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25 minutes ago, rwill said:

I can't, and yet can, believe what is reported here as factual news.

Just here??

Anyone got a valid email I can use?

I tried 5 different ones - all invalid.

Called the three "help" lines.

Line 1. Waited forever on hold. Nothing.

Line 2. Eventual answer. Asked for English. Sawadeekaaa. English? Sawadeekaa. English? Hung up on me.

Line 3. Constantly engaged.

If I start charging for my time for ridiculous govt things, at what level will I have to pay tax?

I just checked my wallet for my list of SHA+ approved venues.

Damn, must have dropped it somewhere.

12 hours ago, Gsxrnz said:

Find me any logical decision made by any government and you're in the draw for a free condo.

 

The list of government success stories is extremely short.

Do we get to choose which country the condo is in?

23 hours ago, Geir Rasch said:

I live in Thailand in non imm o visa (retirement). I pay tax to Thailand for the pension I bring in to Thailand.

Why?

Do you think they do a great job with the taxes?

1. If your pension is taxed in your home country, then you will be exempt from tax on it here.

2. If you have a capital amount that is over 12 months old you could draw on that and replace it with pension income, thereby avoiding the tax.

10 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Dirty big business killer polluters

Interesting.

How would you type that, sit in the chair, cook your dinner, and anything else, without mining?

21 hours ago, Nik23 said:

The law says if you stay more than 180 days in a country you are a resident there, thus, you have to change tax residency.So in the remote case that my country says to me, you dont live here anymore , you must change your  tax residency, i wanted to know if i can do tax reports in thailand.

Ummmm. Not quite.

Any number of days does not make you resident. That's why, here for example, there are 473 different visas and to get one of them often involves jumping through many hoops.

Otherwise we would all just stay 180 days and be resident.

Your country is NOT going to chase you down and say we dont want your taxes any more, give them to some other country.

Getting a TIN seems to differ depending where you live. In my case it was passport, plus Cert of Residence from Immigration. Nothing too difficult.

Actually filing a tax return was a different story. An unsuccessful one.

Important point. Having a Thai TIN does NOT make you tax resident in Thailand. The TIN is just an admin thing, albeit one that can be very useful, and possibly negate your need for tax residency here.

Search Lazada for P47.

I paid 97 baht a few weeks back. Pleasantly surprised with sound quality and battery life. Recharge with micro USB (normal phone charger). Also has a slot for TF card. Easy bluetooth connection to TV, phone and computer.

They also fold up for travel. I dont know how they can make them at that price.

16 hours ago, prchunter said:

Just refuse to move out until house is sold (which it won't).  

A grand plan, until the landlord or his agent disconnects the electricity. 

One must wonder how they came up with a price, with no info from the performers or their management. ????????????????

Not much to be concerned about.

The lack of flights, along with the fact that many that may have come in previous years are now suffering their own financial dilemmas due to job losses, etc, etc, etc, will keep the influx to low numbers.

3 times a day each way.

130b

https://airportpattayabus.com/

Better to save a trillion by trimming the fat.

I remain perplexed on how they 'focus' on a nationality or two.

Language training for bar girls and 7-11 staff?

One million high net worth people over 5 years comes to 548 per day, every day.

Yep, that's going to happen.

2 hours ago, Pib said:

Yeap....like if your servicing immigration office was CW (Bangkok) you can apply up to 45 days in advance.  Like today/20 Sep I applied at CW to extend my marriage extension of stay...current marriage extension was good thru 31 Oct.  No drama...it was approved...or should I say  I got the under consideration type stamp good until 1 Nov when I'm suppose to go back to get the 1 year stamp put in my passport.   So in this case I applied 41 days early. 

 

You don't lose any time by applying early.   In my book a person should apply as soon as allowed (30-45 days before depending on your serving immigration office) "just in case" immigration initially rejects your application for some issue.....an issue that might take you a few weeks or longer to correct.  

Good job. Thanks Pib ????

An hour's searching produced no results, so perhaps the OP can assist.

How long in advance is an extension based on retirement supposed to be actioned?

For example, if it expired on 1 November, when should a visit to immigration happen?

Thanks

A little maths shows that 1 million high net worth individuals over 5 years comes to................

548 people joining the program EVERY DAY.

Buy pickled onions.

Consume onions.

Put eggs in onion jar.

Bitcoiners are like religious zealots.

Always pushing their ideals, which carry the same weight as the sky fairies.

Shush. This is about gold.

Registered a few days after it opened.

Included a pic of scales showing 100Kg+ (too lazy to get medical cert)

Received confirmation email, then nothing.

18 Aug a SMS arrived. Turn up at Central Pattaya on 20 Aug.

Done.

Go back 10 Sept.

Was at a well known Pattaya hospital last week, for a non painful condition.

Simply crazy pricing, including one small procedure that was FIFTEEN times the price I previously paid in a clinic.

I asked for a prescription to take with me.

"Cannot. Not same your country."

I took the medical report and myself off to Fascino pharmacy, and paid a quarter of the price for the meds.