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Good idea, the walking (or cycling) part. Do it, but not that route. I've done part of it by bicycle. Main highway has too much traffic, back roads too many dogs. Fewer dogs once south of Hat Yai. Why not get a re-entry permit, take a train to Nong Khai, then walk (or cycle) to Huai Xay?

cool headline gets you all excited, but the linked article explains Oh. Never mind.

I know, I know. I got the same response back in Texasland, when I questioned why someone would choose to stand in line at the post office at 11:59 PM on April 15th to get that essential postmark on their tax return. "Duh!"

Why worry about deadlines? Why wait. It's fast and easy. Takes five minutes online. Painless.

China. You'll need a VPN to access the intertubes. Not illegal, but discouraged.

Where is "here"? The googles works fine in Korat. As to the queen, still at large. But this is nothing serious, merely death threats. She hasn't done anything extremist, you know, like protesting and honking the horns.

Not quite. You two are not married. SHE has 2 homes paid for by you. With no parents, in the event of her passing before you, and assuming no will,her <deleted> son will own two houses paid for by you. Assuming no usufruct, you, as legally just some dude she shacked up with, can pay rent to the son who now owns the house you paid for.

It seems strange that Americans would want to give up full time positions with full benefits like health care and pensions and career progression, etc..........but somehow now prefer ueber side gigs and burger flipper engineering slots and positions as official wal-mart greeters instead. I'm not buyin' it.

That sounds wonderful. But then you ask for the details. What do they mean by "jobs"? If we're losing full time positions, replacing them with more part time positions, is that still considered winning?

Register online, initiate gofundme campaign.

Easy-peasey. He's 60 and single. A nice furnished 45-meter studio or 1BR can be found for 5-6000 bath. Utilities a couple thousand, phone+internet 500. That leaves over 50K for food and transport. Seems he's not interested in booze, hookers or blow.

Had a similar problem when living in China. Horrendous noise for a couple hours at night when the pump came on. But there are solutions. The pump might have an integrated timer that the owner/staff never bothered to turn on. Get the maintenance staff to go up and take a look see. Ask to accompany them and take lotsa photos. If it's got a timer, set it to run during the workday hours. If not, ask them to install a timer, set to run during the workday. Tell 'em you'll buy it if they'll put it in. Depending on the plumbing, you might be able to get them to install some isolation bars or plugs or mat to dampen the vibration. Not these in particular....just examples. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/-i4735312137.html https://www.lazada.co.th/products/532x15-dropshipping-i4758813055.html https://www.lazada.co.th/products/4-m4-m3-m5-i4773092404.html

That's ridiculous. Annual expat insurance is often not included when posters list their monthly expenses. It's usually considered outside of the daily budget. If I'm referencing a product or service bought outside of Thailand with foreign currency, it's pointless to convert to bath. Everyone on the planet knows what a $ is.

My expat international insurance purchased from London is priced in dollars. Valid worldwide, except in the US (and a few other high medical expense zones). Can you guess what kind of dollars? Am I expected to convert the copay and coverage amounts into bath, too?

You seem to be the only forum member unable to understand. In country daily expenses quoted in local "bath." Foreign transactions, not deducted from the 60K bath budget quoted in foreign current. Any quote in $ is assumed to be the US kind.

In country daily expenses would be quoted in "bath." Expat foreign insurance would be quoted in currency in which purchased in which.

The dodgy agent (I've read here) will cost 20-40K/year. Reasonable health insurance at 60 around $2K/year.

No problem living comfortable on half that amount. But will he have 800K to leave in a bank, or will he xfer 65K/month? He can afford almost anywhere. What are his interests/requirements?

Prolly knot.

Small yellow card? Prolly your TIN used for your tax return.

What exactly do you want to know? We have a new regulation going into effect soon. Some news articles report it one way, others report it differently, maybe. Afraid I can't give you any definitive answers. We'll just have to wait and see. I am hoping for the best. I am planning for the worst. I have low expectation for the hub of failed policies.

Thailand’s revenue departments has released new guidelines which will see all income from abroad taxed as personal income tax regardless of whether it was earned income or savings. A senior official at the Ministry of Finance confirmed a document released by the revenue department over the weekend was accurate. According to the document, “…those that have earnings from occupation or business abroad or wealth that is located abroad…and has brought these assets into Thailand…must factor this into their personal income tax for the year.” https://www.thaienquirer.com/50744/thai-government-to-tax-all-income-from-abroad-for-tax-residents-starting-2024/

Depends on what services. Want to rebuild a wall? How can they give you a reliable quote if they don't know if the old wall needs to be dismantled and carted off, whether the foundations have to be repoured, whether tree roots that destroyed your old wall need to be removed, whether the poor fill dirt the original contractor used is sinking. Same with painting or plumbing or electrical.

I don't know what to speculate.

....and apparently the new law says...... As stated previously, we don't know nuttin' yet. How will this be implemented? If wealth abroad brought into Thailand, whether earned income or savings, will factor into personal income tax, how will the authorities handle this? They certainly won't wait until the following year to get their cut, knowing the funds are liable to be sent out of Thailand just as easily. If it's too cumbersome (for them) to make the determination for each incoming deposit (over a set minimum I suppose), then better to tax everything and let the poor plebes deal with getting the overtax back next year.