Sir Dude

Simple really, get a tax number, file a return that excludes what is covered by DTAs and see what happens... they will believe it or not. Not having a TIN and not filing a return may raise red flags, but filing one should let you fly low under the radar. It's very hard to monitor the millions of small transactions and ATM withdrawals that happen every day... and they have to monitor the Thais who these new rules are really for. If you want to bring in a large amount of money for something to purchase like a condo, big living money, or nice car etc., then just suck it up for one year and not be a tax resident, and bring it in during that year whilst visiting friends or family wherever/work in your home country, then become a tax resident the next year in Thailand and carry on as normal... ta-da, no tax on what you bring in.

It's actually pretty simple if you want to bring in money, just not be a tax resident for a year, bring in what you want... then become one (tax resident) next year, then ta-da and everything is okay. Rinse and repeat every time you need to bring in large amounts of cash. Problem is, this stupid policy will catch all the normal people like teachers/retirees etc. that it was not designed to catch... and the rich will be able to avoid it. Once again, an ill thought out policy that will backfire... morons.

All a load of hysteria... yes, get TIN but the chances of you being investigatate are tiny. All you do is submit a return and they believe it or they don't... I can't believe they have the resourses to investigate every foreign national on this, no way.

He will have time to mullet over during his eight weeks in jail.

Starmer won't let there be an inquiry because he was in charge of the CPS at the time (Saville problem too), and if the truth comes out, then he would clearly have to resign... that's why they won't let justice prevail and the truth come out. Rotten to the core, and Starmer is incompetent plus an accessory to these crimes through his inaction.

Well, surprise surpise, the usual demographic perp... toss the key away.

If the current Labour government had its way, it would be more like Soviet Union than democracy... and resurect the NVKD under Beria.

There are many anti-Trump folks on here that do not live here in Thailand and actually know Sweet FA about things... also lots of rabid socialists trying to influence the narrative. However, many of them have failed to realise how far south the world has gone under the current lefty watch. Once you go too far to either side then you end up facilitating the rise of the opposite, and history bears this out. The answers are to be found in the middle... scientists call it the " Goldilocks Zone". In the 20th century, many countries went too far right, which we needed rescued from, and that gave rise to the left in the late 20th century.... but we are in danger of going too far left now, which will give rise to the right, and it's already happening. The ansers are in the middle, like with most things.. sad that so many have lost sight of this and believe their personal intolerance is the way forward. Not a good prognosis for the future IMO.

Those that disagree are taking part in the warm colitas rising throught he air... haha.

Starmer loves the EU... but the EU is like "Hotel California" ... can never really leave.

Theft and looting etc. are serious offences, and I'll tell you why. The right to property and the protection of it is one of the fundamental rights that holds society together, and has done for a very long time... without it naturally comes banditry, lawlessness and a breakdown of society and its norms. What is the point of working to better your and your family's lives in the future and have things, paying taxes, saving money for retirement, doing the right thing, trying to do business and creating jobs, playing the game in all sorts of way so that there is a future for law-abiding people if some braindead oxygen thief can just turn up anytime they like and take it away using violence with no consequences? None at all. Theft should have a standard jail term of 1 year. This is why the West is decaying, because it is weak and society has lost its way. Most of the rest of the world take theft very seriously for the exact reason I've outlined, as its a huge threat to the health of society and culture... it wasn't so long ago that looting would elicit a very harsh sentence, even being sometimes summarily shot, and there was far less theft than now.

The number of deaths and accidents obviously gets most of the attention, but it always sounds just insane when they annouce that over, say a week, that something like 70k drivers couldn't produce a valid drivers license when stopped... guess a license is optional and just downright incoinvenient for many.

Thaksin needs to be impeached and dealt with, as he is a huge negative on Thaland and it's politics.

Thaksin is pulling the strings like a puppeteer with a marionette, can't believe the locals are swallowing it and think it's okay... what a load of BS. Well, I guess countries get the governments they deserve.... sheep-pleople

Agree too, despite our slight differences... there is much common ground on some things. o7