GrahamJ

Kenny I'm sure you are aware however I didn't see it mentioned in any of your posts but inorder to take a lump sum or income stream at preservation age you need to meet one of the conditions below.

Taking a super lump sum is an option if you have reached your preservation age and met a condition of release. Your preservation age is between 55 and 60, depending on your date of birth. Standard conditions of release for lump sum super withdrawals are:

• retirement,
• ceasing an employment arrangement after the age of 60, even if you get a job with a new employer,
• turning 65 years of age,
• becoming permanently incapacitated,
• being diagnosed with a terminal medical condition

We're both the same age and coincidently my birthday falls in May as well. 

I've decided to take an income stream and I'm using retirement as the reason. I need to check with my financial planner what exactly I need to do, what forms or proof I need to show. 

By the way these financial Super company's won't give you much info especially if you're withdrawing money, because they will receive less commission from you.

1 hour ago, Darkside Gray said:

There are casino's in Vietnam and it works fine, Only non Vietnamese allowed in, foreigners only.

 

Thats not correct the Corona casino on Phu Quo Island, Vietnam was opened in 2018 and allows locals to enter and play. It was the first casino to be given the license and its part of a 3 year government trial, and they have more planned. 

To enter locals must pay a levy of VND 1m and produce notarized documents to prove they have a monthly income of VND 10m.

The name unfortunately has been the brunt of jokes due to the Corona virus.

Mine expired in Nov 2019 and I only renewed it last month so 1 year sounds about right.

Hi, you should have received a letter in June stating the classification of your property which is either "Stay" or "Other".

Stay means it's your main place of residence, your family home and is free of tax.

However, if its marked as Other then it's classified as a second property, rental, holiday home and will be taxed at 0.02% per million up to 50m which is due by the end of August.

Because of covid 19 the government has given all property owners a 90% discount this year.

So basically if this condo is your place of residence then you will not pay any tax and have nothing to worry about. Even so you should get someone to open your letterbox and check the letter to ensure the property is classified correctly.

10 minutes ago, Susco said:

Homepro in Pattaya is open for customers

I'll stand corrected then I thought they would all follow the same policy. 

All Homepro are open for online purchases only. If you know what you want you can order through their website and select HH for pickup. The pickup point is the stores loading dock/warehouse which is normally located behind the store. Show them the receipt on your phone and they will go and fetch it for you.

You can order from Homepro online through their website and pick up at your nearest store. You'll need to pick up from their warehouse/delivery entrance not the main entrance.

Try swiftstreamz.com

I just checked and the Thai channels are working. A few pop up ads to navigate through but it works, for now anyway. 

Not sure if you can download on your TV, however, you can download to an android phone/device and then mirror to you TV.

As per my Wife apparently the flooring is vinyl not ceramic tiles which we all know is soft, can be easily scratched, scuffed by shoes and anything heavy will leave indentations. The owner obviously knows this and is taking advantage of the Employee. Without knowing the area size I'm sure the charge of 30k or even 15k is more than enough to replace the vinyl with ceramic tiles.