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  1. Ben Zioner
    Dunno, what your situation is. But my 100000 USD/Year worth of pensions would remain tax free. I have about two years worth of savings of which I'll transfer one half or two thirds to my BB FCD accounts this year, so very minor benefit ?.. But I'll keep my fingers crossed, hope it is all true.
  2. Ben Zioner
    That makes France attractive for those who have a family. I did my figures in the last couple of weeks, here I could be liable for 850000 a year, in France only 300000 for a family of four. Plus all the family allowances and social security goodies.
  3. Ben Zioner
    Only solution is to steal money from foreigners. The rich Thais who prey of the poor farmers are the pride of the country, hence untouchable.
  4. Ben Zioner
    Reeks of both sexism and racism, glad I am not of your world.
  5. Ben Zioner
    Golda Meir.
  6. Ben Zioner
    No, you don't have to be "tax resident" when you transfer this money. It is a matter of timing.
  7. Ben Zioner
    Yes this isn't new, I used to outsource my IT projects to India, the Philippines and from 2010 onwards to Vietnam. There was zero presence of Thai companies, I think they didn't exist, or couldn't even read our RFPs.
  8. Ben Zioner
    Best not to be in Thailand.
  9. Ben Zioner
    Just cancelled my week in Koh Chang, decided to go to Penang. Found out that hotels are cheaper. If I get taxed, all our holidays will be out of Thailand.
  10. Ben Zioner
    Canabis?
  11. Ben Zioner
    No you don't want that, nor Thai nationality. We only want a visa status that exempts our pension from income tax.
  12. Ben Zioner
    Go for it, if you plan to buy jewellery.
  13. Ben Zioner
    Absolutely.
  14. Ben Zioner
    Mr Amateur PM, you ought to know that higher incomes comes only to and efficient and well trained workforce. Whatever money you steal from the middle classes to redistribute to no hopers via commie schemes will only make things worse.
  15. Ben Zioner
    My "come" goes the other way around.
  16. Ben Zioner
    Haven't paid income tax since 1991 and intend to continue to do so, as above. And of course I have always been legal.
  17. Ben Zioner
    You just don't get it. Someone who comes in in January 2024, with a non O, makes his 800k deposit for his extension of stay, under the new rules as they are known now, will have to pay income tax on the 800k. Someone else doing the same in July 2024 would not. Is that too difficult for you? And what has "my logic" to do with all this? They make rules, we have to think, act and react. Digging our heads in the sand certainly won't help.
  18. Ben Zioner
    Not if you spend less than 180 days in Thailand during the first calendar year.
  19. Ben Zioner
    Yes they will, and bear some consequences, just as we will.. We don't know wether OP pays tax at the source of his pensions. Hence my advice was not to plan o move to Thailand, at least for the next couple of years. I'd run if I could.
  20. Ben Zioner
    Someone had to bring up Generation Y.
  21. Ben Zioner
    I think this is a very bad idea. It would be much better to merge all your pension payments into a single account at home and wire 66 or 67k yourself. Also having a one year buffer (800k) in your account at all time could save you being asked to pay income tax for money transferred before the end of this year. Next year you will have to pay 75000 income tax on that income. Retiring to Thailand in the current climate isn't a good idea.
  22. Ben Zioner
    Neither is the stuff they make at Starbucks.
  23. Ben Zioner
    In Vietnam they have Crazy Duck.
  24. Ben Zioner
    Are we doomed?
  25. Ben Zioner
    No

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