lordgrinz

That's true in any country, taxes on the rich and businesses just gets handed down to citizens and customers.

I make sure everything in Thailand stays in my wifes name, everything in the USA stays in my name. This way it makes things easier to handle in these types of situations. No matter what they do, at least she is Thai and can handle things, or liquidate assets without any complex issues with foreign ownership.

Yup, my daughter got it (Influenza A), and half the kids in her grade level at school. So far her mother and myself haven't gotten it????

Either the new PM is a complete moron, based on the fact that any intelligent person would have foreseen what this would do to the market, BHT exchange rates, and investor confidence, or he did it on purpose. The MFP should ask if the new PM has made any stock or monetary moves in the last few days, maybe he is an evil genius and just made millions/billions off this scare tactic. However, I'm going with him being just a complete moron.

Correction: They do indeed care about our money, just not us. They would prefer we fly in, hand over our money, then fly home. Expats are unwelcome here, evident by how they treat us, our money is actually all they care about.

Its at 35.945 ......that took only minutes.....this is hilarious! 555

Well its doing wonders for the THB/USD exchange right now, its at 35.905 and climbing! Here's hoping the Pheu Thai cause a financial collapse, would like to see the THB/USD to head above 40 before the end of the year.....555

If so, and my wife has already used it as a Tax ID on her Thai tax returns, then I assume that Tax ID is now set?

Yes, but her Tax ID is her Thai ID, she lists mine as the Pink ID. I am guessing the Thai Tax ID would be the same number. Would like to see someone else on here with a Pink ID and a Thai Tax ID that are different numbers. But I juust checked the return again, it literally says "Tax ID" on the document where my Pink ID is entered.

I assume when you mention "Thai Tax ID", at least in the case of a Farang, you mean the "Pink ID"? Because I just checked my wife's Thai Tax Return and I am listed on it with my Pink ID number.

??? My SCB bank account pays interest, it amounts to almost nothing, but it does pay interest.

Yeah, what could go wrong with handing over your sensitive tax documents to such a secure and safe government like there is in Thailand?

Yeah, when I was younger I never weighed under 80kgs!! I am 6 foot 1 inch and back when I had a six-pack???? I was 90kgs.

That appears to be the case, and if they make Big Joke the new leader of the RTP, we might as well pack our bags.

Touché ????

Well, there is the many lavish committee meetings and expensive food and lodging handed out, then they put out a statement suggesting new changes that will actually never happen, rinse and repeat.

Note: Remember to thank the Pheu Thai party for this, brainchild of their new unelected PM. Oh, and all Heil Thaksin!

Yes, I brought that Social Security item to her attention too, because my daughter and wife would not have access to my SS if I die, because neither have resided in the USA with me long enough. I actually didn't realize that until last year, so it has been on my mind for a while now. She would have no issue getting a job in the USA, she is well educated in the medical field and holds a Ph.D.

MFP should just send a picture with Pheu Thai stabbing the MFP in the back, then tell their new nemesis "Payback is a Bitch!"

I still got to work on her, in fact she signed on another condo, we are up to 4 now (we rent them out), but like we need another?! That's on top of our townhouse and her former parents home back in the countryside. We could sell everything, and head back to the USA, but she hasn't caved in yet.

I thought Prayut was the only village idiot, welcome the new PM, even dumber than the last.

I don't want to live my life worrying about a Plan B, I like stability, clean air/water, well established and enforced rules of law, and I like safety. None of these are obtainable while living in Thailand, I just wish I could get my wife to see that. To me, living in Thailand is like living in Hell, all I want to do is get my family out of here.

This is a Pheu Thai move (Srettha confirmed it on BP), just like they do to others, they love backstabbing people. They have to pay for their massive future vote buying scheme, best choice of people to tax to pay for it? Obviously screwing the foreigners is the easest choice. They want us out? That's fine with me. I can't see any scenario where they come out ahead, but good luck.

This would be my fear, because how else would they be able to handle this taxation of foreigners? The only way to make it work would be to tax all incoming money, then make you apply for a refund through filing as a tax resident here in Thailand. So for instance a Thai tax applied to our Wise transfers, where we would then have to wait until the end of the year to request any refunds that apply.

...then the Hospital.