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source ? i read on several occasions it will be available very soon.

most people (i believe) are OK to contribute by paying taxes to the country that welcome them. It seems strange to me to look for any type of "resident" or long term visa and in the meantime trying to evade taxes from this country...

It is basically one entry for 10.000 THB, you can stay up to 180 days, you can extend once for an other 180 days for an other 10.000 THB. Then the visa will expire. So you're allowed to stay for a total of 360 days, (without doing a border run), for a total of 20.000 THB

quote from pattayanews The DTV visa does NOT allow “any” digital nomad to stay in Thailand for five years, as incorrectly noted by some media. To be clear, once obtained, it can be used within a five year period, for 180 days, and extended once for another 180 days, with a 10,000 Baht filing fee each time. After being used twice, the DTV visa would expire. As stated, additional requirements will be released in the near future by the Thai government and are subject to change.

i think you're correct. It makes no sense to have the right to extend once in 5 years.

This needs to be clarified of course but imagine that you are earning money oversea and live in Thailand. This money was already taxed in the first country. Thailand wish now to tax it again, at a 30% rate. The video also talked about real estate income. The Thai tax office representative said that despite the income from real estate was taxed in the first (source) country, they reserve the right to tax it if you bring the money into Thailand. This means, if you have income from a condo in any country, and already paid income taxes on it, Thailand can taxe it again. This is totally crazy.

You are touching the sensitive point. The debate between the Thai tax revenue department and the French revenue department were talking about which language will "govern" the DTA. The representative of the French revenue department was saying that they were following the French version (which is official) since 50 years, and he was very surprised by the declarations of the Thai revenue department. They ended the debate by saying that this issue should be resolved "by top level officials". But what most of the people understood is that the Thai revenue department seems ready to burry the DTA, in order to enforce their new law and collect taxes on foreign incomes.

Did you listen the video ? There were 3 representative from the Thai Revenue department. There was a 10 min debate about semantic wording. The french DTA version says ...income from the source country.. "shall not be taxed" while the Thai DTA version says "may be tax". The Thai revenue department says that they will read the DTA with the word "may be taxed", which open the door to apply tax to an already taxed income from the source country.

Hello everybody, I saw a thread that was very interesting but it was locked due to some language violations. This meeting, between the French ambassy and an expert from the Thai revenue department, were discussing about the new law regarding foreign incomes. As you know, any foreign income brought to Thailand is now taxable under the new rule, whenever year you earn this income. What is very concerning was about a comment from the Revenue department about the double tax agreement between France and Thailand, and by extrapolation, every country that signed a tax agreement with Thailand. The revenue department said that the pensions, dividend, profits ect... would (will be) be tax in Thailand, despite beeing already taxed by the first country. It means that the DTA (Double tax agreement) would be not applicable anymore. The Thai revenue expert is talking about this at this sequence, in english language, at 56:17 min of the video (just press play and the sequence will start at the right time, in english language) This is concerning because when you listen what he says, it seems the DTA will not be taken into consideration anymore. Which mean any income already taxed in the source country, "may be" taxed in Thailand too. Please listen the sequence and share your thoughts Thanks

Please let me help to clarify your comment : "I don't know what happen but i feel the urge to give my opinion on this story anyway" joke apart, any similar story would give us a clue about how long these two lads will spend in jail ?

hi, i have a visa NON O multiple , i got it from the Thai Embassy in Paris. The staff told me it's supposed to be not easy to get but it was not hard in fact. We provided good documentation to show that we can support ourselves. (income tax return + bank statements) and 15 days later i got my visa. I suspect the financial profile of applicants is a very important criteria...

The one wrote this article is probably living somewhere outiside Thailand right now. The real estate cost (rentals or purchase) is going through the roof (Thanks to our russians friends). To rent average Thai style house in Phuket (and we don't talk about prime location) cost about 35 to 45K Thb which is the average cost in spain, France, Portugal, belgium, Italy ect... The medical expenses can be crazy, My insurance, (Europe Assistance) classify Thailand "aera 3", The same level of costs as US, Canada, Japan, Singapore... Of course you can go to public hospitals but for anything serious, i would avoid it. Public hospitals don't meet the international standards. The restaurants are still cheap and it is easy to find good food for a fair price. Supplies too are cheap. Moving around is inexpensive, (airplanes tickets), Gazoline is cheap too, compared to Europe. And plenty of services, such as massages, barbers ect... But all together, if you want to live a "confortable life", having a nice home in a good location, have good insurances, (just in case) and eat time to time foreigner food. It will cost more or less the same as in Europe. I love Thailand, i have a Thai Wife and a baby, and i can say my monthly expenses are more or less the same in Thailand or France.

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