ChaiyaTH

17K electric bill sounds like 16K deposit. Then the vulgare writings and damages likely as a after math of what was a fight outside the house initially.

Check out the poll, let's keep it real and friendly! For me, for now it seems it will be: I will change to only stay here for 180 days per year but potentially leaving entirely as it is just a hassle moving back and forward.

I just actually read this and it speaks about using AI, then we are really fked.

Why they don't address the elephant in the room anyway. There is only like 20 families who get 80% of all the money in the first place, they clearly are not paying enough, so go get it from them and the issue would be resolved while leaving us alone.

I i can deduct my private education cost the tax issue is resolved for me lol.

Survive is the key word, we could do that too: room for 2K, no visa costs, no insurance costs, 6K food, 1K gasoline, 1K internet etc.

Well for me it is just very simple math, I already have to pay a private school as public is not good enough, same for health insurances. Then also for retirement. If they want these percentages in tax, which is easy 20-30K or more, monthly, it is just too much to be worth while. The tax money + education money combined gives me access to most places. The education cost is already a weight on my shoulders. It would simply cost as much as a decent country cost at that point, which makes it not really worth it at all to be here.

Thailand also has those additional taxes, such as bar girl tax etc etc.

The latter was my issue too, i can send here some of it, but not all, she would start complaining lol.

I think you don't really get the point at all. What you are speaking about; is people who always complained about visa issues. The visa issue is now soon to be resolved. The new issue now, actually gets to people, who make very decent money, and do have plenty of options to live anywhere on the world. Specially if they would be taxed. You are comparing apples with pears here. I would need to pay like 1K USD in taxes, to then still pay my Thai rent and a International school. All that money combined, could make me rent anywhere on the planet, knowing that in most expensive countries the public schools are fine too. Is like 2.5K USD. It makes Thailand like as expensive as Monaco is for a family with 2 children in Inter schools + being taxed. Maybe that is overkill example but close.

Never even thought about that part yet lol.

Imagine how backwards these people sadly still live, and how uneducated they are, to then have to compete soon with Us + AI enhanced.

This guy really needs to let someone buy clothes and shoes for him, he doesn't have a good taste. Guess he is gonna be deported soon though.

It's called black and white reasoning, it's famous with Thais.

Must be very impressive to find 100,000 people signing it, knowing half lives of government jobs and the like and usually likes a certain flavor. We should for fun make this online thing to sign as well, for people who agree to keep it legal, we likely hit a million in 3 days.

Yes the funny part is no matter in what way you look at it; it seems we are right about it lol.

I'd never do a new wife again, unless I am that very rare lucky guy meeting the perfect one, that stays perfect for the first 2-3 years. Otherwise better to pay for play.

That's the funny thing right, once they are used to the fact they are with us, the performance goes down the toilet and the demands go up like a flooding toilet. This while if I had some pay for play fun at home, they very often would be cleaning up half my condo while being there and if i had food, certainly wouldn't mind to cook too. I regret being so ignorant in my earlier years, to not be willing to pay for a girlfriend, only pay for fun. One that demanded payments upfront, actually did a much better job. Because now I have a university degree one, who never asked money, but costing me more in total + headache. Yes in a way it seems Thais always see it as somewhat a job. They perform exactly as employees VS freelancers you hire for the day (in real life business).

Lol so he confessed to drink under influence with his child, to then also assault a gas station worker on the way home. He is very lucky that this happened in Thailand then.

Yeah is like nothing changes except it then being official revenue, while in reality 'illegal casino money' stops coming in for what then comes into the 'legal casino money'. Perhaps a slight increase of keeping Thais here too instead of going to Cambodia or Laos ones.

You can be pretty sure that some new laws for that follow after this one, if being approved too. To basically tax you on rental earnings or business earnings regardless of being a individual tax resident. The sky is the limit.

Yeah sure, the visa is clearly going to be a non-issue very soon. This is the best news we have gotten in a decade plus. However, I already saw this catch coming with the first new tax law they started for income into Thailand, and now it reveals itself. And in that case, what needs to be paid, does not compensate the easy visa part. Great to be here hassle free for 180 days a year, but that would be about it. I'd rather have the visa difficulties and no taxes. Basically comes down to having to leave Thailand for another country, and then if desired visit it for max 180 days a year as holidays or a second home.

Yes, if it came with quite a bit of benefits, to become a second class but permanent residence at least, being able to get mortgages and loans too, own land or a house, get private schools at lower rates as the country should now make enough tax to subsidize that too etc etc. Then we can start talking, i'd be happy to pay.

Plenty of better options, that is the point. The issue is not even to pay some tax, but the fact you also get nothing in return + it is similar as western percentages, where you do get many things in return for it. I'd rather pay 10% profit taxes in Bulgaria and be done. If this becomes real, I'd have to pay Thailand like 30K a month in taxes, to get absolute nothing in return and then still have to pay 20-25K for my son's school on top + my own insurance + my own visa + an accountant. And I won't see a 50K a month pension for it too, which i do get if paying 30 years back home. And then they say they want to attract more young skilled people, LOL!

This is the end of living in thailand fulltime, if it becomes true. This is the biggest potential scare news in like a decade plus.