Phulublub

Not true. Armed forces, for example, can get an immediate pension at age 40 if they joined up at 18 and served for 22 years. PH PH

They do though - those for west facing side are "No Parking Even days", those on east facing are "No Parking Odd days" PH

Agree. You don't start a negotiation with "Do what I want or I will beat you up" and then walk down to "OK, I will give you $100", You start a negotiation with a reasonable (if highball) suggestion/offer. You do (if you are a bully) start an encounter with "Do what I want or I will beat you up". Which one is Trump? PH

Except, of course, for the numerous treaties that the US signed with individual tribes which they (the US) then ignored. PH

Dont forget - all those who currently live there to be moved somewhere else (not the USA though); the land to be bought and then owned by the USA and paid for by someone else (not the USA). Though maybe when he said "WE will own it" he meant his rich friends rather than the USA? PH

So to be entitled to live there, they had to have ruled? Got it. As to migrating - homo sapiens have been migrating ever since we emerged as a distinct species. You dont have a logical argument here. At all. Just a prejudiced, and warped, point of view, along the lines of Orwell's "Four legs good, two legs better" PH

WTF? No history of the Palestinians living in Palestine? What a joke you are PH

And thus you make my pointo for me.... the same history for both sides Yet you, and others, seem content that one side can walk all over the land, rights, and lives of the other. PH

You seemed very knowledgable about the region's history when it came to the Palestinians though...strange, that. Maybe you only pay attention to things that you think will support your already formed conclusions. PH

So you can not answer the exam question regarding the Country of Israel. Got itr.. PH

The 400K/800K just sits here. Depending on when it was originally remitted will determine whether there may be any tax due, just like all and every other remttance. What you use any money remitted here for is totally separate from, and irrelevent to, the amount, source, and assessability of those funds for Thai tax.. PH

@Nick Carter icp. any chance of that historical timeline for the Country of Israel? PH

Can you supply a similar historical tieline for the Country of israel? PH

I am confused, during his first term, Trump negotiated a new trade deal with canada and Mexico. Turns out now that they have been rippin g USA off for years...so why didnt he strike a better bargain back then? PH

Anybody managed to book an appointment recently? Need to renew my extension and trying to book online but the App (Imm Chonburi) fails to open and the website appears only to offfer online booking for Bangkok. Am I kissing something? PH

A lot on that list could equally apply to many othe rnationalities, both in their own countries and here. We could, if we wanted to be flippant, say that the majority on the list apply to pretty much all BMW drivers worldwide. PH

Clearly a comapny pension????Where does is say that? (Clue: It doesn;t.) You are clearly (!) not open to suggestion that you may be wrong; so I will not engage further. PH

The wording is very clear. Why would the Thai Tax code need to explain it is the Thai social security system that it is taling about? In any event, the UK State Pesnion is not a social security benefit so would not qualify under this section even if it applied to foreign systems. PH

Your reading is flawed. Pensions are specifically coverd in Section 40: Section 40 Assessable income is income of the following categories including any amount of tax paid by the payer of income or by any other person on behalf of a taxpayer. (1) Income derived from employment, whether in the form of salary, wage, per diem, bonus, bounty, gratuity, pension, house rent allowance, monetary value of rent-free residence provided by an employer, payment of debt liability of an employee made by an employer, or any money, property or benefit derived from employment. (Thai) social security benefit is different. The UK State Pension is a Pension and, while is now claased a a beneifit, is not a social security benefit. Section 19 of the UK/Thailand DTA (like the Aus version) specifies which types of Pension are exempt from assessment here. The State Pension is not included. There is a comprehensive list of HMRC website (cannot cuyrently find the link) of which pensions are exempt.. Heresay evidence of what individual people have been told by individual front office tax officers is not particularly helpful as they are unlikley to be fully up to speed on the nuances of foreign pensions especially as SOME (eg US) ARE exempt, PH

I wish to be educated... I have looked, but cannot find it, so, can you point me to the section in the Thai Tax legislation that tells us that I, as tax resident in Thailand, am not liable to tax on my UK State Pension because it is exempt? PH

Not true. The UK state pension (unlike US) is not covered byt he DTA. PH

And while we are caught up in this change, we are not the targets. There is a huge difference and I truly wish tax resident expats would realise that they are actually not that high on the agenda of the Thai authorities. We are incidental to the scheme of things. PH

How many times will this falsehood be trotted out? It is NOT targetted at expats. PH

What do the US call those who are living in the country (legally) but are not US citizens? PH

What is a "proud" military history? One where a Country invades, subjugates then pillages the natives and the natural resources of the invaded country, perhaps? PH