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With Witholding Tax (aka income/gain tax) don't take into account initial money paid for property purchase...? See this example here: https://thailand.acclime.com/guides/withholding-tax-selling-condominium/ It mentions "7,995,000 assessed value", is that the sales price now, or sales price minus purchase price...? It should be the latter... 🤔

I think this is for Thai nationals, it says the previous discount rate limit was 3 mill, now increased to 7 mill, I know for fact that many foreigners sold and bought condos below 3 mill and paid the 2%, so even previous discount was not available to non-Thais, very much doubt new arrangement apply either. Then again this is LOS, let's hear from those who did a transaction this week and if they paid this or got 0.01%...!?

Thanks for the info, so these rates and definitions are the same for Samui and Phuket and all over Thailand.....? Also the Withholding Tax for individual is not so clear but I found some more info and examples. What about the sales value, what normally happens, I heard they put lower amount in sales document to reduce tax, I think a small difference is not a big deal, but shouldn't be too much as that is not really legal...?

So I am getting different numbers from various sources, so I thought maybe can confirm some of these. Specifically looking at Phuket foreign freehold condo transaction from one foreigner to another: 1- Transfer fee, I'm guessing land registry charges some fixed amount for the transaction, new title/chanote issue etc. , possibly paid 50/50 buyer/seller, how much, who pays....? 2- Transfer tax, again land registry charges this, I got anything from 1% or 3% or even 6%...!!! ? I thought could this various range be related to the actual price of the condo - depends if 1m or 10m price...! (usually 50/50 paid by both parties I'm told). 3- Income tax, I read this is usually paid by seller if he owned the condo for less than 5 years, what %...? 4- Agent fee, that's I guess what seller agreed originally with them, I think normally in 3% range. No fee to buyer...? 5- Lawyer fee, I heard wide range for this, but it is not so important as it varies and agreed separately by each party privately. 6- For transfer seller must get two docs from condo management, one that says common fees and sinking fund and all debt are paid and up to date. Other to say condo is in foreign quota for freehold transfer. I guess valid visa and passport..., does it need certificate of residence...? Anything else... I'm guessing if original owner turns up with original title/chanote in his name it means no debt to banks or anyone - in western countries usually banks keep the title if any money is borrowed with condo as collateral. And I'm guessing land registry checks documents to be authentic and not fake and this owner is registered correctly on their computers etc...!? Maybe also check authenticity of condo management docs...!? 7- Buyer needs a CFT (certificate of foreign transfer) for the amount, with a bank cashier check for the amount to hand over after new title/chanote issued in his name..., passport and valid visa I guess, certificate of residence...? Anything else... Anything else of fees or docs I missed....? The problem is when I ask around they say the lawyer, agent, land registry blah blah..., tells you all this, but it's good to know beforehand, so can plan and understand better..., and more importantly, not taken for a ride. So people who recently done it in Phuket can easily help - although rules also change a lot here from one year to the next..., cheers.

Did it with Roojai online, they have a really good website, can choose various options etc., can get an instant quote... The only problem was, must pay with Prompt Pay app only, no other way to pay...!!!? I don't have the app, but managed to find a Thai to pay for me and I paid them cash... I wish they change this so we can go to the bank and pay or via 7-11 or ATM or something, none available now... 🤔

I asked a few sellers on Lazada about Tox 3 and 4 if can connect to official Google Play Store, and they said NO...!? Looks like getting proper Google licence for Android 10, 11 and higher is more expensive these days, so they skip it...! If you have a link that you bought from and a good seller let me know. I have Lazada and Shopee cash on delivery account, never used AliExpress...

I was just in Bangkok Bank today, and asked one or two of them who could speak some English about exchange rates, I was told from my GBP foreign account there to my Baht account there they still use TT rate as mentioned in previous post. That's good news because that is far better than their advertised cash exchange rate. TT rate was 43.46 this morning when I checked. Although Wise still beat that on a £40k transfer, with all the cost it came to a 43.73 rate from my calculation, also this morning...! That's just over 10,000 baht difference in a £40k transfer. But for getting CFT the swift transfer is much better. I read on Wise website that Bkk bank need a lot of documents to verify a Wise transfer as foreign and give certificate for it...!

