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Only when there is a rush that is done. Any landing that is not the destination airport is a 'emergency landing'.

When I moved here like 12-14 years ago, they had Mein Kampf as best seller in the book store in Siam paragon mall, like an entire wall dedicated to it.

No wonder they started to colonize phangan first and pai is like the second home for that. So likely they now do the same there.

Chinese actually pay a lot for girls and let them come to them, that is why prices got inflated for a big part as well. Asians in general pay easy 3-5K short time.

If you are bored of Bangkok you go too much to the same places in the same areas. Aside from that just go to a place like Chiang Mai for a few days and you will love to back in the big mango soon enough, traffic jams and grab car cost even more. I used to get bored of Bangkok too but that was when I always hang around sukhumvit area or like ekkamai etc. To from covid starting onwards find out that that is actually the <deleted>tiest of Bangkok compared to the dozens of other areas and places there are. The same if you look how fast they now develop around higher ratchada and lad prao area alone, is great, like semi old Thailand while having the MRT + BTS at your foot steps, you have like 10 malls in a 10 minute radius. Multiple huge daily night markets etc etc. The most funny part is you can even still get monthly rooms in those areas for just 5K baht a month. As well it is the best place to get the nightlife girls when they are not working for peanuts or free. It's like the sukhumvit gogo life without the spendings lol.

Meaning there was an exploit from Kbank when using virtual cards, and you used them for purposes they not had in mind. A normal transfer is no issue at all. The thing is that a lot of money laundering and dodgy activities or hacked money is taking advantage of EMI providers like Wise etc using virtual cards from all kinds of names and company formations, causing it usually to be cancelled over time while new companies start offering it again. I guess they make enough customers and money to always start offering it but then need to stop it as soon they get too many fraud flags due to compliance etc. It's the same with crypto + debit cards, it is one after another company starting and ceasing to exist within 2 years (and while they exist they are perfectly fine to use, it is not as if you lose funds, they just need to stop offering it always). Now the latest offering this again is the Bybit exchange, I am supposed to get a real card soon aside from a virtual mastercard one. Then the question is for how many months it will work before it is cancelled again.

As far I know it happens all the time since decades and there never been questions about it. I know in my own network alone a few guys who have bought houses or condo's worth 5-20M baht for their wifes and in their wife name, none are retired too. Land of the red tape. With these figures compared to traditional taxes back home, it is actually cheaper to pay a wife a monthly allowance lol.

So basically if you would have a girlfriend/wife or thai child here you could just gift all education and children costs tax free, all her support money tax free, a good part or all of the housing they need tax free, to then yourself just earn like 40-50K baht on paper and effectively only pay like 2000 baht per month taxes on 100-150K baht. What is the entire issue with these new tax rules then? Unless you would be single this solves everything already? Insane that it is even existing, 10-20M a year lol. This is not even applying all other deductions or ways to also reduce it by for example also having a business that could pay rent for it's office in the same house you live or all other things in the classic text books. Then last but not least you could still pay yourself from a foreign company for tons of things like booking flights and hotels on the business, withdraw some cash for lunch costs and more. As well as keeping profits overseas in companies / assets.

1. Gifts to Ascendants, Descendants, or Spouses: • Exemption Limit: Gifts to direct family members—such as parents, children, or spouses—are exempt from personal income tax up to 20 million Thai Baht (THB) per tax year. • Tax Rate Beyond Exemption: If the total value of gifts to these individuals exceeds 20 million THB within a tax year, the excess amount is subject to a 5% personal income tax. 2. Gifts to Individuals Who Are Not Ascendants, Descendants, or Spouses (e.g., Girlfriends, Friends): • Exemption Limit: Gifts to individuals outside the immediate family are exempt from personal income tax up to 10 million THB per tax year. • Tax Rate Beyond Exemption: If the total value of gifts to these individuals exceeds 10 million THB within a tax year, the excess amount is subject to a 5% personal income tax. Key Considerations: • Definition of Relationships: Ascendants and descendants refer to direct family lines, such as parents and children. Spouses are legally married partners. Girlfriends or boyfriends are not recognized under these categories and are treated as non-relatives for tax purposes. • Documentation: Maintain clear records of all gifts, including dates, amounts, and the nature of the relationship, to ensure compliance and for potential audits. Practical Steps: 1. Assess Gift Value: Before making a gift, determine the total value to understand potential tax implications. 2. Plan Accordingly: If you plan to gift amounts exceeding the exemption limits, consider spreading the gifts over multiple years or consulting with a tax professional to explore tax-efficient strategies. 3. File Necessary Tax Returns: If the value of the gifts exceeds the exemption limits, ensure that the appropriate personal income tax returns are filed, and taxes are paid on the excess amounts.

Ehh why not just close the website in the process? Any information can be found on the Internet. What a stupid comment.

New iPhone every 3-4 years and maybe replace a battery once to just get the 1.5 to 2 days battery life again the entire time I own it. Not always buying the latest model neither never more then the basic model, is like 20K baht only + 5K batteries / 4 years = 6.25K baht a year average for having always the best possible tech and experience within the most recent 2-3 models. Battery life alone is just killing it, with a power bank I last easily 4-5 days without needing to even plug somewhere, I work with it a lot / move a lot.

Tven just to offer the full range network of destinations with BA is worth to have at least one flight on it. This is what I like a lot with Emirates, they can really bring you from one place to another hassle free.

