hondoelsinore

3 minutes ago, JimGant said:

 

The speaker, Thomas Carden, has many mistakes in his repertoire. Six years ago on this forum, we discussed his too-good-to-be-true product that would allow US taxpayers who lived in Thailand for over 180 days to avoid all taxation (Thai and US) on their IRA distributions. His rationale: The "saving clause" in the US-Thai DTA does not apply to private pensions, including IRA's. This would make Thailand the only country in the world, then, where you could move to and cash out your IRAs tax free, to include exception from US taxes. Yeah, right.

 

Anyway, the below thread ref is long and probably of interest primarily to US types, especially those now living over 180 days in Thailand and are paying taxes on their US IRA distributions. But, it does give perspective on Carden's dubious standards.

https://aseannow.com/topic/1008555-tax-specialist-in-chiang-mai/page/3/

 

Pay particular attention to the Swiss-US DTA and its IRA treatment -- and how it's been vetted by the Senior Technical Reviewer in the Office of Chief Counsel, IRS. No such vetting has been done with the US-Thai DTA in regards to IRAs, and those tax returns filed by Carden, exempting IRAs from taxation, if audited, have only had low level auditors completely overwhelmed with treaty language, tax code language, and Carden's snake oil interpretation of the saving clause. So, yeah, if you hire Carden, you can save a bundle on your taxes, including filing amended tax returns for the previous three years. And probably with little risk.

 

I just don't like the unethical.

 

 

 

Well that's one snake out of the den. Your Welcome.

4 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

well it wasn't on YouTube so I had to quote the NY Times. But others in this topic have already repeatedly said those who stay in Thailand only do so for cheap sex.

But it's a story in the Washington Boston suburbs? Two absolutely horrid places... Methinks you'd do better with YT, NYT's is absolutely worthless. oh well...

1 minute ago, NickyLouie said:

 

Most the people reading this are also obese.

And yet they have Carte Blanche to judge? Any country with KFC, Burger King, McDonald's, Taco Bell, etc. has critical obesity problems, but create too many woke pathways for you not to be able to judge. Me? I could care less, I just keep my weight optimum because I like being able to put my underwear on without falling over. That's all that counts with me.

Just now, EVENKEEL said:

And yet, here you are.

Nope... I don't judge like a LOT  of losers do in Thailand. You know the ones, that bitch and bellyache and sit around waiting for low class, low IQ subservient females to come rub up on the them, and then call it a night and go home alone, and tell themselves over and over, there's always tomorrow. 🤣

3 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

Yes and because I'm just a cheapo:

 

Nov. 8, 2023 The Justice Department announced charges on Wednesday against three people accused of running a “high-end brothel network” in the Washington and Boston suburbs and unveiled an investigation into potentially hundreds of high-profile clients who had paid for sexual services.

 

The prostitution scheme was run through at least two websites that advertised appointments with Asian women ... They are accused of using “coercive tactics” to draw the women into providing sexual services, for which clients were charged about $350 to $600 per hour.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/us/politics/justice-department-brothel.html

Are you that bored you'd actually share this crap? Or just trying to remain relevant to a bunch of strangers on a public forum? Jeez people.

Anyone that has the time to sit and observed useless crap like this, is way too sad and could never be much service to ANY hole in Thailand. The mind usually outlasts the penis, but it's really no reason to hate.

Roughly $261 US dollars puts into perspective the sadness these governments deal out, like the US government did with the $1400 sucker relief fund. At least Americans could by Kools and a 40oz. It's so exciting being a human in these times...

1 minute ago, rabas said:

 

First your critical thinking spreads misinformation. 

Now the same critical thinking says that's OK because ... your critical thinking.

 

I think your 'critical' is more like the one they use in hospitals? 

I'm not any different than anyone else who has shared YouTube BS, but doesn't change the fact that you make absolutely no sense. Must be an old one foot in the grave oxygen thief. 

Just now, Mike Lister said:

And also extremely unhelpful because now idiots will use what is said in the video as fact and they will be wrong. 

Why would you be concerned? This guy and Chocolate Man didn't impress me from day one, but I am capable of critical thinking, which I see you don't need to be on YouTube. 

13 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

An interesting perspective.

Expats are confused?

You think? 

