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  1. It seems the tax allowances I'd read about previously may not be quite as generous. The additonal allowance you get when you reach 65 may actually be a tax exemption on net income up to 190,000 per tax year and only if you are disabled.  Some sites say over 65 OR disabled - some say over 65 AND disabled.

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  2. 9 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

    If you have a low income in 2024 you don't need to have a tax ID and don't need to fill in the tax form.

    Well I'm no expert but I'd rather hear that from the horses mouth - actually, in writing.  I doubt Mr Turner and his mates will recompense you, should you fall foul in years to come and end up with back taxes or worse.

     

    9 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

    Also it only considers the income remitted to Thailand.

    For now.

  3. 13 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

    It seems to be that most of them want to make money. That is their very first priority.  

    For those of us who come from a country where healthcare is free, dealing with a private health system can be a very strange experience.  I found the experience of being sold healthcare and the constant attempts at 'upselling' totally alien.  In other circumstances we might just say that you have to have your wits about you and make sure you are not being sold something you don't need. That's difficult when you may have no idea if you need a particular item or service or not. The hospital's overarching aim is to make money and that can take a little getting used to.

     

    Its not only us though - it goes on right down to basic levels - dentistry for example.  Have you noticed just how many Thai females are fitted with braces? Each time my ex wife visited her dentist she was told that she needed to keep the braces for another 3 months and predictably, another appointment was made - paid for of course. This went on for years.

     

    I kept telling her there was nothing wrong with her teeth but of course, the Thai dentist must be right.  When she moved to the UK she visited a dentist who removed the braces immediately - and commented that the design and type had actually done very little. I still don't think she believed it but the braces were removed.

  4. On 1/20/2025 at 12:27 PM, newbee2022 said:

    The day before she explained that explicit "state" pensions are tax-free, but "private" pensions are taxable.

    From the information I've read, under the DTA between Thailand and the UK, UK state pensions are assessable income whereas Government pensions are not. That does not necessarily mean you will pay tax on a UK state pension - the allowances are not too bad. All it means is that such income will be added to any other income and assessed for tax.

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  5. 6 hours ago, OJAS said:

     

    Basically down to Korat and their pals in Nakorn Ratchasima (as in the OP's case) being rogue offices, pure and simple, when it comes to enforcing TM30 requirements, I think. I have (or, more to the point, my wife has) never been asked for a fresh TM30 upon my return from each foreign trip by my office (Rayong).

    FYI Nakhon Ratchasima is Korat - a Thai abrieviation - Nakhon Ratchasima

  6. Typical of Korat Immigration.  Most people report that they don't have to re-register provided they return to the same address. Is it Korat being awkward as usual or is it because he's left the country and returned?  I'll have to register TM30 with Korat again soon - first time was a nightmare as they had no idea what a Usufruct is.

  7. 2 hours ago, Neeranam said:

    Let's hope so, it's wonderful to hear he'll send troops to the border, that's what the UK needs to do, and also kick out millions of illegal immigrants. 

    Did you go to school?  If so were you asleep during history lessons?  I suggest you read up on the outcomes of ultra nationalism. 

     

    Much the same goes for the periods in history where huge inequality has taken place with massive wealth concentrated on the few at the expense of the many - as with Trump and his buddies. Do you really believe Trump wants to increase the wealth of working class people? It would be interesting to learn how much the office cleaners in Trump Tower get paid currently.

     

    The problem is that humans never really learn - these things are cyclical and historically, have almost always ended in disaster for the rich - ask Loui XV1 and his family.

  8. 51 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

    Americans are stupid enough to blame Biden for inflation, but they will soon learn their chosen one has absolutely no clue how to bring any price down.

    I saw literally hundreds of reports and speeches during Kamala Harris's election campaign and not once did I hear her state what was patently obvious  - well at least obvious to most reasonable people - that post covid/Putin based inflation was affecting the entire world, it was not caused by Biden's policies. The US electorate should, you would have thought, known that anyway. However, listening to their comments during the election campaign, it seems they couldn't see the wood for the trees and they voted accordingly.

     

    You have to wonder what Harris's campaign manager's were doing - they should have been telling her to hammer those matters home at every rally and during every speech.

     

    I'm not a Biden supporter by any stretch of the imagination but I will never understand why so many Americans blamed him for inflation. Just as Obama left the US economy in pretty good shape for Trump in 2017. Biden has left it on the rise in 2025. I have absolutely no doubt at all that if it continues on an upward trajectory, Trump will claim its his doing.

     

    Both the World Bank and the IMF have stated that whilst Trump's stated financial policies may create further stimulus in the short term, they will eventually create a downturn and actually become inflationary. 

     

    As we saw in 2008, when America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. It would appear that there is real potential for Trump to instigate another worldwide recession. That may or may not happen during his term of office, if it happens at all but you can bet your last dollar that Trump will cry 'Witch Hunt' if anyone tries to blame him - just as he has every time he is blamed for anything or is charged with a crime.

