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I would try to get the refund. At worse they will say No. Are they there 24hrs a day? 

28 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

Yes, many people do. There is a tax treaty between the two countries so you wont be taxed twice. I live in Thailand and may tax here on income but also file a UK return and pay tax on investments and property rental.

My accountant kept asking me about earnings in Thailand. My understanding is that the HMRC expect you to declare any Thai earnings. They accept Thai Tax have first call on taxing Thai income. But.

If income tax is 15% here. HMRC will want the other 5% to match the 20% tax in the UK. Depending on how the money was earned, Thai Revenue may or may not inform HMRC. 

I think it's down to you to declaring Thai earnings to HMRC. I don't think Thai revenue inform HMRC. Not 100% sure though.

So no lottery numbers were found!

1 hour ago, keith101 said:

Only 96.5% i wouldnt buy it , whats the other 3.5% ?

Silver

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On 1/31/2023 at 11:04 AM, Deserted said:

I don't think its that simple. Technically I am not working legally, so how can I be officially taxed if I am on the wrong visa still?

On the other hand you could be arrested for working on a tourist Visa!

2 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Israel has deprived an entire generation o Palestinians the right to life, liberty and happiness. They don't get to claim distrust of Palestinian rights.

Israel has tried a number of times to make peace with the Palestinians. On each occasion the Palestinians rejected peace. So really the Palestinians have deprived themselves of Life, Liberty, and Happiness. 

31 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

That's irrelevant. The Palestinians have a right to their own nation regardless of their animosity to Israel. Israel is denying that so it isn't any wonder they are hated. Right back to the Shatila massacre and before.

It's very relevant. The Palestinians deny the right of Israel to exist. Until they accept that right, they themselves will not have a nation. 

46 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Not if they supported a two state solution which is what is fair and what the rest of the world wants. The Netanyahu government are racist scum.

The Palestinian Arabs do not support a two state solution. As they say it takes two to tango. 

15 hours ago, liddelljohn said:

All fanatics be they  religious, political, managerial, military , left wing , right wing fascists , commies , liberals , greens, environmentalists etc etc  all of them need to be culled , to save humanity, freedom , rational thought ,democracy  and common sense , and true natural justice ,

So that equals everyone!

2 hours ago, emanphoto said:

We'd have to do multiple transfers plus fees are a little wicked for this much $.  The screenshot is maximum amount.  Although, TBF, I have not seen the bank rates.

If you are transferring a really large amount of money. Why transfer in one go? better to play the exchange rates, and transfer in smaller amounts. But you really should check out bank fees first. I think you will find Bank Fees are a lot higher than using a money transfer site like wise.com for any amount. 

Why not try wise.com to transfer funds to Thailand. They probably give one of the best exchange rates for transfers. Even better than sending sending USD to a bank in Thailand. And letting them convert to THB. 

16 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

That's how politicians win elections.

If only we could prevent the common man voting the world would be a perfect place.

Churchill was right!   

“The best argument against Democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

The reactionary "anti wokes" that rail against CRT almost never can actually define CRT if you ask them directly. 

some might say CRT is racist! 

6 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

On the other hand, at least he is not coming up with mad policies to pay EVERY black person $500,000 or whatever for historic 'slave' issues like the mad insane idiots in California !

5,000,000.00 each!

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

You're completely wrong.

My birthday is early March. I deferred my pension for two months thinking I would get the increase from April. I did not get the new increase. But because I deferred for two months, those two months bumped up my pension a few quid. That is my experience of doing what the OP is thinking of doing. 

deferring your pension won't get you the increase from April 6th. You only get what you would have got on your original retirement date. But if you don't have full pension contributions, it will increase the amount of pension you get by deferring receiving the pension.

1) Get new passport now

2) transfer current visa to new passport

3) Don't need to carry old passport and new passport when returning to Thailand

4) don't forget re-entry permit before leaving Thailand

6 hours ago, Purdey said:

Greta is actually suing the Swedish government for not doing enough to protect the environment. The woman has more grit than anyone on ASEAN Now and is no one's mouthpiece. Her smile while being detained says "You fell into my trap and put this local protest in a global spotlight". I look forward to the day she becomes Swedish PM.

 

She won't win because no one wins against any government. As for any grit she may have, is firmly lodged in her brain. She is just a puppet. With Sanctions affecting Europe more than it's intended target (Russia). Europe has no choice but to burn coal or scrap the sanctions. She is becoming irrelevant. Climate change is a hoax.     

https://www.dol.go.th/lawsection77/Documents/Development/LAND DEVELOPMENT ACT (NO. 2), B.E. 2558 (2015).pdf

Try googling "Land development act Thailand" theres an English copy of it!