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Everybody living in Thailand for more than 6 months using any dollar-earning refugee visas should be prepared to pay taxes in Thailand. I am assuming the minimum spend for such a person in Thailand is at least 24K USD; that is the requirement for monthly income for such a visa. So, first, 24K USD should be exempt; if not, I will restrict my stay in Thailand to less than 6 months.

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I saw the EM5 model in Home Pro on sale for 27,000 baht. I think it is perfect for running around the town using back alleys only, provided it does not need a motorcycle driving license or a registration. Does it?

Is it a joke? Nobody can order anybody to do anything. I'm just posting my opinion that Thailand immigration has come to the realization that these dollar-earning refugees must pay up taxes in Thailand because, with their income from their dollar-earning home country, they can't have a decent life in their home country and possibly won't find a bride either. If they could, they would not have travelled 10,000 miles to live in a foreign country like dollar-earning refugees and get a bride with limited communication skills in their native language and no exposure to their culture. Plain and simple.

I can see your greatness in living in Thailand, but I don't see you leaving it. If you live in Thailand, you pay taxes. Plain and simple. Nobody is forcing it. Nobody forced anyone to live anywhere, but you cannot live in your home country and possibly cannot also find a bride. If you could, please do so to prove me wrong; otherwise, pay up taxes in Thailand for their generosity in allowing you to live there (albeit like a dollar-earning refugee, and I like this part of Thai immigration laws).

THais also do the same. Nobody is exempted from those taxes but your own country could not give a life and you had to come to Thailand to live and possibly to get a bride also.

So it's very simple. Just pay as Thais do because Thailand has given you shelter and a life to live, which your country was unable to do so.

Who is paying the tax? It sounds like a personal exemption to me.

Do you mean that when you are working and contributing to your pension, your pension contributions are taxed? In the US, all contributions are deducted from your total income to arrive at your tax obligations. When you retire, you pay taxes on withdrawals and payments, depending on your circumstances.

I don't think pension incomes are taxed. Government or private pension contributions are not added to your income for the purpose of collecting taxes, at least that is what the US SS is.

How much does a Thai pay in taxes on a steady 30K income? You are guaranteed to not pay more than that. Why not cough up more to Thailand for giving you a life and possibly a bride, which you could not have gotten in your home country?

I've rechecked her message, and she wrote Paget's disease. Never mind; I wait for her initial cream treatment. I will update if she asks any more questions.

She may have read some Thai websites matching her conditions. I did not ask her. She sent me a message just now saying that she went to a hospital (to a skincare specialist, I would guess). Again, I did not ask her the details, and they gave her a cream to use for two weeks. If that does not clear up her conditions, they have to do a biopsy.

She mentioned in a line message that she suspected she had Paget's disease and asked me what her options for treatment were—was it a life-threatening disease, etc.? I don't see it as a suspect. As I mentioned, she works as a sex worker in Bangkok clubs I knew her because I had been her customer a few times in the last five years. I told her I didn't know what Paget's disease was, but I would post in an online forum and let you know. I don't become suspicious when somebody asks me a question.

She may be discussing I don't no. I told her to post in the Thai facebook group where 75% Thais under UCS are covered.

My friend, who is a sex worker, has self-identified as having Paget's disease. She does not have money or insurance. What are her treatment options? @Sheryl Please reply about hospitals (I assume the government) where treatment is available in Bangkok. She lives in Bangkok.

You need to refresh your Chinese history. They did not like communism but liked authoritarian rule. Do you remember the White Terror Period and the role of Dai Li in Chiang Kai-shek's party? He was like Chile's Pinochet, a non-communist, brutal dictator. Caused trouble as far as Myanmar. I do agree that Taiwan has gone through a series of legislatures in the last two decades to redress and investigate some of its brutal human rights violations. Mao's terror was unleashed by people, but Chiang Kai Sheiks terror was unleashed by his party's secret police. Both wanted to impose their version of dictatorship on the Chinese people, and Chiang's dictatorship is authoritarian capitalism.

Not the same. Each country fought a prolonged war to establish its independence. It did not come just like that because people fled from England to the USA.

I did not say the only language. They are the same people (same root), have the same culture, and speak the same language. Portugal and Brazil are not the same people, and they don't have the same culture. Unless you are talking about native Taiwanese (like Native Americans), who have been thoroughly eradicated by the Japanese and Chinese,

How is Taiwan a different country? The same people, the same culture, the same language, and a one-party fascist dictator until 2000, by which time Taiwan was already a developed country.

Not only multi-national companies, but any person who earns outside and remits it to Thailand must pay any difference between US taxes and Thai taxes. For most US citizens, I don't see any issue because they must report their world-wide incomes to IRA and pay US taxes first for all incomes in the US. As an example, let's say you sold a house in the US and netted a capital gain of $200,000. Depending on your situation, you either pay US taxes or don't pay them. If you don't pay, you must pay in Thailand, no matter when you bring the money. If you have already paid US taxes, you can deduct the taxes from your Thai obligation.

The only British food I like is lamb shank, and I'm not sure if that is even a British food. Eating fish and chips is like eating at Long John Silver in the US. Everything else is aweful. Though I am not a big proponent of American fast food joints, their extreme popularity in the UK as well as worldwide speaks volumes. Long live America!

These Chinese devices are also sold in Western countries. Do you think that Western countries manufacture those devices? I doubt very much. Even your iPhone is made in China.

Nope. The lure of easy access to everything, including entertainment, is going to keep them here. Also, those who have families will be forced to live here. Yes, a small fraction will leave, and that is always expected.