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Gloss is definitely needed for bathrooms. It's a bad idea for living spaces, because there are reflections, which can be annoying with a TV. Better to compromise with a satin or semi-gloss paint. Acrylics nowadays are just as durable as alkyds, without the hydrocarbon solvent smell, which may take days or weeks to clear. Prepare all surfaces. Painting over old layers without sanding usually results in the new paint losing adhesion prematurely. If you don't like white, there are plenty of cheerful light yellows and greens to choose from. Have one wall, doors or the skirting boards in a dark color for contrast. Don't have dark blue, it's the color of depression.

Who should we believe? An official communication from the ATO, citing the relevant clause of a Double Taxation Agreement ? Or two people on a YouTube video, advertising their services?

They will probably become increasingly rare with time. Coins and machines both. Last year, I was in Australia for six months. With the exception of a cash gift I drew at an ATM ( becoming rarer also ) all my transactions were with a debit card.

The poster you are responding to is refusing to admit he was wrong, and is not apologizing for the distress he has caused. His voluminous posts over the last couple of days are aimed at muddying the waters, and distracting from that basic fact. In hindsight, he is displaying several characteristics of a sociopath. No empathy, no remorse. Manipulative. Gaslighting. I am no longer responding to him, as that deprives him of oxygen.

What part of my post did you not understand? If I was Trump, and innocent of the allegations, I would be screaming to high heaven to get my DNA included.

I have a moo bank for my GF's grandchildren. All my coins go there. Quite heavy when it is full.

Extract of Thai to English translation of the DTA, seen through Thai officialdom. ARTICLE 4 RESIDENCE 1. For the purposes of this Agreement, a person is a resident of one of the Contracting States: (a) in the case of Australia, if the person is a resident of Australia for the purposes of Australian tax; and (b) in the case of Thailand, if the person is a resident of Thailand for the purposes of Thai tax.

How long do you think a tax treaty will take to be updated between countries? IMO most people drawing a pension will be dead by then.

Onions contain natural antiviral and antibacterial compounds, just as garlic does. Far more probable the mayonnaise is to blame. https://saspublishers.com/media/articles/SJAMS_411D_4128-4133.pdf

Bravo. The first constructive suggestion I have seen you make on this thread.

I am not disagreeing with you. Very few foreigners are Thai residents. They can be deemed to be TAX residents. I am making the point, perhaps not clearly, if I am deemed to be non-resident in Australia, I must be resident somewhere else. I don't live in a vacuum, although there is one in a certain poster's head.

None of your links are official ATO responses to a query, referencing existing legislation. They are discussion/consultation papers only, without any ATO imprimatur. I don't expect you to see the difference, due to your obsession with them.

If it's money he can prove was in his savings prior to January 1, 2024, they can't touch it. Perhaps you could give your laugh emoticon a rest, and concentrate on your syntax. There's a missing preposition in your post.

My view : I am either an Australian resident for tax purposes, or I am not. I am either deemed to be resident in Thailand to be paying tax there, or I am not.

Marry a Thai, then you will pay about 5000 baht pa in taxes. Plenty of Thai volunteers. I once had one offer to live with me for 4000 baht/month. Mind you, no oil painting.

I expect the concept of residence and non-residence will have to be explained next.

I'm not bothering to read links you have posted multiple times - erroneously. Article 19 deals with pensions in Government service. Article 18 deals with Centrelink pensions and annuities. I don't know what it does in the case of superannuants. Article 19 only has relevance to Article 18 in respect of government pensions.

"Therefore, under the double tax agreement between Australia and Thailand, pensions, and annuities, ( other than pensions for government service ) are taxable only in the country of residence". I can be taxed in Australia if I am deemed to be resident there by the ATO. I can't be taxed in Australia if I am being taxed in Thailand. I can explain it to you, I can't understand it for you.

If you want to split hairs over the difference between the two types of papers, go ahead. Find me someone else on this thread who gives a sh!t about what you post now. You have lost all credibility, and obviously have the empathy of a scorpion. End of ride.

The non-resident tax brackets are irrelevant for anyone living in Thailand. You may be right, there may be no change to non-resident tax brackets. It's a non-issue now. Still refusing to admit you were WRONG, or apologizing. P!ss off.

I'd like to see Haley lock horns with Kamala Harris or Michelle Obama.

He's incontinent. Karma is a bitch sometimes.

I usually get stopped in the shopping malls by people collecting for charities such as orphans, deaf, blind or elephant farms. I donate money, but politely decline the goods they offer in return. There is a very old woman who I encounter occasionally, walking the road between my GF's village and her home village. Compared with her face, a prune is as smooth as a baby's bum. She goes between villages to help with funerals, for which she is paid in food. Every time I see her, I stop and give her 100 baht. She is delighted, every time. I can't understand a word she says. I suppose helping people who are less fortunate than me might be making merit, but I don't know.

You have done it perfectly, good one.