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From Thai Vat!

Here are some important points to remember:

At the time of purchase

When purchasing the goods, the tourist must present his/her passport and ask the store to issue a VAT Refund Application for Tourists form (P.P.10) along with the original tax invoice/s for the purchase. The passport number must be correct on the form.

*In the case of consumable goods, these must be sealed along with the message ‘No Consumption Made While in Thailand’.

At the airport when departing Thailand

The purchased goods, of which the total value must be 5,000 Baht or more, must be presented along with the VAT Refund Application for Tourists form and original tax invoice/s to a customs officer for inspection before check-in.

In the case of luxury goods (jewellery, gold, ornaments, watch, eyeglasses, pen, mobile or smart phone, laptop or tablet, handbag, and/or belt) of which the value is 10,000 Baht or more per item, and carry-on goods of which the value is 50,000 Baht or more per item, these must be hand carried and showed again at the VAT Refund for Tourists Office after passing through immigration.    

At the VAT Refund for Tourists Office, if the refund amount is not over 30,000 Baht with insurance for the tax refund amount, the payment will be made in cash (Thai Baht).

The refund can also be claimed by post to the Revenue Department of Thailand, or by drop-box in front of the VAT Refund for Tourists Office at the airport, and at the downtown refund office locations.

Your idiot accountant is 100% correct. Unless you have income of more Than 12,500 you do not pay tax. Dividends or interest on savings do not count as income. 

There are companies that will inspect a new build and check everything is as it should be. But I have no idea where to find them. there are Thai FB pages that talk about this. Get you Thai wife/girlfriend to search FB.

4 minutes ago, Doctor Tom said:

That is very risky 

Rubbish.

Don't say anything about it to immigration unless they ask. But if they are as good as you say, it shouldn't be a problem.  

44 minutes ago, Goat said:

I think this might be the reason Barry is having issues at immigration.

They dont like farangs with attitude.

Indeed judging by some of the OP's responses, his attitude is probably the reason for his problems.  

3 hours ago, Andycoops said:

I've had three one-year non O marriage extensions before. I'll add that my last one expired last November. I went overseas for a week and was told by Kalasin, before I left, that I should re-enter with no visa and apply for a non O visa upon my return. I did, and that expires next week so I've applied for my fourth one-year, after a gap of five months.

Why didn't you say that in the first place. Instead of saying "since three years ago"? 

You resign your position and walk away with nothing. Do it legally ie through a solicitor.

1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Read it again. I wrote that I've had one since, I think, three years ago. I didn't write that I hadn't had one for three years.

That makes no sense. Lets try again! when was the last time you had a Non O based on marriage? If there was a break between applications ie, one year you were on a different visa. And now applying for a new Non O based on marriage. Then you have to start all over again. Just because you had one "you think three years ago" means nothing, it doesn't entitle you to just pick up from you think three years ago. 

Normally you would just renew your Non O based on marriage yearly. They don't like breaks for the very reason that you may be paying some one to say there are your wife. 

And if you read my first reply, I did not say you never had a Non O visa. Read it again! 

1 hour ago, bogs smith said:

i just find it very perplexing that outwardly logical seeming people by day are really superstitous and illogical by night. how do they balance the inevitable internal conflict inside?

You seem to assume a lot. To you it's superstitious, illogical, with internal conflict!  To him, it is an extension of his Buddhist belief. That good spirits can guide him though life to achieve his aims. It's very real and there are thousands of Thai's who visit, not so much fortune tellers (That's your western slant) but maybe seers who can connect with these spirits.    

I have been with my wife to one of these seers, he is revered amongst the community here. He would have 15-20 people visit him in one day. I don't speak Thai and my wife didn't tell him about me, But he was able to look at me and tell me things about my past and and future. 

An example, I was selling a house in my home country. We visited him because I was worried the sale might fall through. I didn't show him a photo or explain the layout of the property. He said the sale would go through. But then he said. The land has two houses on it. Well, it is one house, but there is a detached  annex  next to the house. To him it is two houses. 

So put your western logic to one side. For Thai people it is very real, and many visit these seers for advice. Even if they can't predict next weeks lottery numbers.  

1 minute ago, DudleySquat said:

It has nothing to do with his custody.  If the child is Thai, at 15 she can be the majority owner of a corporation. 

 

 

The OP said he doesn't want to go the company route! Though that might be the way to go.

51 minutes ago, SGD said:

Does a minor have to have a Thai looking out for the property or can a westerner do that, i.e. me ?

I think it depends if you have sole custody or shared custody with your ex wife? See a Lawyer.

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

Absolute nonsense. Just because 'broke and dumped' happened to your friend...

Absolute nonsense. You don't know what you are talking about. And some idiot gave you a like! hahahahaha.  

36 minutes ago, Formaleins said:

Cheers, appreciated. I was worried that once the gravel had been laid down it was no longer "mine" to touch and could be deemed part of the shared road. - it isn't a wheelbarrow full you see, it is about 100 truckloads! Not a small outlay.

You only have a problem if this situation has been ongoing for the past 10 years. something to do with public right of way being established. But I assume this is a recent problem. 

40 minutes ago, STD Warehouse said:

maybe because they wont be alive in 30 years and have no children to pass it onto

So why spend all that money on lease and building a house, when it would be far cheaper to rent and spend the excess on enjoying life.

What you are saying is your ideal buyer has 30 years to live, has no next of kin. And really really wants to buy your land to p**s away his life savings! Sorry if that sounds hard. Maybe dreams do come true! ;)

32 minutes ago, STD Warehouse said:

because they are in reality buying the land, even if technically they don't own it, they will for the rest of their life have rights to the leased plot.

They only have rights for as long as the lease is valid. The same if they die the day the lease ends. 

Chances are, the tree will interfere with what ever the leaser will want to do with the land. They won't be doing any cultivation, will they? So you probably won't be able to lease the land with that sort of clause. 

Also why would anyone build a house on leased land, knowing they have to vacate in 30 years?  

As far as the Electricity company is concerned. I suggest, the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. Had a similar situation where there was an anchor wire about a meter into a piece of land we were going to build on. We just dug it up. 14 years later and Electricity company  has said nothing and the Electric pillar is still standing.

Before you get involved with the land office  about the now shared access road. Get that bulldozer to remove the stones and get your new road build. Then put a boundary wall where your land meets their land.

Just make sure you can identify the boundary markers the Land office use to mark out your land and build your boundary wall from marker to marker along the line of the boundary. Take photos of the markers and maybe even GPS locations. The wall can be as simple small pillar and wire construction or a 1.80m cement wall, up to you!

If the new land owner has a problem with that. Let them start the legal stuff. But my guess is most Thai's just want an easy life. They will probably accept the situation.  Besides it's perfectly legal to build boundary walls around your land.   

Maybe build your boundary walls first?

21 minutes ago, Goat said:

Probably the result of Brexit.

Absolutely nothing to do with Brexit. Oz and NZ are not EU countries.

1 minute ago, ed strong said:

Hes in a mobility scooter, over weight and undervalued by his ex wife whom im presuming was not a looker, so im sure he will will be pleasantly surprised by the attention that he will get in Thailand from both the girls and ladyboys. Of course hell have to be sensible but that the norm for any trip to a foreign country.

So, if his weight is the reason for the scooter. Would he be able to lose some weight? Plenty of men are undervalued by their wives. Plenty of men undervalue their wives also. Maybe he needs to work on himself first? Sort out the reason for being over weight, if there is a reason!