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2 hours ago, NativeBob said:
My guess is that they will abandon this "improvement" just month before "high season" i.e. about Sept-Oct.
It is nothing else just fill'n'print webform, nothing to do with sophisticated Web 2.0 or some mega-database.
Remember COVID cards and some fancy QR codes? same-same.
I can only imagine the VAST numbers of people who will arrive in Thailand without having done any thing......I still dont get the thing about only getting TDAC 3 days before flying.....This pointless rule could very well sink the whole ship..
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Well I am feeling better about this so long as slackers like myself can fill out TDAC or a TM6 on arrival....And if this puts me in the slow line, thats fine...
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Most things in Thailand that involve money and are a big problem like the new TM6 get delayed and or watered down....And that very well could happen here.....What are they going to do with the thousands and thousands that arrive with no TM6 ? Tell them all to leave Thailand.........Nope........That would be a tourist public relations disaster....
And how about the border crossings?
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5 minutes ago, johng said:Thailand Digital Entry Card (TDAC) is for everyone.
The only country I see in this article is the UK ....
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4 minutes ago, johng said:No it's for everyone.
Does the title of this article say the UK and the Germans and the French etc and everyone else?
Nope.
It says the UK.
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48 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:is there a link to get this new digital thingamajig? they talk about it but nothing about a link. is this just for brits?
what kinda kangaroo title is this... seems the rest of us don't need it...
They need to keep a eye on the lager lout Brits.....The rest of us are can be trusted.....And dont need to do it...
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On 3/30/2025 at 11:29 AM, Ricardo said:
FWIW one more experience, I went to my local tax-office outside Chiang Mai a week ago, and played old (which often helps, here) & stupid but willing, saying (well, it was true !) that my overseas-bank wanted to know my Thai T.I.N., so that they could send year-end information about me to Thailand.
They didn't speak much English, I (of course) don't poot much Thai, either.
They asked if I was married to a Thai, "Yes".
Did I live in my wife's house, "Yes".
They then asked did I have the house-papers, "Not with me, and anyway I'm not on them".
Did I have a copy of my marriage-certificate, "Not with me, Sorry".
At this point she spoke to her senior-officer, made a brief phone-call, took copies of my passport & visa & recent sole-name/offshore bank-statement which has my Thai residential-address.
Then punched my details into her computer, made me sign her book of newly-issued TINs, and handed me what I wanted ... a simple certificate (3-inches square) showing my name/address/new T.I.N !
I thanked her profusely, lots of wai-ing, and made my retreat.
At no time was I asked-for, or did I offer, to make an annual-return for 2024. Which would anyway have shown, that my local bank-interest & transfers-into-Thailand fell a few-thousand Baht short, of owing them any income-tax, for the year !
Result !
Never heard of a overseas bank wanting a Thai TIN or even giving a rats azz if you have one or not....
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Every year its the same BS....We are going to make 100 million billion trillion zillion baht during Songkran....bla bla
I bet in Pattaya businesses all lose quite a bit of money during the week long nightmare....
Who ever makes these predictions has mental issues.....
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Listen guys Paypal makes people who try and use paypal outside of the usa life miserable these days.....And they love to deactivate accounts at the drop of a hat...
Best advice try your best not to use paypal or ebay....
If you must use ebay check out as a guest, this will improve your odds a lot to get the order to work....
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Thai massage for conditions such as frozen shoulder....
Massage is very good at relieving stiff body parts.....
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On 3/19/2025 at 8:41 AM, jippytum said:
Lots of expats some on this forum have been living in Thailand, myself included long before 1978.
1978 was 47 years ago.... So if you came to Thailand when you were 30 you would be 77 now....If you came when you were 40 you would be 87 now.....If you came when you were 50 you would be 97 now and 60 you would be 107 years old now...
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So we will be buying imported wine real cheap soon right?
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On 4/1/2025 at 12:55 AM, ericbj said:Early March I visited the local Tax Office to request a TIN. Some difficulty communicating as no one spoke more than a few words of English; although this was resolved to some extent by their translation software. However I was told that as I had neither employment in Thailand nor a business here I do not need to pay income tax. And therefore do not require a TIN.
I replied that as a retired person on a long-stay visa who remits cash from abroad to my Thai bank account as and when needed, my understanding is that I must declare the total remitted since it is substantially in excess of 60K baht. I showed my bank account passbook to prove the transfers made over the past year.
Much time passed without my request for a TIN being granted, before finally being asked to return another day.
On Thursday 13 March, I secured the assistance of a Thai friend who is a professional interpreter to accompany me to town on a second visit to the Tax Office. This time it was possible to prevail upon them to issue me with a TIN. They also gave me a Personal Income Tax Form #91 to complete.
As this was in Thai it was incomprehensible to me, but I managed to obtain an English language version from the Tax Office web-site.
Although not difficult to complete (once one understands what is required after careful study of the downloaded documentation) it took me several days of study and more than one fudged attempt before the Form was successfully filled in.Upon filling in the details -- total remittances less (195K + 60K) baht -- I realised that my taxable income was well within the tax-free band of up to 150K. So decided to claim back 2.6K baht of withholding tax on interest received on term-deposits. For this I would need to submit, together with my Form #91 and its Exemptions Appendix, a Withholding Tax Certificate issued by the Bank.
