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I need to go back to my country to deal with a death in the family. I don't know exactly how long I'll need to be there so I got a 1 way ticket and I'll purchase the return ticket once I have a better idea of how long it'll take to get everything sorted out. Can you get a re-entry permit if you don't have a return flight?
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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.
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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?
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Tax write-offs for businesses in Thailand
jakow replied to jakow's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Man, I could've googled this for hours (more than I already have) and not have gotten this useful of info. Thanks again! -
Tax write-offs for businesses in Thailand
jakow replied to jakow's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Yeah I never realized how lax the US is with business expenses until now 🙂 -
Tax write-offs for businesses in Thailand
jakow replied to jakow's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
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?
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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.
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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.
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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?
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We're in Thailand and traveling to the USA for 1 month. Our 5 year old and 2 year old both have US passports. The 5 year old has a Thai passport, but somehow we completely forgot that we didn't make a Thai passport for our 2 year old and just realized this today. (I know, really dumb.) How big of a problem is this? Our flight is on the 18th in the morning. My wife said we can get an emergency passport for him tomorrow. Is that true, and is it necessary? Thank you for any advice! Can't believe we did this...
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My children are dual US-Thai citizens with US passports, so that's no issue. It was just the wife who needed a visa. For the emergency appointment application, we uploaded a photo of my dad's birth certificate and my birth certificate to prove relation, a letter from the funeral director with their contact information and the date of the funeral, and also a letter from my mother (this was not required) saying how much my wife has helped through this whole process and how she should be at the funeral. Also, when we were dealing with the death and remains, the US embassy was extremely helpful. My wife was in contact with a Thai woman at the embassy through the whole process. She would not assist in any way with the visa process though. EDIT: Also, I should add that we did not book our airline tickets yet and that wasn't an issue. We booked our tickets after she was approved.