maddox41

Going to get worse Malaysia just topped the rankings for tourism in SEA. And Vietnam just approved you can get duel Citizenship if your married to a Vietnamese or have a grand parent from Vietnam. So Thailand good luck and with the double pricing, crime, new tax laws, visa mindfileds and cold shouldering the Expat... the land of smiles is long gone and no one to blame but the Thais themselves. Maybe it will be back to normal with your free mango and sticky rice on arrival 😂 give it 3 yrs and Vietnam will be the go to destination for Expats.

Here we go again.. A government with Puppet PM's and corrupt ones totally controlled by the Military Junta. The good old Hiso 1% club at its best absolute bone heads that are all coated with Teflon. Laughed 😂 when I read a democracy In your dreams Thailand. The country is basically in free fall? Expats leaving by the droves to Vietnam which will be the go to destination in SEA in a few years. But as we know Thais don't think ahead it's always a knee jerk reaction with no long term thought involved, then when the sh$# hits the fan the offer a plate of mango sticky rice. The land of smiles is long gone.

The Thai B been inflated for years about time it come down get some of there own medicine. Go Tariffs time for Thailand to have a good hard look at themselves and pull there head out of there Ar.. Which will never happen

Thais live in LA LA LAND they believe the world looks at them with some type of reverence and its more like they laugh at them as been a joke. The are not the sharpest tools in the shed as we know but think they are? But they are very good at getting money for doing nothing so not that stupid 😂 Thais have Double standards always have its ok for them but not for others. Thailand is sinking fast, since 2020 to now its going backwards at a rate of knots all due to political stupidity remember do first then think is the Thai motto. But what the Thais will do is totally the opposite they will raise tariffs on the USA imports not reduce.

Well it's Thailand the corrupt audit the corrupt nothing to see here. Part of the fabric in Thailand

Have they even clarified yet with the new tax law? Is it all foriegn money that you have or just the money you remit to Thailand? is taxed?

I worked in the Restraurant business for 30 yrs and yes it a hard slog but you can make good money if your good.. As for Thailand it's just going to get worse new 25% car tariifs into the US @taxing overseas income add the inflated Bhat and Tourism dwilding (except Phuket opps I mean Little Moscow) add the increasing danger to the mix expats leaving to go to new shores Thailand Is a world of trouble but Thai been Thai they dig they're heads in the sand and blame all others for the drama. So it time and time again been here for 20 yrs never changes . So much potential just run buy a bunch of old stupid fat currupt goons.

About time Thais don't like competition in any form Tourism, Manufacturing, nothing with the inflated Bhat and the new Foreign tax laws people are waking up going to other countries to live and to import from. It's good to see as the Brains trust are clueless. But Thais been Thia when the sh.. hits the fan and it always does they scramble to fix it but as we know it's always to late. So going to be interesting to see how this all goes as Thailand hanging on by a thread with it's economy and very soon they be nailed to the wall and no one to blame but themselves.

It's a wait and see? approach Just like the no smoking 10m from a doorway last 3 months No parking a bike on the footpath lasted 1 month No street vendors in BKk lasted 1 week The points system for driving did that ever happen? If you hava a DTA show your tax paperwork for that yr to them when they are knocking on your door and say mate I have paid my tax in my country this yr and close the door. And if extending your visa it may only be the sticking point until you see it on the immigration paper work they have no leg to stand on. OR go as long as you can and see if you get that knock on the door

Good old Thai hisos going for as much as they can problem is they are dreaming no way they get anywhere near that typical l Thai greed at it best hence why the country is in free fail

Perfect Start taxing all foreign income from the expat to pay for low income workers And it will never happen anyway Expats are worried that they be paying up to half of their income in Tax in the near future unless your country has a double tax agreement Only 64 cointries have it with Thailand

This isn't legal any way also if your lucky enough to be one of the 60 counties that have a double tax treaty agreement it isn't a problem just more paper work. ie) Australia has one with Thailand. So you do your tax return in Australia pay your tax then translate it into to Thai and submit yes more money and a new industry for Thai accounting or law firms to do it for you. Also still legal to give a gift to your Thai wife of 20 mill usd per year and taxed at 5% . Here is the issue for Thailand If your paying 35% income tax in your country where all your funds are held and then pay another 30 % to Thailand Revenue for money that has never ever entered Thailand you be left with 35 % of your income why would you ? Thailand is still a cash society Digital banking is yrs behind the Western world so my people be bringing in money and living of your cash and Thais love cash. OR You stay 180 days a yr or under or move to another place like Vietnam etc What they don't get is your spending anyway your living there paying vat, rent rates, bills and living costs . Paying 5 % tax on yr our money coming into Thailand you can live with but not at their current tax rate scale not going to happen. Remember Thais play a short game not the long game hence why it's a sh.. Storm constantly. If this happens it will be a huge long time issue for Thailand. But they change their minds constantly look at the 60 day VOA from 2025 you need a ETV to enter they have no idea .

Pick me of the floor can't stop laughing The day Daddy arrived this was going to happen he had it all planned before arrival. Yingluck be home soon too. Oh where is Ptia the man people voted for oh yeah gone it's insulting to the people and makes Thailand politics like a kindergarten.

What a crack up, runs away comes back Scott free to take over the empire once more... One Teflon family...

I love it the economy is sliding down the toilet. And yes more and more sex workers are coming into the industry due to survival. The Thai brains trust letting the Russians in by the droves to dodge the war basically because it's the only country they can go to and it's ironic that must Russians don't like Asians but still better there then back home with Putin until it's all over and they be gone too . In time Thailand won't be the destination of tourism Vietnam is catching up quick. And TAT just siad they are 140 m B under qouter Then the Thai government will change the expat tax laws to attract more retierees to prop up the country once again they are glueless also they may start to look at countries with people with a tad more respect that still come and spend and live within the law unlike the Russians, Africans, Indians and Chinese that have raped it and left. But as we all know it's no until its hell in a handbag they do something about it.