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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.

Proof is often next to impossible. Examples: A well known catch22: IRS in home country demands a certificate from TRD that one is tax resident here. They don't care about passport stamps. But TRD doesn't issue this certificate unless one has actually paid tax. The workarounds are quite ridiculous.

It's YOU who may have to present evidence at Court - if you sue the TRD, that is. The TRD doesn't have to sue you. They just say, we have determined you owe us x amount of taxes. If you don't agree, you can sue them.

Contrast media are not radioactive, nor are they "nuclear isotopes". (Radioactive substances are injected for a scintigram. They are also used for a PET scan, which is a very specialized and expensive examination)

Thx Just for clarity: you mean the one in Samut Prakan, right? I would think they have it

You are right, of course. In my case, I don't need to absolutel leave on day 179 for tax reasons - it wouldn't be a big problem to leave later and be a tax resident in 2024. A bit inconvenient, and may cost me a couple of hundred dollar. But it happens that my planned flight would be on day 180, so it wouldn't hurt to leave on day 179 - a bit inconvenient, too, and cost 100 dollar. So I wanted to know what to expect. Ballpoint's answer helped me.

Thx for your answers. About your question: I went through old threads before opening this one, and at least one person posted that he got the arrival stamp for the date his flight landed. Visible from the boarding pass.

Not at all Counting days for tax reasons (So, I am not interested in answers concerned about overstay fines etc)