JBChiangRai

Actually, only exempt transferred from and where tax has been paid on income in one of those 61 countries. Some HNW Thailand tax residents are using the current loophole to avoid paying any tax from their businesses here. They typically use on of those 61 countries and defer returning the funds from overseas until the following tax year. They are closing the loophole where you pay no tax in any country. It will also hit the smarter of the digital nomads who figured out how to do it too, but those revenues are peanuts compared to what they want to stop.

I think they can catch up on technology but supply chains will be much more difficult, I am specifically thinking about batteries. Tesla & the Chinese have spent a lot of time securing their battery supplies.

Actually, it can be as short as 24 hours. Money earned on 31/12 can be remitted to Thailand the following day tax-free. It has to earned in a previous tax year.

Amputate - problem gone.

To the other growers out there, my friend has invested a fortune in his growing operation. He is wanting insurance for buildings & equipment for fire & theft. He is not worried about stock, but his equipment is worth a fortune. Has anyone been succesful in obtaining insurance?

I just had lunch with the 2nd largest grower in Chiang Rai province (the largest if Golden Triangle Group are no longer in business). He has 20 rai for growing, currently only using 2 rai of which half is air conditioned indoor growing, he has 25 staff and all the equipment to measure THC %age. He has licences for THC & CBD both growing and selling. Nowhere in his licences is the THC percentage specified. He is licenced to grow and sell within the law, his licences are not superior to the law. The government do not need to do anything, or alter anyone's licences, they merely just announce that as per the law change of 9th June 2022, it is only legal to grow & sell anything with THC at 0.2% and below and if they want they can pass more legislation to allow licences for growth over 0.2% THC which would likely be much more strictly controlled and require prescriptions on retail.

As usual, what they are trying to do, how it is written in Thai and translated to English is FUBAR. It's clear to me what they want to do and they are not interested in us.

Read the post above on violence. I am in favour of medical use with prescription and doctors being the gatekeepers for men under 26 and women under 24.

Rubbish, they are at the heart of the reason why recreational cannabis use is being considered to criminalise by the PM.

What they are proposing is unworkable. But it gives them what they want "Mr. Rich Guy, please produce proof that 100M baht transfer into your bank here was taxed somewhere" Right now it isn't, It's leaving Thailand backed up by an invoice from overseas, overseas it has a corresponding cost invoice from Mr. Rich Guy personally for consultancy and they remit the following January to his personal account. All perfectly legal currently and the whole thing tax-free..

I agree we are currently in a golden era for both buying and running an EV with subsidies on buying an abundant charger network that is barely utilised. Europe is worried they can't compete, and they can't. What we are seeing is protectionism, probably tariff's on Chinese cars in Europe and America. We won't see it in Thailand, but the lack of models and variants going to Europe could impact us, especially the UK and other right hand drive countries. MG wouldn't launch the Cyberster in Thailand if there wasn't a big market for it in the UK.

This is misuderstood. There is currently a loophole where funds earned overseas (eg tax free) can be brought in 1st January of the following year, still tax free. This clause has been exploited by Thailand's rich and savvy digital nomads. Thailand's rich are even sending money overseas from their companies as a deductible expense and then returning it to themselves personally tax free, all perfectly legal. This what they want to stop, not you and your pension.

And black is white, because I say so. You know better than all the esteemed and respected medical bodies. Get real!

Battery prices plummet as electric cars approach ‘tipping point’ (msn.com) The cost of batteries fell by nearly 10 per cent in August, taking them past a key milestone that is seen by energy analysts as a “tipping point” to supercharge the transition to electric vehicles. The price of lithium-ion battery cells, which power everything from smartphones to the International Space Station, fell below $100/ kilowatthour (kWh) last month – a 33 per cent drop from March 2022 and an 8.7 per cent month-on-month drop. Energy analytics firm Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, who compiled the figures, noted that battery pack prices need to reach $100/kWh for electric vehicles to reach price parity with fossil fuel-burning vehicles. “Decreasing cell prices could allow [manufacturers] to sell mass market electric vehicles at comparable prices to internal combustion engine vehicles, with the same margin, improving the attractiveness of the EV transition for both consumers and automakers,” said Benchmark analyst Evan Hartley. “Falling cell prices are of particular concern for companies investing in cell production outside of China, particularly when there is already concern surrounding the profitability of factories in regions such as Europe.” The drop in price could also have implications for other technologies, the report noted, including for solar and wind installations that need to store excess energy during periods of overproduction. “The energy and transport revolution continues,” energy analyst Gerard Reid wrote on LinkedIn. “Lithium battery cell prices are now below $100 per kWh, down 80 per cent in a decade. Going forward we will see even lower costs and better performance, which is why the death of the internal combustion engine is near.” (Benchmark)© Provided by The Independent The falling prices have been attributed to decreasing raw material costs, with lithium prices more than halving since the start of 2023. The price could continue to fall following the discovery of massive lithium deposits in recent months, most notably within an extinct supervolcano on the border of Nevada and Oregon. The McDermitt caldera could contain up to 120 million tonnes of lithium, according to recent estimates from geologists, which could potentially meet global battery demand for decades.

I have the MG4, it's a fantastic car

Neta V is a great car and fantastic value.

I have a WEMAX 30D with 150” screen, it works great in daylight and is almost silent. It replaced a Vava unit I sold. But again an LD TV is a better solution if you don’t want a huge picture.

Heavy traffic is no issue, no motor running except the electric compressor for air con and electric power steering/brake pump. I am not sure why an accident would be any different than in an ICE car, yes EV's do have a neutral, they even have a heated rear windscreen to keep your hands warm whist you're pushing it, just like ICE vehicles.

I have driven an EV (German) through an 18” flood. It was a very foolish thing to do, but I had no issues.

I don’t have. PHEV, I did in 2018 but it wasn’t MG. It’s not unusual for auto makers to screw up, many many manufacturers did recalls because of faulty air bags bought from other manufacturers, likewise Porsche recalled a few of their models because of faulty air con pressure sensors they bought in and Toyota with faulty accelerators. It happens all the time. I trust the Chinese with their EV’s they’ve been tested to death in China and they are experienced with the technology. EV owners do notice the media posts about fires etc, but the media automatically makes a big deal out of anything concerning EV’s and I think most owners do the research and make informed decisions. We don’t panic every time we read something, like the BYD Atto in Isaan which turned out not to even be a fire.

I have a degree in electronic engineering, believe me, I do understand EV and lead acid batteries in detail, even down to coulomb counting practiced in your smartphone.

That is because we do the research and understand it’s a non-issue for us with our EV’s.

Yes, but nobody responded because they couldn’t read Chinese.

That must explain why EV’s are only 10 times less likely to catch fire.

Chevy Bolt and Nissan Leaf had major problems in 2 areas. Firstly, using too much of the battery without discharge and fully charged buffers. Secondly, air cooling which is not sufficient to cool a hot battery in a hot climate. I don’t think anyone uses air cooling any more. Safety recalls are a good thing, regardless of fuel type.