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I beg to differ. So don't talk about "ANYONE", talk about yourself. I still remember the time when you, too, Mr Heineken, posted useful things. That's why I still read your posts. But lately, I found them not very interesting, one reason is I am not from Australia. I would very much prefer a thread for each nationality. I don't know what is a superannuated IRA (401) for non-doms, neither do I want to know.

That's the most important one

The government isn't interested in taxing the poor. On the contrary, there is talk about negative income tax. But they are interested in taxing the informal sector, if the money is substantial (so, not the motorcycle gang) 2 ways to do it: formalize more parts of the economy (close "illegal" guesthouses and restaurants, abolish street vendors, favor 7-11 over mom-and-pop, legalize casinos...). And monitor all financial transactions (PromptPay was supposed to do this). It's work in progress Thai middle class, even the lower middle class, know very well they should pay taxes and they know how to avoid (ever rented a condo with 2 rental contracts?) and evade (use cash) taxes.

You cannot contract shingles. If you ever had chickenpox (in your mother's generation, almost everybody), the virus will sleep in your body forever and can get activated (for many reasons) to cause shingles decades later.

Herpes Zoster is the usual name all over the world. Only native speakers of English say "shingles" in colloquial speech (doctors would say herpes zoster) Could it be your Thai doctor was not a native speaker of English?

If you call 0.15% very common... I have some lottery tickets I would like to sell you. BTW bacterial pericarditis is rare and very different from what is discussed in this thread

It has been said that you can get a DTV only once. The poster @georgewho wrote this is not known for posting rubbish

Grandma's burial in a village in Ban Kruat followed Khmer customs, Her grandchildren are all literate in Thai, speak Thai at the Amphur or with the bank. They have a Khmer accent, which sometimes leads to discrimination. In the family, Khmer is preferred (a lot of code switching, as someone else posted). Similar in the villages of A. meuang, Surin.

Seriously. One friend brought almost 100,000 US cash. At least, he got a certificate from customs. Another friend did exactly what yumthai said, always brought several thousand. Keepin it well hidden under his mattress and waiting for the baht to depreciate These people do exist.

I know someone who actually did this. Now, how to prove he has these cash savings?

It has occurred to many people in the various tax threads, written many times.

You assume - TRD is stupid (I don't think so) or - TRD doesn't care (I think so, if the amounts are small - but in that case, is it worth it?) You run the risk that your tax official gets angry at you: "do you think we are stupid?" But who knows, her reaction might also be "you very smart". TIT

It has been said before: gift your wife money to buy her own land, her own car, her own lottery tickets and her own beauty cream. If you gift money to her to buy beauty cream, and then you are the one who uses the beauty cream - I wouldn't do that.

@CapraIbex has written " a 'monetary gift contract' drafted by a Thai lawyer, specifying that the gift is genuine and intended solely for my wife's benefit, and detailing the purpose of the gift (such as purchasing government or corporate bonds, a car, building a house, or anniversaries) with my wife also drafting a 'gift acceptance contract,' " I would add the occasion of the gift (even if not necessary between spouses, according to the letter of the law), and have gift contract for each gift. As far as you know, would that be sufficient?

Well said. But we are still allowed to bring in cash, and the rates at Superrich are better than a bank transfer. I once tried to declare cash I brought in, neither home country nor Thailand would let me as it was under the threshold. It seems you can't voluntarily declare cash.

This is not yet the case. It may (probably soon) become the law. @sometimewoodworkerhas been told, probably in 2026, 2027, 2028. I find this realistic.

Soon. Presbyopia usually starts end forties, many people won't notice anything until about your age (and then it usually still takes several years until they admit they need reading glasses).

I learned already that it's the classifier for stamps. My question was: I can't remember another pattern "Do you want noun+classifier?" with this meaning. It sounds familiar, though.

For the sake of argument, let's say this would work. It would work once. It's not a sustainable solution in the long term. BTW if you were serious about it, you probably wouldn't post it If they are serious about going after small fry (a big IF), the foreigners who use cash, ATMs, CCs - if they really feel it's worth it harassing them, then the TRD will start with the obvious question: what money do you live on? But this is all chump change. The big ticket items - car, condo, land and houses - you are not going to finance like this.

No, its not. Have you ever paid taxes anywhere? Then you should know how it works: the tax office tells you how much they think you should pay. They don't have to sue you. You have been told twice already, you are free not to believe it. Maybe rules in down under are upside down, I doubt it.

Sometimes yes, sometimes no

So, here are @sometimewoodworkerand @theblether, both claiming to know how gifts work and both refusing to explain it (ok, @sometimewoodworker explained it, but I couldn't really figure out what he meant, even after reading it several times). Are you guys being funny? Afaik, a gift needs a gift contract for each gift, the more formalized (eg stamped by a lawyer) the better, should also name the occasion for the gift. A gift is not a gift if the gifter profits from the gift (you can't gift 1m to your wife and she uses the money to buy a car in your name). Whether a gift results in a tax exemption for the receiver, the sender or both, has been a subject of debate in the various tax threads. If any of you two can clarify things more, we would appreciate it.

They ask, you want "m-stamp" or แสตมป์ดวง stamp duang = sticker. Did I understand them right? This usage of a classifier seems familiar to me, but I can't think of other examples. Anybody knows similar constructions?

Like cars, they are all very similar, Lada, Ferrari, now some Chinese ones.

Foreign insurance? They will recommend a hospital where the insurance can communicate in English, where professional looking medical reports are prepared and where their guarantee of payment is accepted. For these reasons, foreign insurances are known to have medevaced patients from China to Thailand at great cost. They also like it, if the insured patient can communicate in the hospital in English. Quality of the hospital is usually an afterthought, and can often not be judged by the insurance. Quality of the doctor, the most important point, is something a foreign insurance can rarely judge.