3 hours ago, Gweiloman said:

Sorry, but I have no idea what you are trying to say.

 

Which obviously rules you out.

deflecting again, not surprising

Bon Cafe where it's available and their espresso Segafredo capsules are good, have their machine and capsules for the past 10 years

3 hours ago, Gweiloman said:

 

It is reported in western msm therefore it’s the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I get it. How foolish some of us were to think that only the west have the good guys and all Russians, Chinese, Iranians, North Koreans are bad and evil.

it happened that I lived 9for quite some time) in a couple of countries you mentioned, trust me, their reputation is not based on he said she said, 80-90% it's correct, thus the majority wins as +/- 10-20% it's really a minority, to me, as an outsider it appears that you have difficulty accepting the reality thus your constant deflections

1 hour ago, CatCage said:

 

So a Russian cyber attack against Germany and Czechia is not considered an attack on a NATO country? Really!!!! 

am with you but....politics and WW3... remember Russia back in 2014 taking Crimea, when they started their movements Obama said there was a red line for Russia not to cross, guess what, the red line was crossed over and over and Obama / the US/Nato  did sxxt about it

sorry it was double post

very well done Poland, Putin will be pissssed but you shouldn't back up and after Ukraine you could be next

Poland ready to host NATO members' nuclear weapons to counter Russia, president says

https://au.yahoo.com/news/poland-ready-host-nato-members-201800585.html

is anybody surprised with Russia veto, I am not

Russia vetoes UN vote on stopping arms race in outer space

https://au.yahoo.com/news/russia-vetoes-un-vote-stopping-045033496.html

14 hours ago, gamb00ler said:

I got my Thai tax ID in CM at the revenue office in Nong Hoi in '21.  I am on retirement extensions so I don't have a work permit.

 

I tried to open an SCB high interest savings account and the bank staff got hung up while opening the account.  I asked them "if I get a tax ID can you open the account?".  They said yes.  The next day I took a residence certificate (I think I used an expired one!), a Bangkok bank passbook and my passport to TRD and got my tax ID in under 30 minutes.  The staff didn't raise any issue at all.

glad you did, but you are in CM... we are in Thailand, unfortunately here each province has its own standards

minister denies/refutes  555 ..... did anybody expected a different answer, not me

10 minutes ago, johng said:

That light is the Russian ICMB train steaming straight towards you !

trolling ????

23 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

Have had the TIN for over ten years!

First time

Went  to bank (fixed deposit) get their paperwork

Went to local tax office and they did all the paperwork including TIN

Waited for letter from Tax Office and off to whichever bank it is (starts with K) to open new account with them and deposit the cheque.

Get ATM card (will not cash cheque immediately so got ATM card immediately-no idea if I paid))

 

Now every 2/3 years repeat process, except opening of new account!

 

glad you got it, many things have changed over the past 10 years, at that time anybody could also open a bank account, now almost impossible for an expat to do that, btw I do have a TIN that was given to me 14 years ago, was just commenting on the post as many people keep repeating the same messages and there is no end into it as currently is very difficult to get a TIN, I did visit the 3 tax offices that I mentioned as I have plenty of free time and was curious as to why so many posters keep running in circles with their comments and questions, thus decided to investigate and reported my findings, I do know/understand that other provinces may have different requirements but these 3 told me the same thing

23 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

But the VPN will not be connected to Europe I assume!

it all depends on the time of the day, I use Japan, very fast, but some adds pop up sometimes, Australia Sidney one it's ok, Portugal good, Iceland not bad, sometimes Turkey, avoid any from Singapore

20 hours ago, Dogmatix said:

 

They got this the wrong way round. Short term tourists cannot get the refund of the tax withheld because they are unable to get a TIN. Thais and foreigners with TINs can get the tax refunded. There is a space on the tax return form to declare interest income and, if had a TIN already, you could have filed a tax return by yourself and claimed the tax back within consulting any tax masters.  You can also avoid having the tax withheld by signing the consent form described in my above post.

 

The 3 provincial tax masters must have misunderstood that you wanted claim VAT rebates on shopping.

thanks, I did know about it but I don't want the burden of any paper work filling in Thailand, dealing the IMO it's enough for me

22 hours ago, Mike Lister said:

You were told incorrectly, you can reclaim the tax on that interest.

 

If you are unable to get a TIN easily, I suggest you tell the TRD officer that you want to pay tax on property rental income and can they tell you how to do that, I imagine they will be more responsive. Also, you dont say what type of TRD office you applied at, you should make the request at the District Office and if that doesn't work, go to the Regional office.

am aware of that and as I said don't want the burden of filling, small change, Thailand needs money, it's my little contribution  555