Unfortunately, I was told by the Bank that they do not issue such certificates; that one must complete them oneself by visiting a web-site whose URL they provided: https://www.rd.go.th
And this despite the Tax Office's documentation stating
"The payer is also required to issue you with a withholding tax certificate similar to this form below:
[image of form]
"If the payer refused to issue a withholding certificate, the payer is subject to a criminal penalty."
I have no idea whom the web-site belongs to, nor what it concerns, as it is in Thai. But it does not appear to belong to my Bank.Today, 31 March, I visited the Tax Office in town, once again accompanied by my Thai friend, with Income Tax Form + Exemptions Appendix + my bank book with the deposit account entries.
They refused to accept the papers submitted saying that I am not eligible to pay tax because I am not employed in Thailand and have no business here. And they added that as a foreigner I am not entitled to claim reimbursement of Withholding Tax.
Of course I have nothing in writing to prove that the forms were submitted but rejected. Nor of the grounds for rejection.
Maybe I should try an online submission as there are still a few days left for that.
(I have been discouraged from attempting doing it on-line by the difficulty experienced in the past when completing French Revenue Declarations on-line, as opposed to the paper version)Sir after reading your post I get the feeling you maybe into S&M ...Why would anyone go out of the way to make their life miserable?
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I guess they will be selling those high rise 30 million baht condos for 30 thousand baht.....I might have to pick up a few....
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3 hours ago, Johno57 said:
So with every thing payed for & bags packed to go, you have to sweat on the last 3 days that you can fill out a statement that will be accepted & a code is recieved by you knowing the reliability & security of past and present activities on the thai internet sites...how wonderful for your stress factors as you face the coming thai immigration scrutiny..
I could not have said it better myself...
The old TM6 was almost zero stress as long as you had a pen....Very easy and non stressful
This new disaster is a guaranteed problem maker especially with the Thais VERY VERY poor track record with getting computer interfaces to work properly.....
Bloody hell it took 4 or 5 YEARS to get the online 90 day reports working most of the time.....No Joke....
Anyone that supports this new TM6 needs psychiatric and mental help....
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2 hours ago, Surasak said:
I feel sure you wouldn't want my leccy bill. 21K last month, all donations gratefully received, of course.
21K ? Sir you must have the aircon set at zero 24/7....
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39 minutes ago, Artisi said:
If you only wish to discuss Thailand, why do you wasting your time saying it's the "hub" - that would seem to indicate you're referring to other countries as well - seems you need to practice what you preach.
Asean Now the Hub of nitpickers..
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16 minutes ago, AustinRacing said:
Ok let me explain it slowly. Grab truckloads of people, start removing debris immediately, increase chance of recovering alive people. Instead of forming committees to discuss, walk around taking photos (I’ve seen this myself. People in uniform). It’s only one building. Not hard to do. Days later progressing slowly instead of actually doing stuff.
Did you say days later...
People should stop saying this a rescue mission.....That was pretty much over a few days ago..
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23 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:
...If by that sentence you mean do I think for myself, have the ability to analyse different situations, and scenarios, go with my own thinking, and not be part of the flock mentality, then I thank you very much.
There seem to be quite a few sheep herders in this thread.....Making sure all the wayward sheep get in line with the new proposed TM6.....Or offering door A or door B which both lead to the TM6 room.....New Phone or old Phone....Phone or No phone...etc..
Things work fantastic WITHOUT a TM6 and should stay that way.....
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13 minutes ago, BusyB said:There was a time that books were also seen as the devil's tools and threatening the cohesion of society.
Well obviously your doing the devils work by using a smart phone...
A ball point pen should be enough technology..
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Nothing to worry about....Just doing a little house cleaning.....Before wrong people saw revealing documents..
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1 hour ago, vinny41 said:
Here is the article where they discuss TDAC and ETA
Travellers to Thailand nervous about new entry system being tested for security purposes by police
Tourist levy linked to the new ETA system could provide automatic insurance cover for foreign visitors
Significantly, this tourist levy is planned to come with automatic insurance coverage of up to ฿500,000. Therefore, it has been broadly supported by the Thai foreign tourism industry.
Travellers to Thailand nervous about new entry system being tested for security purposes by police
Whos security are they talking about?
All the posters in this thread seem very secure with the current system of having no TM6 at all......And I dont think even one post says they are unhappy with the current system.
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8 minutes ago, churchill said:My account told me if you are not liable to pay tax you do not need to file a return .
Correct if you dont owe taxes there is no need to file.....But some posters here seem to see it as their God given duty to try and get others to file even if they owe nothing...
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13 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:
And you will be escorted away... told to buy a seat on the next flight out !
Well the airlines did not give a rats azz if you had a TM6 before as far a boarding goes and I bet they wont care now....So I should get on that flight just fine with out one.
And if they ask I will just say I will do it later...
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SRT Confirms Steel Used in Thai-Chinese High-Speed Rail Project Meets International Standard
in Thailand News
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Breaking news.......High Speed Train derails due to substandard steel....But backers claims the recycled aluminum cans used to make the steel are perfectly safe...