StayinThailand2much

'When they requested money for gasoline and food the wife had taken a brown note out before I could do anything. When she went in for more they said 1,000B was enough. Probably depends where you are.'" Do they teach reading in your part of the world, Gottfrid?

Plus, as reported, they can get their hands on 'gasoline' money...

LOL. They speak Kazakh??

Yes, correct. But tourists usually don't need to transfer money from abroad to Thailand to satisfy long-term visa regulations.

This is not only about Thais. Most of such news articles are translated from Thai, and the original articles regularly ignore that there are also expats, long-time tourists, migrant workers, etc., in Thailand.

That would be anyone with a 1-year Non-Immigrant Visa extension, possibly even Elite Visa holders, etc.

Anyone with a brain will wait with a 2024 condo purchase until well after Jan. 1st to see how it will turn out in reality. I don't see how they will let in pensions or other transfers without instructing banks to deduct the tax upfront, just to have people prove that their money has already been taxed. The alternative would be to wait for the rich, as well as expats to declare their income and any taxation of it. I very much doubt the latter option will be chosen...

No, you can't. You have to do it in person. Can't your son or his mother open an account?

Knowing Thai bureaucracy, one may have to prove it. Say, you made x£/€/$ 20 years ago, then had it in a savings account till now, maybe they will ask you to prove that it was taxed 20 years ago in your home country. - I'm not suggesting that it will be like that, but who knows...

Again, residents who don't work here, but are expats with funds deriving from abroad are not mentioned, which is always a red flag in Thailand, as, basically, every bureaucrat can make up rules.

I don't think the banks are supposed to deduct tax from incoming funds. That being said, this is Thailand. Will be interesting...

Had to check the calendar... And no, it's not the 1st of April! What were the 87 countries; Afghanistan, North Korea, Niger, Venezuela... ?

My point was that, say, the CIA, would not (have) be(en) part in assassinating Russian leaders, as this would have (had) much bigger repercussions than 'helping' in getting rid of unwanted politicians in the Congo, or Chile...

Thailand - no prostitution, no (or few) scams, and only law-abiding citizens... Land of lies.

LOL. Thailand, for good reasons, is infamous for all kinds of scams targeting tourists (and locals). Some scams and frauds have been around for decades, without the authorities doing anything against them. Sales of overpriced amulets is just one example. Thailand without scams? - Like Haiti without kidnappings...

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To be fair, the CIA was involved in a few in the 1960s and 70s, but that was in cooperation with domestic forces, e.g. the local military. But this is the 21st century, and Russia and North Korea are not impoverished African or South American countries.

Not to mention that others (deputies, military, etc.) might react with nuclear strikes. (Quite plausible in the case of Kim's sister.)

The masses from China they are expecting won't be coming in large numbers anytime soon either. And most Russians won't be able to afford Thailand holidays. That leaves them with the growing middle classes from India and the Arab countries.

Agreed. Not the very rich upper class in Thailand profited from the nightlife, but average people and cops. That's why the ruling class wanted to get rid of the nightlife to sell condos to the Chinese instead, while cashing in on the bonanza.

Yes, I aim to be a billionaire by Christmas... But back to the OP; with way less than 39 million tourists (as in 2019), but an income from inbound tourism projected to be more than 50% higher than 2019, this seems a very optimistic prediction. Unless, of course, they plan to charge all foreign tourists hefty fees to achieve that goal...

Only if I were a major rapper with a half dozen bitches, cruising around in my Pontiac...

Hope, there will be a nice vinyl board and lots of pointing.

It's got to be bad if Thais stop playing games...

They will probably discuss how to shut it down, similar to the Facebook discussion.