Everyman

Only the most stupid, glue huffing morons think the fed will cut rates. Why would they cut? Inflation in above targets, there is still a huge debt bubble that needs to be resolved. Just wishful thinking by greedy wallstreet idiots who are always wrong.

Wine connection is pretty good. It was an exception for sure (that i had forgotten about).

my point was, if you are also a drinker of alcohol, you almost certainly have too *low* sodium rather than too high.

i am in my 30s

Has anyone else noticed that western food in Thailand is usually under-seasoned? They don’t salt french fries at all. Even pizza needs salt. The only western food that has enough salt is fast food. I expect that some of you will reply that you have found the opposite to be true and that you are concerned about eating too much salt. If you are also a drinker, this should not concern you since you probably have a sodium deficiency, along with a deficiency of other water soluble minerals.

You say your account is “offshore.” But that is a country somewhere, right? So when you die your assets will be distributed according to the laws of that country…right? Sounds you like you need a lawyer and a will…there.

No No No Nothing Wow that was easy. Unless the banks start withholding a portion of incoming transfers or immigration starts requiring tax documents for visa extensions, then the “new rules” do not matter, especially for people in your situation. And it will be a cold day in hell before either of those two scenarios happen. The revenue department probably has a few Thai “bad actors” in mind that they want to go after. Uncle Somchai isn’t coming for anyone’s beer Chang fund. I also doubt they will try to tax incoming funds for condo purchases. It’s all a big juicy nothing burger with extra cheese, but the panic has been great business for dodgy tax lawyers peddling their own bull<deleted> interpretation of the supposed changes, and who have strong financial incentive to keep the panic going.

no changes.

I said it’s not worth having, not that “you will have a problem.” Perhaps I should explain. The OP can probably only get a secured card at best and there’s little advantage to that over the other forms of payment i mentioned it. Especially a foreign issued card with an actual credit line. So a Thai issued credit card “isn’t worth having” because it’s a poor choice among the other options, not because it is expected to be defective.

If it’s in Thailand, use scan pay. If that isn’t available, use a virtual debit card provided by your bank. A few do that. Otherwise just use your Thai debit card. Even if you could get a credit card in Thailand it wouldn’t be worth having. Surely you can get a card issued in Canada, shipped to a relatives, address and then they can send you a photo of the card. Then you can add it to Apple pay or whatever and it use that way.

I expect nothing to happen except that the revenue department might go after a small handful of Thai taxpayers.

Here we are in 2024 and nothing has changed. It was all BS.

Yes, i am talking about paying money not receiving it. Sorry for the confusion.

I think the answer is no…but I’d like to make sure. Is there a way to set up Thai QR code payment so that it is connected to a foreign credit card? That is possible with AliPay in China. A lot of merchants in Thailand actually do accept AliPay now but it only work with a Chinese bank account when used in Thailand. I found it impossible to set up TrueWallet and Line pay, as alternatives.

I’m really looking forward to a big ol’ fat *nothing* happening regarding this issue so we can all go back to arguing crypto versus gold and trying to get a 0.02% better exchange rate.

I’ve been thinking about your comment and realized that there’s a big difference between liking different kinds of food and DISliking an entire cuisine. It doesn’t make the world more interesting, it’s just close minded.

Just had another disgusting pile of garbage served to me that was supposedly Thai food. Utterly bland and inedible. I barely touched it, just paid and left. And that’s after a big long explanation that I didn’t want it that way. <deleted> “farangitized” it anyway and i wasted 150 baht.

What is WHT?

I expected the cops will ask to see a contract. If one is produced, they will say it’s a civil matter.

unfortunately there are a lot of “holier-than-thou-art” types on retirement visas who like to berate younger people who don’t have any long term visa options.

I must have written unclearly. I think they WON’T do that, but it would be the only way they could enforce the new rule.

How do you flag your account like this?

but enforcement of the new rules will be basically impossible without mandatory withholding of a percent of each transfer into the kingdom. they would have to start that next month otherwise trying to get at all the money they are supposedly owed will be impractical. mind you, i do think that will be what happens (effectively nothing)

I have gleaned that most people here can’t just look at a Thai food menu and know immediately which dishes have chilis in them and actually don’t eat Thai food very much if at all. As far as Thai food being boring aside from chilis..that’s just ridiculous. Anyway, enjoy your 7-11 sandwiches and Lays.

I’m just confused because I thought what i am saying makes sense and people will agree with me.