Dan O

Your name says it all about your attitude. If you wish to "read" something else into what I wrote tgats on you but do t try and claim that I said that. Your claim is also an exaggeration as you can not be taxed on the same item in both countries and let it stay like that. You are correct in that using a tax thats prepaid on one item in one country would be used as a credit against the same taxable item in another country. So there is no dual tax. so again dont misquote me.

You should first read up on what the OECD is and what they do. You may be overestimating their role and what they do. For what Thailand does or doesn't do although I'm sure they will adapt or try to some if the methodology OECD uses and offers to shares.

Read what I wrote. I never said they don't have to file i said they won't be taxed on some issue and others are exempt. If you are taxed in either country you cant be taxed in both.

Yes I'm always astounded at the mountain of paperwork stored at the Imm office alone in NST along the back wall. And that's a small office.. Somehow they can find your old extension paperwork files fairly quickly too.

I am not sure that the govt could legally just say to do that due to a variety of issues. With the number and variety of DTA's currently in place and all the exclusions and exemptions involved tge differe among them legally that creates huge complications to try to administer, but hey TIT so anything could be said but enforcement would be difficult. Then the banking industry would need to rewrite there guidelines of when and how to do it on a national level and then coordinate with the various internation banks and all the countries they interact with. Its a mess any way you look at it and in typical Thai fashion make a declaration before you develop the strategic mechanism to handle the issue and deal with the complications you've just created

Withholding tax on interest they pay you is completely different than withhold tax on money passing thru accounts. The mechanism you refer to is easy only because they issued the interest payment and they are the source, they have no mechanism to know where the money passing thru the account came from originally, if its taxable or even if taxes have already been paid. I stand by my statement earlier

That's not the banks responsibility and they won't touch that in any way so you can forget that idea

Before anyone panics they need to read up on what The OECD organization is and does. It's not as implied in the article and really holds no control over any countries. It models best practices between countries tax wise and makes recommendation on methods of improvement but they are non binding legally. One the the main positions they hold, unless it's change in the last 2 years is the income earned should only be taxable in the origination country of the income not necessarily the country of residence and mainly aimed at multinational corporations.

I'm not realky trying to be correct as everyone's situation is different so correct is adjustable. My advice has been the same all along. Read your country's DTA to see where you fall in this and then compare it when the final regs are issued here. No one knows for sure and it's different by person and country so no need to panic over what you dont know will happen yet?

Yes and not all pensions are state or personal and as I said not many things are exempt but you need to research tge DTA to determine its impact of each person. There is no cookie cutter answer for everyone

So what you do has nothing to do with the poster. Some people tend to sleep at night time. He also asked for people to reply to his email. so use that " genius " brain you claim to have and figure it out.

Read your country's Dual Tax Agreement and you will see many things including most pensions are exempt from dual taxation

Your still trolling. I answered appropriately and you want to keep going so carry on trolling

I did and replied to you, so stop being a tool and trolling for an argument that you won't win

Again you made a claim and and got called out on it. then you try to say you didn't by deflecting your guilt. Sad person you are

Nothing to be silent about, your the one making inaccurate comments and then trying g to deflect them unsuccessfully

you actually did, read what you wrote. "actually read what your wrote, " if my "local" is closed where will I go?

actually read what he wrote and he did imply I go to those places and if my "local" is closed where will I go? Dont be a tool

nope just answering your question. In reality you are trying to deflect attention from your moral position stated earlier. I was clear with mine. They should crackdown legally," as they did in this instance" on all bars using automated software that accepts scanned images rather than a hard copy id for proof of age. The should crack down also on establishments that allow enter by using faked or altered id. Im sure the underaged that want to drink know the places they can get in illegally and Im also sure that there are a number of morally absent men that prey on those locations as well. Im not the one in favor of allowing or condoning it nor claiming thet are overreacting with the penalty. Are you?

I don't go to those kinds of bars and prey on teens

If they accept photo copies from a phone as a valid age check i can guarantee it wasn't just 1 girl.

Enforcing the law for once is not "making an example" of someone and perhaps there will be more crackdowns as they are needed. Seems you more pro to allowing this to continue than against it

Your compromise is more than appropriate and more than they would have if you didn't. Many thais have heard the stories of rich foreigners that give lots of money and build houses etc and expect all foreigners are the same, Which we are not.

You have a couple things happening here. Number one the relatives wouldn't know what the parents are receiving unless they were talking, which all thai families do. The parents are not helping and may be I directly encouraging all the bs The extended family is often jealous of your wife if you are having a better lifestyle than them on one hand and the other hand probably aren't doing anything themselves to support the parents but by talking trash it deflects from them. The opposite can also happen they can be annoyed your not doing more so they can do less. Gossip is very rampant in thailand and everyone I. The family has their idea of what others should do. I would have the wife ask the complainers what help they are providing and check their excuses. Bottom line it will probably always bother your wife but she knows the truth of what your doing for her and that's the most important thing. Its hard when your living with or in super close proximity

That's what I said originally and one of the other forum posters sent a notice showing them as being a partner bank. I'll look back thru my messages and see if I can find it. But I'm not wasting a lot of time on it as it not relevant. I live in NST and all of the wise transfers go thru Kasikorn at least mine going to Krungsri. Never had any go thru bangkok bank