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Is moving money (earned 10 years ago) from a usa bank account to Thailand bank now taxable this year? I’ve heard so many answers

16 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:

My Workshop is about 8 x 12 meters ceiling hight is 4~7 meters, I have 3 84” fans + 1 triple motor fan, poor roof insulation, but with 1 AC 36,000 BTU I can see a temperature of 22C with an outside temperature of 38C

 

Spend money on big fans they can be virtually silent, mine were about ฿13,000 each AFIR, it’s an expense I do not regret.

Thank you, just the type of answer I was looking for. Appreciate all the details and photo!
 

Did you buy directly from a warehouse fan store or cooling specialist, or are these available at thai watsadu / global? 

We're considering renting a 10x20m concrete box with metal roof with insulation attached underneath, 6 meters tall. The walls are solid without ventilation holes, only the front door which can close. We'd like to maintain a comfortable temperature year round 9-5pm (lke 25-27'C) as this will be a social meeting place where people can have a conversation without yelling over any crazy noise.

The 2 ideas we have now, is

1. Put fans everywhere (ceiling + floor) + use an industrial swamp cooler and use ice blocks from a local ice factory?

2. Put fans everywhere (ceiling + floor) + install 6-8 AC inverter units around the warehouse walls

Any idea of the effectiveness or cost of either idea?

Would #1 be too loud? Could this be setup outside, and push the air inside through a vent? Would this even work to reduce the temperature during the hot months?

Would #2 be insanely expensive to run every month? Ballpark cost, Would this be like 6000-10,000baht per month or more like 60,000-100,000thb per month to run? 

Any other suggestions, ideas, or brainstorms?

Thanks in advance.

17 hours ago, BritTim said:

Actually, role play, where you enter the business as a customer, and subsequently provide feedback to your wife on the customer experience, seems like something you could legally do without a work permit.

This is very good advice. We'll probably also get a bunch of "test" customers (wife's friends) to come over often and give feedback. Completely agree, only through practice (not theory) will training be engrained.

Also hoping to develop a strong work culture with good values (hard working, kind, proactive, etc) so that it doesn't fall into the bare minimum we see at some shops where all the employees are playing on their phone and ignore the customers when the boss is gone.

14 hours ago, FriendlyFarang said:

2 months 555

The absolute minimum is 3 months before you could apply for one, and this is if everything goes smooth.

They require the income tax return from your company, which is done at the end of a financial year, which is usually the end of the calendar year. You can do it sooner though, but if you want to do it a few days after you opened the company, I'm not sure if this is possible.

You have to register for VAT, and you need to file VAT at least for 3 months, because they want to see the last 3 VAT reports. And these VAT reports shouldn't just be empty reports, without any income or expenses, because they want to see proof that your business is actually operating.

They also want to see that you paid social insurance for your 2 (or if not married 4) employees for 3 months. You can negotiate regarding full time or part time employees, because there is actually no written rule that they have to be full time employees, it just states the number of employees.

 

So the business has to be operating for at least 3 months before you can apply for a work permit.

Immigration as well as department of employment are aware of this though. I was in the same situation, and both told me that they understand that I just can't apply for a non-B visa or work permit in the first few months after opening the company, and they don't mind.

Thank you for sharing these. I'll mention this to our lawyer and accountant to prepare 3 months for VAT and Social Insurance and not wait to the last minute. Would rather spend the extra money to open early, than be late of our target opening date.

What were you able to do for 3 months without a work permit?

My friend uses AIA, and the AIA agent says different hospitals have different policies. The hi-so hospital actually works directly with AIA while the cheaper hospital wants payment up front. The agent mentioned that to qualify for 100% insurance payment no questions asked, must stay overnight at the hospital. They even said, even if its a minor thing that you can go back home, just stay overnight for guaranteed payment. My friend has stayed over night twice in the past year, both times 100% paid directly between hospital & insurance, no out-of-pocket expenses.

Work Permit Question: Will open my business when I have a work permit. Must hire 2 Thais for 2 months before I get work permit? What will my employees do for 2 months if the business isn't open yet?

Surely many others have run into this same predicament? A few of those weeks can be used for training new employees while the business is closed. That still leaves many unused weeks left.

