Bday Prang

It was a good one, and one I hadn't heard before, got any more?

Yeah right , I even know a few of them, most of which spend their time at the gym or in Wetherspoons, or working on the sly. Refreshingly some have had their benefits cut or stopped and have now returned to work. Your sort would have us believe that we live in a country populated predominantly by the weak the lame and the blind. How on earth did we ever run an empire, without importing thousands of immigrants to do it all for us?

So was the poster you replied too and that escaped you didn't it? His simple "solution" had not escaped the best minds in government , that is exactly what they have been doing , for years

At least in theory it is , but as we know this is Thailand

Even better let's give them nothing and send them back from whence they came, As for our own workshy stop their benefits and send them off with the others , I can't see any downsides to that

An even simpler fact is that there are too many people coming to the UK. and most of them are not qualified to work in the NHS or anywhere else , except delivering fast food.

amazing isn't it , in their own countries they choose to build their villages miles away from the nearest water source and we are pestered for charity contributions to help them, and then when they get to the UK they choose to settle as far from suitable work as they can

You can't say that , its racist you know, somebody might get offended,

So now you consider the incumbent government to contain the "best" minds, god help us if the other lot get in , but at least they have Diane Abbott to keep the average IQ up to gutter level

If that's the case then all these foreign medics need to pull their finger out. Millions unfit for work, ? there's millions there now who are not even allowed to work.

Because the indigenous population are too racist and stupid to be trained up to work in such positions? Or perhaps because the uncontrolled immigration has overloaded the system to a certain degree?

him or someone like him, its their only hope, It takes a certain kind of person to stand up to these screaming wokies, most politicians are scared stiff of saying anything that could be construed as *****phobic or ******ist. and blown up out of all proportion by the left-wing media

I hope so but the whole charade is like a cancer, I fear its only a matter of time

Easy as abc? I wouldn't be so sure or so smug. just look at the problems people have now regarding the current required documents, with different immigration offices demanding different documents just on a whim. Do you think that all of a sudden it will suddenly become plain sailing, and they will all fall into line ? Of course they won't and their opportunities for extorsion will have only increased Not all countries run their tax years from 1st of Jan either the Uk's tax year runs from April, another potential hurdle

I don't think anything, and I won't be basing any decisions I make on what is written in online newspapers by second rate journalists who's prime objective is not necessarily to inform. This is Thailand so logic does not come into it . its a concept they neither understand nor have a word for

The rules changed some time ago and I can only speak from experience in the construction industry, If operating as a sole trader the client( the one who pays you) is required to deduct tax from payments before you receive them, it used to be a flat rate of 18% now it is i believe around 25% Obviously if working as a window cleaner or market trader, for example, when one would be generally paid in cash such regulations would be unenforceable and would obviously not apply.

Exactly, it remains to be discovered , yet it didn't stop you from stating....." When you show up for your visa renewal they will ask you for proof of your visa declaration if you have lived in Thailand for more 180 days." with the usual air of authority expressed by many on here who know no more than the rest of us

on here by "experts" presumably

First two options sound good to me, but personally I would give the UK a miss

And what if you have not , immediate deportation ? or will people be detained until they comply? And for a tourist who comes several times a year and inadvertently stays more than 180 days will they also be subject to detention until they comply? I would say that's unlikely and unworkable for those who have all but spent up before departure, and like most tourists will not have thought to pack the mountains of documentation required in their suitcases

That's the way forward for sure, I will be doing the same

In the uk employees, and most sole traders will have their tax withheld at source, Directors can elect to pay themselves fee's that are beneath the tax threshold ,and, if they are also the owner can pay themselves in dividends from which tax is not withheld but must be paid retrospectively. Maybe you are not from the UK or if you are maybe you had a bad accountant. I have no knowledge of what "benefits" being a professional tax exile brings, and bearing in mind what you have written, i don't think I'll bother looking into it

Speaking as a director of a limited company , I have never had any money withheld by a bank in the UK, either in my personal or business accounts. Although whether the UK is "more civilised" than here is questionable

The real Hi-SO's wont be paying any more than they are now, despite their alleged intended targets the super rich , and the multinationals will remain unaffected. as usual

That is the nature of all the rules, regulations, and procedures regarding tax and indeed all legal matters, The purpose of which is to provide a steady stream of income for their brothers who work as accountants and solicitors, it is also quite effective at provoking, out of frustration, the reaction that you referred to, ie "OMG just tell me how much", which is exactly what they want .Although bearing in mind the relatively small amounts of tax that retirees will probably be liable for, just paying up will probably work out cheaper than engaging the services of Thai accountants who have no doubt already prepared their dual pricing policies in preparation. Anybody engaging the services of a foreign accountant working here will meet a similar fate. .Likewise putting any faith in a couple of pages of assumptions and advice prepared by unqualified lay people acting as international tax experts will also inevitably lead to at least disappointment and probably worse We can expect a lot more scaremongering headlines regarding this over the coming months Meanwhile I doubt any of the "internet giants" referred to, or the likes of Starbucks are concerned at all,