Danderman123

If there are no audits, the system fails. Certainly, there would be no expectation that Farangs would file tax returns.

If you don't bring any money into Thailand, no need to file a tax return, unless Immigration Department demands one (unlikely).

Ignorance is bliss.

If audited, you would have to prove that money you transmitted into Thailand came from pre-2024 savings.

How would the Revenue Department find me to audit me?

Here's what everyone always misses in any topic about Thai taxes: When you fill out a tax return in your home country, you don't worry about tax treaty provisions, because all of your reported income is generated in your home county (for 99.9% of you). Conversely, to fill out a Thai tax return, you will invoke provisions of a tax treaty (most of you) to reduce your tax liability. This is very different than your experience back home. And, it's unclear how much support for tax treaties are in the Thai tax forms. Important note: those who work and pay taxes don't worry about tax treaties when filling out tax forms. What this means is 99+% of posters have no clue how to use tax treaties to reduce their Thai tax liability. So this is going to be new to almost everybody.

You are absolutely correct. If you transmitted big money into Thailand prior to January 1, 2024, you don't have to worry about filling out a Thai tax return. I personally wouldn't trust a Thai bank with that much money.

Taxation of US social security benefits would require that Thai marginal tax rates would have to be higher than US rates. Even so, you wouldn't be liable for the entire amount, US tax payments would be deducted from Thai taxable amounts.

Easy peasy, assuming the Thai tax forms support deductions due to a tax treaty. Except filing a Thai tax return is no fun. Do you have a Thai tax id?

Immigration knows whether you have remained in Thailand long enough to be a tax resident. Therefore, if you are a known resident, Immigration *could* ask you for a copy of your tax return, when you request your annual extension.

Especially foreign credit cards.

The Thai government pays a tiny amount of benefits to it's citizens. If they were really jammed up, they wouldn't buy that Chinese submarine.

No one knows.

Reality note: This is pure speculation at this moment.

You are confusing two questions: Do you need to fill out a Thai tax return? And When you fill out that return, will you have to pay anything?

The second that the Revenue Department grabs some retiree Farang in the village and throws him into a Thai prison, thousands of Farangs will be scrambling to fill out tax forms.

You guys can work this out.

My opinion is that the Revenue Department will do the necessary auditing right after the high speed rail from Don Meaung to Rayong is complete.

My feeling is that the answer is no. But, it's possible.

Your understanding of how the US tax treaty with Thai works is not correct. In general, you can offset US tax paid against required payments for Thai tax. But even if you pay taxes in the US, there may still be a Thai tax liability. You would have to complete a Thai tax form to know for sure.

Thailand taxing more Farangs means that HiSo can pay less tax.

Credit cards go through a Thai clearinghouse, and transactions can be reported to the Revenue Department.

For those with Work Permits, the new rules won't impact them much, they are already paying taxes. The new rules impact Farangs who don't earn income within Thailand.

Given that we are almost in June, you need to leave Thailand soon.

Tax treaties help, but you need to fill out a tax form to take advantage of the tax treaties. And the tax form may or may not accommodate deductions allowed by tax treaties.