AI......
Gifting money to your Thai wife in Thailand is tax-free, regardless of the amount or source, there is no limit and the gifted funds can be given as a lump sum or monthly payments.
So what is to stop those of us dumb enough to get married, from transferring any money we need this way....avoiding all tax?
I'm thinking if we spend, say 80,000 baht a month, I gift her 40,000 each month and avoid, or significantly reduce, any tax I might have to pay. Easy to argue then, that she is not simply transferring the money back to me.