Bobydog

On 4/27/2024 at 4:26 PM, Nemises said:

Sounds like you hadn’t yet qualified for portability. Correct?

No mention of any portability and at 80 I figure I am qualified if it existed. Aust Gov has been catching up with their game over the years and many a happy lad in Thailand with their family taking care of the mail back home received a "Front and Center " request, whoops!

3 hours ago, scorecard said:

Really?

Yes I'm afraid so, checked ATO on line, it wasn't easy to find, also because I rec a spitl pension with NZ, the NZ component would stop because the arrangement only existed because I lived in Australia,  mutual deal.

3 hours ago, simple1 said:

 

I believe you're misinformed. Oz Age Pension is payable in full, according to compliance criteria, whilst living in Thailand.

I actually found it on line at  ATO with help from my tax agent

2 hours ago, Nemises said:

Yes, but only if you tell AU that you’re no longer a resident. Not many do, if any. 
 

 

If one has an age pension and a passport,  within 24 hrs I received an email noting I had left the Country. My passport was flagged so I was done, if my passport failed to pop up as being back in country inside 6 weeks my pension was stopped untill I had satisfied them with an answer. I was stuck in Thailand for 10 weeks because Airport on Koh Samui was closed during early Covid days. Centerlink accepted my reason and noted that I  was registered with Australian Embassy for a flight home.

13 hours ago, dinsdale said:

It's an insane policy. Getting an Australian pension overseas is also insane. Apart from this once again this AI article lacks any editing demonstated in the subheading.

It would seem all foreigners no matter what nationality are "beginning to feel a financial strain due to the UK government's pension freeze policy." 

Australian pension policy is simple in that if you do not own a residence in Australia and don't live in Aus but reside in Thailand,  then your Australian pension will be taxed at 35% as un earned income. That totally killed my aspirations. 

13 hours ago, dinsdale said:

It's an insane policy. Getting an Australian pension overseas is also insane. Apart from this once again this AI article lacks any editing demonstated in the subheading.

It would seem all foreigners no matter what nationality are "beginning to feel a financial strain due to the UK government's pension freeze policy." 

Australian pension policy is simple in that if you do not own a residence in Australia and don't live in Aus but reside in Thailand,  then your Australian pension will be taxed at 35% as un earned income. That totally killed my aspirations. 

On 4/16/2024 at 11:12 AM, Ralf001 said:

 

Why should they give a breakdown ?

Really? Headlines etc etc when farangs do wrong but not much about what the Thai contribution is...

3 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Less than the total yearly average.

Which is typical during Songkran.

Some celebration, no surprises there with very little control by authorities and no breakdown  between Thai  / Foreigners at fault, again, no surprises...

7 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

Fishy indeed.

"He finally opened the sanctuary with five pachyderms but it cost him all his savings. 

Slowly, the park is making a profit through half-day tours where visitors pay 2,500 Baht to bathe with elephants and get their photos taken. The money is immediately invested in the rescue of new animals."

If he spent all his savings, and all income from the "sanctuary" is reinvested in it, where does the money for a luxury villa and expensive cars come from?

Lotto

4 hours ago, mfd101 said:

Thailand, Philippines & Singapore have no military capability worth recruiting.

 

And neither does NZ: It has been a taker not a giver since the 1960s (as any Oz soldier alongside them in V'nam can vouch).

 

As to Japan it's currently being worked in to the AUKUS arrangement, which is much more relevant than NATO could be in the Indo-Pacific region.

What about the Kiwi gunners at Long Tan, a tad one eyed with your remarks

6 hours ago, zhounan said:

How come Chinese CPC officials put their mouths into Thai security affairs?

They like the taste of Tutai ?

6 hours ago, KannikaP said:

If you book an hotel but decide to cancel at the last minute, you lose any deposit you have paid because the hotel could have trouble filling the room at short notice.

Why not have a similar system for these taxis, when you pay a deposit when you book, refundable if you cancel within a certain, reasonable length of time. 

Great idea but for many of these drivers that would be too hard, anyway, "Management "wouldn't  know how to go about it unless there was some money in it. This is a small change problem and no-one will do anything about it, look at the last election rip off and it's still not over.....

17 hours ago, WHansen said:

Terrified of what's to come in the next election

Amazing what money can buy. They shall reap what they sow, me thinks, but then it will be too late to recover from 3rd World status.  Imaging the ratings for 3rd world countries, one wonders where Thailand will fall.

3 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Another foreigner with a mental health issue. 

 

It's an age group thing, keep watching....

2 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

from top 10 worst to top 10 best in a couple of days.

 

do these people really think we are that stupid ?

It's not flagged by Management as "Amazing Thailand:",  for nothing

11 hours ago, smedly said:

why was it not seized along with all his other ill gotten gains

 

shocking

T.I.T

On 2/22/2024 at 9:48 AM, flyingtlger said:

They are in cahoots with each other.

In other words, PRICE FIXING!

Teach them all a lesson, don't fly and have a party at home, if enough people say ENOUGH!!!!  They might learn but TIT, there has been so much miss-management over many years its probably too late, the last election pretty much says it all. 

4 hours ago, steven100 said:

yes ,  I won't fly TG ever again ....  now Singapore or Malaysian,  but Singapore is by far one of the best around.

As for Air Asia ... I'm reluctant to ever jump on their jets following their scrupulous ways trying not to refund following Covid cancellations.

I love Singapore Airlines for their service and support.

47 minutes ago, Enzian said:

Just going out on the roads on a motorbike should qualify as "risky behaviour." Who decides? 

Government does naturally lol

Perhaps these high flyers offended Russian Nobility, I read of a number of falling incidents of ranking dicidents who disagreed with the Ukrainian solution....

3 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

One has to wonder how widespread this sort of rogue, sadistic punishment is within the Thai education system.

 

And where do teachers learn about this type of punishment?

 

 

Excellent question!!

3 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

They will now get exactly what they wanted, to stay in Thailand longer-term.

Lets not forget the fine that Parents won't be likely to pay, no money Farang, more jail time....