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Sure, but was the all-important provision that the tax only applies to "physical cash", like cash money orders cashiers checks, being sent? Are banks and "financial institutions" still exempt?

The downside to self-insuring, when 300K baht expenses (~US$10K) depletes the fund.

I don't expect a rebranded $150 made-in-China T-Mobile smartphone purchased for $500 with a rebranded overpriced service contract will be worth all that much after 47 gets 25'd.

Not really enough to fulfill the dream of opening a bar. Have you considered buying a tuk-tuk?

Wise uses electronic transfers not physical cash or cashiers checks, and would be considered a financial institution, so appears to fit the definition to be exempt.

A new draft of the "One Big Beautiful Bill", released on June 27, shows big changes from the earlier version passed by the House of Representatives. The tax was originally proposed at 5 per cent in the House bill under the Trump administration before being reduced to 3.5 per cent and now further lowered to 1 per cent in the Senate draft. But crucially, this tax will only apply to cash or similar physical payments handed over to money transfer providers. Transfers done through bank accounts or debit and credit cards issued in the US won’t be taxed. The bill says the tax is “limited to cash and similar instruments… only to any remittance transfer for which the sender provides cash, a money order, a cashier’s check, or any other similar physical instrument.” https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/us-senate-lowers-proposed-remittance-tax-to-1-spares-bank-transfers-125062800890_1.html Appears under this revision the tax would only apply to poor migrant workers who use Western Union to send their salaries back to Mexico to feed their kids.

"Not an inch to the East." Trust us.

My wife has Aetna insurance (formerly BUPA) in addition to her standard Thai social insurance. This is in-patient only coverage for 1400 baht per month. On the another hand, I have a western policy with repatriation and higher coverage which is in-patient only with a large deductible. I figure health services are cheap enough to pay for most things out of pocket.

According to which flat-earf' chiropractor?

Operation Paperclip v2.0 We always need folks with experience in genocide.

Was it published in an accredited peer-reviewed journal, or RFK Jr.'s new governmental in-house medicinal tabloid?

Typical propaganda from the Daily Mail tabloid. Now the "report" it gets liked and shared and cited throughout the echo chamber, and suddenly it's truth social. Next will be a "report" from anonymous senior officials familiar with studies showing Putin may be responsible for the possible theft of right-handed socks throughout Dublin.

Google DIY will. Download and edit to your situation, translate to Thai. Print off, get two witnesses to sign. Technically that should be enough. Your amphur might record it for you. Ours (Korat) will not record a will with a foreigner.

Could be thought he was MS-13.

Dunno. Have only used it half a dozen times, and no calls dropped.