Everyman

I The more money a foreigner has, the easier it is for them to leave Thailand to avoid any tax liabilities. In that light the kingdom would lose more money than they gain and “walking away from a baht” would be to try to enforce any of the harebrained proposals. The only ones they “have by the b*lls” are pensioners who who can’t afford to leave and they aren’t going to pay anything under any of the scenarios.

Health insurance is not required for the DTV.

Wow, you replied to a six year old topic. Nice necropost.

Why bother with all that? I transferred to my Maya account and they didn’t ask me a million questions. And i pulled PHP out of the ATM with my Maya card.

The author of the article seems to not know what they are talking about and has conflated a bunch of different things such that it makes no sense. But one fact we can be reminded of is that there is no global taxation law for tax residents in Thailand and there may never be one. Honestly, if there was one, what rich person in their right mind would open themselves up to the revenue department of a notoriously corrupt country to plunder whatever they wanted from their accounts? Nobody, of course, the wealthier they are the less likely they would be to stay.

Notice there is absolutely zero mention of the police determing where they got it. They were probably used to weak, “stepped on” ketamine from overseas and the ended up with the real heavy duty stuff from a dealer in Thailand.

I love shrimp paste but I can’t work out which types of noodle shops have it and which ones don’t. I can read Thai but that hasn’t helped. It’s not random or “up to the owner” or the shop or something, there are specific kinds of noodle soup that are supposed to have it as a condiment and some which are not. I just can’t work out which is which. When I do ask for it and they don’t have it they look at me like I’m insane and say they don’t have it in an “of course” kind of way. But if they do have it, they say it in the same “of course” we do kind of way. So does anyone know which kinds of noodle shops have shrimp paste as a condiment? I thought it was boat noodles but I was just at a shop that doesn’t have it.

It’s no surprise that the revenue office didn’t just pull up their magical computer system that knows every bank balance and transaction of everyone in the world along with detailed programming of all the dual tax agreements so they can assess taxes for every random pensioner in Thailand who comes to them afraid they will be dragged out off their barstool and charged with tax evasion for not declaring their pensions.

Today I had a conversation with the manager at the SCB in Central Marina in Pattaya. She said that they are not opening accounts for DTV holders…yet because they are waiting for guidelines from the head office. Anyway that’s not much information and so not that helpful but I thought I would mention it in case any other DTV people are out there. I would also be curious if anyone has opened an account with a DTV at another bank/branch. Please don’t mention agents. I know you can use an agent. I already have an account with Bangkok Bank.

How is SCB the best? Not being critical, I would like to know

The answer probably has something to do with the “middle income trap” from economics.

At this point, I’m mostly interested in the psychological aspects of how the hysterical people will react next year when nothing at all happens. Will they double down? Or “memory hole” it as if it never happened, like the 5G tower conspiracy theorists did?

I would fed-ex it to my bank in the US and insure it for the amount of the check.

Why not just buy crypto if you want crypto? Why all the extra steps?

The solution is to get another credit card in the U.S. that does not charge foreign transaction fees. None of the Capital One cards do so you can start there. If you aren’t able to collect the card in person, have a trusted relative receive the card and take photos of the front and back. Then you can activate it and add it to Apple Pay or whatever the android equivalent is. I’ve done this with over 10 credit cards.