Thanks for the feedbacks, I also thought 500b was just too cheap...! I live in Phuket, so no chance of buying it from that shop in BKK, I guess could test it there and then, or ask a lot of questions and/or return it to the shop easily... Although this Lazada seller is LazMall, so probably can get an easy return and refund if any issue. I will check out Tox 3 and 4.

I had the old model MXQ Pro that served me well for many years, maybe more than 5 years, can't remember. Once I got an air mouse it did all I wanted and easily... But having Android 7, and low RAM it is now struggling with many apps, nothing can be updated any more and apps are no longer support Android 7, and Chrome browser just gone crazy and show images with tint of green on them...! Very slow and no update... So I bought an X88 box, but it turned out with a terrible fake Android, it has no Google licence, so can not connect and use Google Play Store. Saying that it has it's own fake app store, probably Chinese, that amazingly has all the usual copies of the apps, and although all fake, they work just as well...!!!!? But I don't like this idea of fake Android. So I got Google Chromecast 4k, which has Google TV version on it. But this is pretty useless, a lot of apps I use are not compatible with this version, can't even install Chrome browser on it - it's mainly to use with Netflix and usual subscription apps..., I don't think we can install normal Android on it.., can we....? Anyway, I'm now looking at newer model of MXQ Pro called 4K 5G. They seem really cheap on Lazada, some with Android 11 even. My question is do they have proper licenced Android on them that can connect to official Google Play Store...(my old model did) ? Also seen some that say no Bluetooth support, which is a bit worrying - I need that for headphones...!? Anybody has it..., any feedback appreciated...

I had this problem with Google Chromecast purchased in US, but wouldn't connect to WiFi in another country, then it worked in Thailand...!!! , something to do with region restriction..., very strange.

I have a subscription for a UK number with Skype, I'm guessing once it is moved to Teams that number no longer works, any ideas...? Is there another service or app that we can use to get the same type of landline UK number...? (I know there are some for US numbers).

Just a quick feedback, as we were on tour and passing through Pattaya, I went to this place called iMoto. Explained the problem and he quickly did a patch from inside job, fairly good job as far I watched one of his boys do it. 200 baht + tip seems to have done the trick for now, nearly two weeks and very little loss of pressure - and that's probably me checking it so often. One thing I was concerned was rebalancing, not much for the patch but if tire and wheel location changed. But he said he marked it and put it in the same location - I can't be 100% sure of this, but not a big deal on rear wheel of a Forza. It's not a 200kph sports bike...! 😜 Anyway, all good and back in Phuket now. I recommend iMoto. I couldn't find Supercheap up there either, they are only in the south..! To buy my favourite Shell 100% synthetic MB oil, as oil change was due, but found a shop that had Motul equivalent, 370b x 2 as two 1 liter bottles are needed - 1.5L with oil filter change. One thing I tell you guys, the condition of roads in Bangkok and Pattaya and surrounding area is really bad, no wonder we hear so often from guys up there complaining about scooter shocks/forks not being adequate and looking for upgrade. I must say from Cha Am down, all the way south, we have much, I mean a lot, better roads...!!! 😎

I have seen this 18 months requirement mentioned a lot on websites, but it may be for getting new visa, not extension...!? I will be going to extend next week in Phuket, so I will ask them there to be sure...

This is for a couple of years ahead, for retirement visa extension they need 18 months validity...! So need to get a new passport (UK) if it, for example, has 17 months validity on it... ? Do they even issue one so early (if say I'm in London and apply from there )...? I think I read somewhere a while ago that before if renew UK passport they give 10 years from last expiration date, but now if apply early they start 10 years from application date, so lose a lot of validity in this way too...!

It's a two step process , if have a the docs. First transfer number plate, takes a couple/few of days for that in Phuket DLT , then transfer green book to your name. I think mine was 1000b all together in 2019, for old model Forza 300.