StayinThailand2much

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100% agree. I see a high fluctuation of staff in other jobs all the time; hotels, shops, etc. Even a good number of food hawkers throw in the towel after a few weeks, or months. On the other hand, bar girls, massage girls, and freelancers work the same profession, and often the same work places for years, or even decades! Easy work, very good money, and no office politics... If there is one 'secure career' in Thailand, it's the one where they just lie down and spread their legs...

Something doesn't quite add up... All the time news about rapidly shrinking inflation; supposedly close to zero now, while the central bank, at the same time, is still raising their policy rate. - Either the guys at the central bank are complete morons, or the inflation figures are, at best, flawed, and at worst, bogus. Looking at price rises at supermarkets recently tells me it must be the latter. (To name one example, salad dressing I used to buy is up more than 100% in one year.)

The effect will be, in my opinion, negligible; certainly nothing to 'help the economy change gear'.

Yes, many even truthfully writing the number of their children, and what their hobbies are. Then write: "Single", while at the same time looking for 'customers'...

Also, there is a large number of Thai women on dating sites selling their own videos...

Anyone knowledgable in tax law? If 'a person (is) liable for PIT, has to (...) file a tax return (...)', does that also mean that a person not liable for PIT doesn't have to do it?

Try Thailand, where, as a retired expat, one is required to have 2,191.78 Thai baht (€57.23) in the bank for each day of staying there (if one applies for a retirement visa extension), of which, for almost half the time, not even 1 Thai baht (€0.026) can be used to pay for daily expenses...

I chatted with some of them. The problem is that, while at first they pretended to be there for dating, they quickly revealed that they just were there to sell themselves.

Ah, a bag again. Hope a man was not involved in its disappearance. Wonder, whether it was even real. Someone once gave me a fake Harrods bag here in Thailand. Took it to China as a shopping bag. Used it there once, or twice, cause it was stolen shortly after, right there in the middle of Walmart. (We were two, standing only a foot or two away, browsing the shelves... Gone in a minute!) I didn't know back then how rampant theft is in China.

That, nowadays, applies to any corner of the globe, incl. Thailand.

Great report, Joe. Did you, by any chance, ask the RD whether they expect you to lodge a tax return after the end of this year?

Thank you.

That's what I meant. Worked out for me twelve years ago, but nowadays, it seems, just sex workers, scammers, and weirdos...

Doesn't work anymore. Anyone got a new link?

That 'high season' has been going on for roughly 10 years now...

I met a girl in Pattaya earlier this year, who liked me, and wanted to stay long-time with me. Hours later her "sister" called her, we went for lunch, met the "sister", the two girls disappeared for a while, and during that time that "sister" must have convinced her to 'get rich doing STs around the clock' instead. All those ST hoo***s all over Thailand must be millionaires by now... LOL

It died 10 or 15 years ago. RIP, LTGE...

Wonder, whether the RD department has read the guide...

I will definitely check out the Philippines, not only for taxation reasons.

Well, things are not as clear-cut in Thailand. (I don't buy lottery tickets either.)

Serious relationship. Because I'm living in Thailand. See #2.

Not married, but you gave me an idea. I will just say that I have a Thai sugar mommy...

Bye. They are coming for us, better get used to it. Getting a government pension in a couple years from now. Thailand was on the list of places to have it transferred to. It isn't anymore. Thank you, Thailand, for giving me a very early warning, so that I have plenty of time to find an alternative place.

Yeah, I saw that even women (some obese and quite unattractive) in their late 40s just want ST. Thailand just a big brothel? - Perhaps reality in 2024...