Completely retarded. Welcome to the future in Thailand: where we move forward with technology to go backwards.

Not that different from bars and places that nowadays think to still get away with these 7/11 bread breakfasts, with a tiny 'glass' of orange juice and 'instant toilet' coffee. To then charge like 140-160 baht for the set as well lol. I guess the reason it works is that many oldie suckers still pay for it. Else it was already better for the same as it is in quite a few places.

You mean the board room of directors for the flying club right?

I lived there like 7-8 years ago for 1 year and came there again recently, I was shocked. Many of the streets are entirely clean, more plants and trees, tons of new developments, amazing quality new roads (i remember one being made when i lived there and that one today is still pristine asphalt). Then suddenly dozens of high rise buildings and condo's, the malls that used to have a limited amount of brands now also have things like H&M etc aside from luxury brands but also all gadgets or other stuff you could need. Then knowing the median age there is 26 as well, they started from not zero but minus a lot on top, I actually see potential and think it is actually pioneers who already lived there a while to believe in a longer term future, or people even doing that today. But yes, everyone knows there is also these typical streets where you see these typical end of the line characters but be real, this is like a few dozen you usually see in very specific streets or bars as well, while almost anything outside of that, which is a lot nowadays, has barely a sign of that typical stereotype. You find 10X as much in Pattaya alone. I actually even think about it multiple times a week, to go back there, just because it is also so much more relaxed with the visa and full work / business options. Even the airport they just have ipads nowadays, you scan your passport and can even pay by card, 2 mins later a QR sticker visa is done. Then at arrivals luggage they have huge touch screens where you can book a cheap taxi of choice direct too, like Thailand? where are you? Like technology of Dubai standards suddenly in PP airport.

Get a 30 year lease on the house first.

With all the electrocutions, I leave it to the 'professionals' (hired 5 electricien showed me papers and first 4 still messed up).

Yeah there are some specific things they do get done quick but to be honest these are also always services and things that are simply possible to get done right away. Not to mention, that fastness is also the reason you see 100 cables hanging around, that's what makes the entire streets with the electric look so insane. In a way i'm surprised nobody started a business to locate and remove them, the amount of fiber cable would be worth quite a bit.

Just go to one of the government offices may it be the amphur or more like a city hall for ministry of foreign affairs, whatever else, and you suddenly see actual volumes of people that make you finally believe you are in a city with a large population. Is like everything you would expect to be walking around in city centers, to sit in restaurants and coffee shops, is actually always there. It just shows you how extremely bureaucratic it is here. To not even start about in depth details surrounding that aka slowness, needing endless papers, corruption etc etc. I really realized once again like today, needing to go with 2 taxi's and 7 people to the amphur to finalize something, that this is just like a industry lol, it almost made me happy to see so many Thais at once doing something productive, which is rare lol. The same time you see all hustling happening and what else not more.

Seems like another bunch of freshly minted EU/UK passport holders now arrived here. I guess it the problems existing there are now going to be a standard percentage of people who are 'tourists' as well. Of course mostly paid for with tax money.

If it was only allowed it would have been a thriving business already that in fact would help boost economy, force innovation to happen instantly much more, it would force Thais to level up their skills doing the same too etc etc etc. I could get a tour bus with polish workers here by the end of the month, if it was allowed. I would get super rich. Hmm wait, maybe that is why these elites today play exactly this game with the locals...

That's an entire different subject and complete BS. People do not want children anymore due to finance, that is a global problem aside from the fact that older generations told us from kids age BS that our planet has too many people, which is BS too. What really happens is that they try to re-culture and repopulate countries the way 'they like it'. Or in a country like this; to get even more control in fewer hands while seeing the rest as cattle.

They already provide plenty that comes similar to what you state, as well there is tax benefits of like 20-30K baht a year deductions per child alone already in place. To give a poor or minimum wage 1K for an extra child is just stupidity, it helps zero, just to buy proper milk costs a few K a month already let alone with diapers, wipes and a few other small things, that is the real problem. You can't expect people earning 12K a month each max, to get more babies costing minimum 5K a month each. If you want to promote having more babies give me like a 60-120K tax break and i consider one more. For the majority of locals and their salary, they already get enough exempted, as they can't earn more. As long Thailand keeps playing this game, pretending they not know the elite got this money, well nothing changes. With the little money they actually have, Thailand their system is actually quite good if you ask me. The entire issue is that the money is far from enough compared to those who need it but that in the same time is a result of keeping them uneducated and poor too. As if they were not they earned more + paid more taxes too. The elite is mainly the problem, and they obviously control the system. But the system as it is designed so far otherwise is actually really decent on many ends for what they can do with it on that level.

Only way to have a chance in this country, assuming you kind of start without family support in any significant way, middle class style, you simply need to both graduate, get like a nice office job or whatever in BKK, and then together you can actually reach that 50-60K a month income level easily, pay off a nice 1BR condo unit in the city etc. But if you then add pictures to the equation or plans, it all shatters right away already, unless grandmother now moves into the 45SQM condo as well, or the baby is like shipped off as if you just were a surrogate parent. I'm not blaming the Thais for not having a lot of kids, I always wanted 2 myself but have to stick to 1 due to International school costs. At the end, I am the same generation as they are in my early 30s.