 

 

 

Yep that's a perspective all right. interesting? Uh no.... Did Twinkle Toes tell me anything I didn't already know? Uh no.... Imagine what kind of hero you could be if you had clear and distinct information about a certain subject that people could actually use? then you have Youtube. 

Not one ounce of testosterone. I weep for the future. Youth is so wasted on the young.

3 hours ago, kimamey said:

 

The trouble with that is that a lot of it is down to education. Grandmother and/or Grandfather  rides a bike without a helmet, and possibly without a licence and therefore insurance. Mother and father also drive without a helmet but slightly more likely to have a licence. They all take the kids on the bike in varying numbers, thereby teaching them that helmets don't matter. Unless they go on a main road they won't see police checks as there isn't enough room on the back roads for all the cones, police, table for taking fines and checking phone for hours, tent to shield from sun and enough pickups to transport it all.

 

When they get to 10 years old, or sooner they want to ride the bike and since their parents and grandparents couldn't be bothered with laws and safety there's no reason they should be either. That's what they've been taught.

 

Even if the parents are responsible adults. Yes I know, but I'm not talking about that many. Even in that case the child will still want to ride a motorbike at 10 because all their friends are, which puts the parents under pressure because it's not just some of their friends, it's how things are done here. If the police took it seriously they could help, but they don't. Part of that is probably because pocketing fines is part of the funding plan rather than using taxes. So it goes right up to the government.

 

I remember a few years ago after Songkran or New Year the police in one area paid for some monks to walk along a road that had seen a lot of accidents and deaths, whilst chanting to ward off evil spirits. The guy in charge did admit that poor driving might have been an issue as well. 

 

Before I came here I think there was a transport minister who said "Thais don't need helmets as their skulls are thicker". Maybe someone can tell me if that's true. Anyway, since Thai heads don't seem to be any bigger than anyone else, a thicker skull can only mean less space inside.

 

I nearly forgot the policeman in Mahasarakham who wouldn't fine helmetless children riding to school as they wouldn't be able to buy sweets.

 

 

I lost my second wife in a motorcycle accident. She was wearing a helmet, boots and leathers and still succumbed to her injuries. I still cannot understand the Westerners infatuation with locals wearing helmets here. People are going to do what they want, and doing the right thing doesn't always save a life. 

11 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

What a pathetic post.

you're pathetic

Smug, greedy, well-fed flat face people have invented a language to conceal their sins. The fact remains you will never be able to understand any of it, as simple as that. 

4 hours ago, stat said:

Really? So how many languages do you speak as "good" as the french guy does speak english? Reminds me of my parachute training buddies in the UK who were asking me how it feels to speak another language :-) (I love the UK and the US , always felt more at home there then in Germany)

~yawn~ 

On 9/22/2023 at 9:40 PM, isaanistical said:

at last, some good news.

Don't know about you, but I've found that anywhere I have lived, when people around me do good, I always seem to do good. It's always what you personally make of a situation, and I sure wouldn't stay anywhere if it was as rotten as the expat doom cult says it is. 

3 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said:

Wonder what your accent  sounds  like when you speak French.

I wouldn't even attempt to speak English with such a heavy accent, but the world is full of idiots, especially on YouTube. 

24 minutes ago, anotherexpat4444 said:

 

The Hell lies in the fact that someone listens to that horrible accent, especially when it's the same ole sh*t that has been spouted before. Why?

Confucius says, never trust flat faced man.

1 hour ago, stat said:

Smart people who tell the truth are not fun at parties, but fun to talk to. 🙂

You don't get out much huh? Are you a shut in? Looking for friends and allies from anonymous strangers in a public open forum? I am wondering if there will be 131+ pages of the same superfluous comments as the other one? Methinks there will be, and most likely by the same mega posters as the other one, making the same old tired comments. It's hilarious that you can see who posts the most at the beginning of the thread, and then you read their comments. 🤣

Years back my wife and I lived in Rangsit because she owned a coffee shop there. We had a fresh market within walking distance and offered pretty decent fruits and vegetables along with food vendors. Always nice to go with our dog in the evening. One day we arrived and noticed all of the market had moved their stalls maybe 200ft. to a new slab of concrete leaving the old area filthy with oils and garbage thrown out over the years. My wife and most of the Thais were abuzz about the new market, but I noticed it was all the same vendors selling all the same stuff. I brought this to my wifes attention, but still excited she said it didn't matter because this market was new. 🙄