ThomasThBKK

33 minutes ago, LNKDES1 said:

True, but the number of retired expats unable to return should be a greater priority. They would spend much more money than the nomads, as their numbers would be far higher. 

Guess who created companies like Lazada, foodpanda etc here (rocket internet = german)....

If you think these kind of people don't add economic value here you are nuts.

42 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

I haven't seen or read Thailand's tax laws, however as my income is derived from Australian, I cannot see how Thailand would be entitled to me paying any tax when I don't pay any tax in Australia, i.e. the tax is taken out by the company paying the share dividend to me with the tax going to the Australian Government, I only collect the tax free return, so there is the loophole in that, if it is one.

 

As mention in the above post, I have had enough professional advice and have done my own research on this before I left and set myself up to move here, that said, it works well for me and until my accountant or the Australian Government advises me to pay tax to the Thai Government, then I will continue on my merry way earning my tax free income ????

 

 

As said, if u live here over 180 days u are thai tax resident. Tax residency does not mean you need to pay taxes here. If you have no taxable income you don't pay taxes.

4 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

Not as simple. That means you have to pay taxes in Thailand but doesn't mean you don't have to pay them in your home country, although there is likely an agreement in place to avoid double taxation.

 

Irrelevant for the banks purpose in terms of KYC/AML, they want to know where your main tax residency is and where to report your tax stuff too (which they usually don't do as they don't give af about thailand). 

4 hours ago, YorkshireTyke said:

Thomas

 

Two websites I looked at state I need my passport and house reg book, no problem there, but the third requirement is a court order appointing estate administrator. Did you have to provide that and what is it ?

 

L.P. 10.1 (individual)Photocopy of :

-  alien certificate/ passport/ PIN card/ government officer identification card.

-  House registration book of taxpayer/estate administrator

-  Court order appointing estate administrator

 

No, just tell them you have income from investments and need a tax id for the brokerage.

This doesn't mean u need to pay taxes here or have to make a tax report each year, it only means you have a thai tax id. Everyone should have one.  

39 minutes ago, YorkshireTyke said:

If that's the case what is my Tax Identification Number ?

You have to get one, they are easy to get at the tax office.

Just follow this guide: https://www.globalfromasia.com/thailand-tax-id/ 

If you live here over 180 days per year you are thai tax resident. Simple as that. 

Private jets but too damn cheap to buy an elite visa hahahaha

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The Chinese billionaires who are the first to enter the group are expected to be businessmen and travel coordinators and apply for the special visa directly through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Oh so working without work permit? Gotcha

10 minutes ago, Promula said:

Yep. It's only a small minority of Thais that have made themselves economically dependant on foreign tourist arrivals. I think the vast majority would prefer them kept out for the foreseeable future, and perhaps the entire future.

Tourism, Hotels, Property owners that rent, Property developers, construction industry, architects, finance industry, car rentals, restaurants, coffee shops, 7 elevens, Family marts, shopping malls.... the list goes on forever on who profits from foreigners.

What a load of <deleted>. 

6 minutes ago, Ludo55 said:

Why, you've already had a free 6 months. That new Visa has to be applied for outside of Thailand. Go home and apply the same as everyone else!!

What the heck do you want from him? 

1200 tourists a month, but retirees etc are still not allowed to come back? .... 

Elite visa has a lousy quota of like 250 a month or so...

Absurdity. 

1200 tourists a month won't make a difference anyway... 

34 minutes ago, Poet said:

The ability to open a company in Europe has absolutely no relevance to EU protectionism.

If an Australian or New Zealand winery were to open an office in Berlin, it would not allow them to sell wine to Europeans without having to add the massive tariffs designed to protect the less efficient French winerys.

 

Rubbish like everything from you. 

Try to import wine into asian <deleted>holes like china and thailand.

EU import duty on WINE and alcohol in general is more than fair, that's why it's literally the cheapest place to buy alcohol. 

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Germany discourages alcohol consumption through taxation of consumption. Nevertheless, Germany does not discourage wine consumption very strongly. Consumption of still wine is even exempt from excise duties. However, sparkling wine-based drinks with an alcohol percentage below 6% are subject to an excise duty of €51/hl and sparkling wines with an alcohol percentage above 6% are subject to an excise duty of €136/hl. Sparkling wine is considered to be a luxury good and is therefore taxed more.

There's no import duty on still wine at all enforced by the EU.

God you are literally writing only fake made up stuff, must be living in your brexit fantasy land... 

https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/excise-duties-alcohol-tobacco-energy/excise-duties-alcohol_en

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Wine (still and sparkling)

Hectolitre of product

EUR 0

7 minutes ago, Poet said:

Something that absolutely no one here has said.

How about, instead of trying to distract from it, we think about why you made a post containing several claims that are not only untrue, but the exact opposite of reality.

Are you suggesting that the EU actually took some sort of action against China in the wake of Tiananmen? Because that's the implication right? I'm some sort of Trump supporter saying nasty things about Obama?

Which would be great, right, because suddenly it wouldn't matter that I'm pointing out how wildly wrong your claims are because I would now be a RAAAAACIST!!!! A big, evil, possibly orange-skinned racist!

*Sigh* When did it become acceptable for people to abandon all intellectual integrity when discussing politics?

 

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 United States

The United States Congress and media criticized the military action. President George H. W. Bush suspended military sales and visits to that country. Large scale protests against the Chinese government took place around the country.^[38] George Washington University revealed that, through high-level secret channels on 30 June 1989, the US government conveyed to the government of the People's Republic of China that the events around the Tiananmen Square protests were an "internal affair

So the US did <deleted> all and said it's an internal affair.

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Europe

The European Economic Community condemned the government response and cancelled all high level contacts and loans. They planned a resolution at the UNHCR criticising China's human rights record.^[32][33] The EU maintains an arms embargo against China to this day.

EU cancelled all loans and contacts.

src: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_the_1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests

Like rammstein said, the american propaganda is really working great

2 minutes ago, uli65 said:

many nonsense postings about hospital bills, the problem about this are not the bad dirty tourists or expats,

this is about the millions of migrant workers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia who never payed their bills.

 

Who are all insured under the 30 baht sheme, if they never paid their bills then because their THAI employes didn't pay their insurance? 

Pretty much all Thai problems are Thai made.