Thai wife (already has a full-time office job) says just open the business early and she'll manage employees via phone, Line app, or "work from home" at our business a few days a week.
But this makes me nervous if theres a technical issue during work hours that requires my expertise I won't be able to help. 

Official Name:

Royal Thai Police: Immigration Bureau

Official Logo Here

 

1 hour ago, Sydebolle said:

It will fan further racism and hatred against those dirty farang and alien; but maybe that is what the whole thing is about.

Wait what? I don't know any Thais that are racist against farang. If anything, Thai landlords are exhausted with dealing with immigration and bureaucracy, not tired of farangs renting  their homes. I've never heard of a landlord or hotel that wouldn't let a farang stay there because they are a farang with a foreign passport.

Thats the thing, I've seen the same cafe resold 3 times over 6 years. I've seen a bar change its name and ownership every two years. Clearly, the original idea wasn't a huge success, yet new owners keep throwing money at the same idea.

For example, I've seen the same coffee shop have 3 owners over the years and have never seen it full, and not surprised when the owner has to sell. But surprisingly, the new owner does the same exact thing expecting different results. I've seen this with Fried Chicken Kiosks, Bars, Restaurants, and small Hotels too. I'm also in Thai Facebook groups for business/franchise sales, and can spot local places changing ownership all the time. I even had a thai friend jump very quickly on a business, only to spend the next 4 months trying to sell it at 50% loss. 

In the past 2 years, some rubber strips have dried, cracked & broken off the outside of the windshield (along the driver and passenger sides). Already 2 monsoons later, and no water has gotten inside the car.... *yet*, so the seal, although cracked, is still holding up. Anyways, the dealership said the normal cost to replace just the rubber seal is 3000 Baht.  But this seems a bit steep, and nearly the cost of getting a new windshield? Is this the normal price?

Other than purchasing a brand new door, is there an elegant way to close up the bottom slats of the door? (Attached photo of door)

I’m pretty sure its letting a/c and purified air escape as we also leave the bathroom window permanently open.

On 4/5/2023 at 11:54 AM, brommers said:

 

I asked a young degree holding Thai friend about these mist spraying trucks and his response to what were they achieving was " it is science"! Seems to me the accusation about rigging should be on educators who feed their students all kinds of trash science behind which government officials can hide from reality.

 

Weird, cause every Thai I’ve spoken to knows the water spraying is a scam designed as a clever photo opportunity.

The computer system is glitchy. My 90-day report online was rejected a month ago. So I went in person to the drive-through, and it was accepted and processed within 5-minutes. 

@norbra  Theres a hospital chain I think located all over Thailand called "Princ Hospital" (Prince spelled without the "e"). I just googled one of them https://www.princsuvarnabhumi.com/en/  . We went to a Princ Hospital near Chiang Mai a few months ago and purchased moderna. There was no line, no wait, I think they even accept walk-ins

I heard the new boosters in the usa have been updated to include the latest strains of covid (omicron). Are these available in Thailand yet?

26 minutes ago, seedy said:

We use these guys - lawyer is a Professor of Law and teaches at CNX Uni

Don't know re: work permits tho'

http://www.chiangmai-legalbusiness.com/

Thank you, I'll have the wife give them a call to check. I also got a lead that AssistThai agency does this as well

Thai wife and I want to start our own business. we already have a thai registered company with paid in capital that we haven’t used since the pandemic hit but still pay taxes on,  and now just need some help getting my work permit paperwork done with hiring 2 thai employees. 
 

note: our business lawyer doesn't do work permits for foreigners hence why we couldn’t use him.

We’re in Chiang Mai. Any recommendations on an agent or lawyer to use? Any ballpark estimate of the cost?

thank you

Commercial restaurant property inside a resort (right next to the lobby), employee says its 10-Baht per unit of electricity. They're also including 4 commercial AC units for free. Compared to my own house, I believe the electric rate is nearly double the price we pay per unit, but maybe this is the normal going electric rate when renting commercial properties, especially when co-located within a larger building with other businesses?

Location is Chiang Mai

Thank everyone! It looks like Piyanas is who I need to be talking to. Thanks for the lead.