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  9. I've come to the conclusion that the shipping world is just full of freeloaders and parasites.  Most of the sites I cam across turned out not to be shippers at all - they simply get your details and pass them out to several genuine shippers adding a chunk on along the way.

     

    Until today I've had quotes ranging from £1900 to £6500 for half a 20ft container.  Today I did another google search but this time I didn't enter anything about moving or Thailand - I simply put 'shipping agents Liverpool' (my nearest port).

     

    A list of what looked like genuine shipping agents came up and the first one I called quoted me £1100 - not for half a 20ft container that would be shared with others, risking damage and a wait until the container is full, its for a full 20ft container. This company will bring a container to my home and allow me 3 hours to fill it. They then take it to the docks and ship it to Thailand using a weekly service that takes 60 days to reach Bangkok. I won't have enough to fill that container but neither will I be risking other people's goods being stacked on top of mine with the possibility of damage.  I was recommended not to use a part container service by several people who have done just that and had problems.

     

    The downside is that I have to find a clearance agent in Bangkok to deal with customs as the agents this company use only handle commercial goods. Clearly that will involve some cost but I can't see it being a lot. I can supply a 10 tonne truck to move my goods up to my home almost immediately so providing we don't get bogged down with customs, storage fees shouldn't be an issue.

     

    I thank everyone for their comments and would say that I'm aware that I can replace much of what I have reasonably cheaply in Thailand but its not that really.  Some of this stuff is items I've collected over my lifetime, some is part of my life and some just has sentimental value. Secondhand furniture doesn't bring much in the UK so I doubt I could sell it all. and I just wouldn't feel right taking perfectly good items to the tip.

     

    If anyone can recommend a good customs clearance agent in Bangkok, I'd be pleased to hear.

  10. I'm a bit of a 'News Nut' I guess and my TV is often tuned to the BBC News Channel. However, I have watched less since the BBC teamed up with CBS in the USA. Since then the proportion of US news reported on the BBC has been simply ridiculous. I don't think the BBC realises that most English people (certainly those who I talk to) are not really that interested in what goes on in the USA. Europe is more important to us.

     

    However, things just got worse - Trump's back.  During his last term, there wasn't a day that went by without his name being on the news.  Today it begins again - I switched on my TV and there he is - spouting complete rubbish during his inauguration speech.

     

    I listened for 15 minutes and had to switch off............ Apparently the Biden administration have failed to deal with the Los Angeles fires and the Hurricanes that hit the USA in recent months.  Events which were almost certainly exacebated by climate change - yet Trump then goes on to say that he's going to 'Drill Baby Drill' and he's going to roll back vehicle emmisions laws!  Then we move on to the millions of foreign criminals and mentally ill people that are flooding over the US borders. He was"saved by god to make America great again" when a bullet grazed his ear in Pennsylvania.........bla bla bla. I'm surprised he didn't claim that immigrants were eating cats and dogs again.

     

    All the stuff he going to do - end wars etc, well let's see what he does actually achieve.  I note that he failed to mention that only 80 miles of his wall got built and that Mexico didn't pay for any of it. The clock is ticking Donald, don't forget that you only have 23 hours left to end the war in Ukraine.

     

    I can listen to politicians I don't agree with - in fact I believe its good to listen to other points of view but I cannot listen to this 9 year old in an old man's body spout his rubbish for the next 4 years.  That so many Americans voted for this child beggars belief but I hope it goes well for them, I really do.

     

    Funny how he was anti Tik Tok in 2020 and told reporters he would ban the App - today he vowed to save it.  Anything to do with votes perhaps?

     

    Think I'll go over to Al Jazeera - I doubt they'll be covering this lunatic so much.

     

    The only thing I'm interested in following about Trump is just how long it takes for him to fall out of love with his new boyfriend Musk. That will be interesting.

     

     

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  11. I have a Mitsubishi pump and mine was coming on intermittently without it seemed - any reason.  The pump senses a drop in pressure caused by the opening of a tap or other demand for water.  My problem was calcium build up in a toilet cistern that was not allowing the float valve to fully close when the cistern was full.  It was only causing a tiny demand - very hard to see. You could have a similar problem.

     

    Assuming you use a storage tank, the way to check it is as Crossy says above - shut the outlet valve. If it continues to come on, the problem is almost certainly with the pump, if it stops coming on, you have a problem with your plumbing. However, if you are using 'City Water' without a tank and simply using the pump to boost pressure, the problem could be air in the incoming supply.

     

    The above assumes your pump has been correctly fitted with an inlet and outlet valve.

     

    I've used Mitsubishi pumps for many years and found them to be very reliable. They are however, as with so much of your plumbing, susceptible to the Thai water demon 'Calcium' - as all other pumps are. I've heard of calcium causing the pressure valve to fail but never experienced it.

     

    Never had to bleed mine by the way - if you have to bleed a pump regularly there's a very good chance there's a leak on the inlet side or your tank regularly runs out.

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