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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.

Works out ok for me as I will just spend 170 days, in Thailand and the rest in Australia. I spoke to my tax agent here and she said you submit a tax return in Thailand with all your tax receipts here translated into Thai she said your income isn't from property or business it's a super fund income as I'm retired. Australia has a treaty with Thailand she says it's a pain but shouldn't be a issue. I said aha you don't live there. Just more work and money to the Thai economy for nothing. What makes me laugh is they want your to come and retire there you spend your money I'd say 4 times more then a local Thai to their economy but double tax you great way to lose your expat community. Vietnam is going to be the next expat retire hotspot in the coming years? Then when the sh.. hits the fan they will change it. I'm not sure if it's true but if you have a Thai elite visa you are exempt maybe just more BS

Once again change your mind this place is laughable.. Bring in a law change it but once it in Thais treat it as a valid law still. Weed shops won't close they do what they do in Vietnam turn it into a convienance store and sell it under the table simple. The most near sighted culture on the planet blows my mind living hear.

I lived and worked in Thailand for 20 yrs now would I want to live as expat in Thailand nope The new sting the expat with tax when you when you have already paid tax in your own country. The low end tourists mainly Russians run the place phuket now the rude Chinese and the hoads of Indians. Thailand always works backwards all about the money not the quality or the type of quality individuals. When the <deleted> hits the fan they panic change all the rules and he we go again. Great to visit but to live to hard with all the red tape and the trailer trailer trash expatss and greedy Thais. Go to Vietnam way better

You think they include Australia as we are in the top 3 country's that visit Thailand Russia, UK, Aus, US, China, But nope TAT is clueless... They always want the bottom of the barrel tourists.

Just what Thailand' doesn't need is Anutin the man that hates dirty farangs and we were spreading covid 😂. Good help the expat if he is in power. Rise up Thailand and get rid of these 🤡 there is only 600 000 of the elite do the math

The Thais crack me up 😂 The are so racist and sexist themselves. The dont like Blacks or Indians they hate the Chinese and are open about it. Thai men have many giks and on TV its all based on Cheating, sex and violance. But dont say anything bad about them they wont like it. They remind me of Americans they believe it's the best and only country in the world 🗺, which is funny as only 20 % of Thais have a passport 🛂 they dont know anything else. Brain washed from day one at school if you can call it education. Toughen up Thailand instead of getting upset about a song why not stand up to your government and make a change that actaully means something.

Its hilarious i read today in the Bangkok post the Tourism is down big time in 2023 hence why the pm wants travel l insurance for all tourists free the 90 day joke visa on arrival for only Russians and they are in a middle of a war wtf thats a strange one And lastly tourists are going to other places Bali New Zealand Vietnam Japan not Thailand but the goverment just forcuses on the Chinese, Russian and Indians tourists not the quality ones

He only been back a couple of months and all change Let the Russians take over Pattaya and Phuket give them a 90 day visa on Arrival. Now give the RTP carte blanche to fleece the general population bring in the foreign tax laws and all done from his hostipal bed . Didn't take long did it the fat cats stay fat 😂 gives me less of a reason to come back to Thailand to live

Wow 90 days for them and no one else 🤔 Good old Thailand always thinking backwards its going to be a slow decline for this country and when its full of all the wrong people and taken over by the farangs the Thais will cry fowl but to late by then Such a great place just run by total🥜 peanuts

What about the Russians taking over the country the tourists that dont leave ???? The go destination in 23 for Australians is Bali again and Greece not Thailand and with the new tax debacle even more expats will consider leaving Thailand for another country also This country cant get anything right but they think they have it sussed ???? ????