin absorb lotion better. It cost about 8,000 baht. It's being held up with the Import Export Inspection Division because they say it's in the "medical/massage" category and they want a prescription from a doctor. We went to the local hospital, but the doctor said he doesn't know about this product and won't write a prescription. I talked to the seller and they said this is not a medical product, it's just for personal skin care, and they should not be holding it. They're charging us every day that they hold it, and they won't send it back to the shipper. So basically we're about to lose a whole bunch of money. Has anyone dealt with this before?

Thanks!

My father passed away and I received a portion of money from his life insurance policy. In the USA this money is not taxable. If I send it to Thailand will it be subjected to the new taxes on foreign income? If so I'll just keep the money in the USA and not spend it in Thailand.

Man, I could've googled this for hours (more than I already have) and not have gotten this useful of info. Thanks again!

Yeah I never realized how lax the US is with business expenses until now 🙂

Thanks @Misty! That's really helpful info. So it sounds like you can't really claim partial personal/business expenses here, e.g. 50% of the internet at the house is used for business purposes and 50% is personal, since (I'm assuming) you couldn't get True to provide a tax invoice for 50% of the bill. Would this tax invoice/receipt be a template type document that I would print out beforehand and bring along with me when purchasing things, and the merchant would just fill in the blanks? I guess for certain larger expenses we would need to go back to the merchant we purchased from in 2023 and have them fill out the document. Most things are ordered online so that's a bit difficult, however recently we've set up our accounts with the business name so next year we shouldn't have any issues. I really appreciate the info!

My accountant is saying things about tax write-offs for businesses and I'm hoping someone can confirm if what she's saying is accurate, or if we need to find a new accountant. Basically what she is saying is that you cannot write off anything unless the receipt shows it was purchased for your company. For example, if you buy something for your business on Lazada using your personal account, you cannot write-off that expense for your business. You need need to set up your Lazada account to be a business account so the invoice shows your company name. The company is ran from a home office, so she says we cannot write-off a percent of our internet and electric bills, because the accounts are personal/home accounts and not business accounts. If clients come into town and we take them to lunch for a meeting, and we scan a QR code to pay using our personal banking account, we cannot write that off because it's not from a business banking account and we don't have a bill showing the company name. Is that accurate for how tax write-offs work in Thailand?

Yep, under 50.

I actually didn't realize the children need to live with me in order to get the guardian extension. We're not sure exactly how the living situation will work, but they would most likely be living with their mother most of the time. This is definitely going to change things. In that case maybe the best option is to save up for an elite visa. That's not a small amount of money though.

Thank you guys for all of the info. I think I'll take a trip to the local immigration office and ask them about all of this.

Thanks, it sounds like at the amphur we would get the Kor Ror 6 stating we have joint custody, and that would be used in obtaining a guardian visa. The OP in that post has a bit of a different situation though, since he already has a guardian visa before the divorce. Since my yearly extension is based on marriage, I guess I would need to leave the country within 7 days after the divorce and apply for a new Non-O visa. This is all a bit confusing though since everybody's situation varies a bit.

Thanks @DrJack54. Not currently divorced. We're talking about it and I'd just like to be prepared for what happens as far as my visa is concerned. We have children.

Can anyone help me understand how it works if you're on a marriage extension and get a divorce, and then want to switch to a guardian visa? Do you need to leave the country?

Our builder said that tiles with the highest antislip rating (R-10 or R-11) are difficult to keep clean and keep from staining. We need to choose tiles for around the swimming pool and the patio area. If the most antislip tiles aren’t good, should R-8 or R-9 be ok for wet kids playing around the pool?