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Those sessions are about punching in numbers. I already know what they'll say about IRAs. That they confirmed their opinion with TRD.

I forgot to mention Americans in countries he has already directly threatened. Panama, Denmark and Canada. It's a fact that there has been backlash against American expats before but mostly about gentrification and ugly American arrogant behavior. For examples in Mexico City and Lisbon.

Maga is for free speech only if it's pro maga speech.

I think that's an excellent question. I'm far from an expert but it seems to me that what you're suggesting might work. Why does it need to be LONG TERM gains? Why not a few days? Answering that -- going fast would be easy to see an intention of evasion. If it's an outside a retirement account chunk of money when remitted that's what it is, yeah? BTW -- if you take a loss on that play, there is no tax in Thailand but you can't write off the loss in Thailand. What's the flaw? Well, intention I guess. If that's your pattern if they have info about that then it's an attempt at evasion I suppose. But I don't see how what you do with your own money OUTSIDE of Thailand is any of their business at all. Perhaps that idea is too good to be true.

It would take a full direct effort from Iran but those two forces would be on board with such an effort, if it ever comes to pass. The state of Israel works very hard for it to never come to pass. But they are a small minority in a very hostile neighborhood. Don't forget how close Iran is to having weaponized nukes and also how they have directly allied with Russia who of course is chock full of nukes. Israel isn't paranoid. It's not paranoia if they're realiy out to get you. They're realistic.

He's only been back in office for a few days, and the madness has already started. Not talking about specific cases yet, but in nations hurt by punitive Trump trade war tariffs or barbaric treatment of their nationals by U.S. immigration, do you think things may get ugly in certain countries for U.S. expats? For example say he hits a country with 50 or 100 percent tariffs and the local economy crashes because of it. The people will know the pain comes from America. Wouldn't it be natural in such cases for the people or even governments to take out their anger on the Americans they see, the ones that live there? Even if ironically, those Americans may be very anti-Trump.

Iran does. Iran supports Hamas and Hezbollah.

That's a Grade A snarky generalization.

That's not what I was talking about. Obviously if you have remitted accessable income over the threshold, then you are required to file, so that's a matter of compliance. Filing when you know you don't need to is defensive.

I will add one of the TIN pushing to f-rangs firms which shall remain unnamed is employing scaremongering rhetoric to push people to file (using their expensive services of course) who don't need to file or pay tax defensively. Their line is if you don't file in that situation years later if audited (which they seem to color as more likely than not) it will cost you MUCHO MUCHO DINERO to handle that (presumably with their massively costly assistance), so much cheaper to file defensively. Well to that I say, I've quite skeptical about that. If your case is simple such as showing money in the bank on December 31, 2023 or showing the source bank accounts as exempt social security, why in heck would you need to shell out for any help at all (if you plan on keeping records going back years). Or perhaps you might need just to bring in a translator if language is an issue.

I don't really believe that you don't know why transitioning people require hormone therapy. If you really don't know, I would suggest you're not in an informed position to debate these topics. That is so basic! If you're saying you don't want health care systems to pay, that's a position to take, but unless you're a Thai citizen you really don't have standing there either.

My thinking is that if your case would be very complicated and difficult to prove if audited, then maybe be defensive and file when you shouldn't need to. But if you know you'll have the records and that it will be elementary to prove that you didn't need to file (or pay tax) then I wouldn't get a TIN or file. I have the latter situation for now.

Alot of interesting details about this presidential scam.

You have an expert background in US tax matters. So it's natural for you to feel the need to go deep into the weeds on these matters. I just want the answers. I don't pretend to ever be at your level on such analysis and it simply doesn't interest me. I'm not in a position to argue arcane law to the TRD in Thailand.

It's a MEME coin, dude! Such scams degrade the legitimacy of crypto. A social media site at least does something in terms of communication, spreading propaganda and misinformation. How is it even remotely ethical for a president to be pushing a meme coin for this own personal profit?!? Can you actually defend that as legitimate?!?

I wonder what the mother thinks about his intentions throwing her son off the boat. It doesn't sound like a premediated act though in the world of custody battles it's not unheard of for the denied parent to kill the contested child as in if I'm not going to get custody, nobody is.

Any maga inspired ON TOPIC defenses about this specific topic -- the corrupt Trump crime family scammy meme coins? I thought not.

Actually that firm in a recent QA session provided a very clear and firm answer about that specific question about whether the value of U.S. retirement accounts at December 31, 2023 is exempt going forward. NO! NO! N0! So, no worries about complex accounting. It is very simple actually. The full amount of the withdrawals when remitted is the relevant number. ALSO, there is no cost basis profit calculation on sold assets WITHIN the retirement accounts as there is for non-retirement investments.

There is nothing in your post that is about THIS topic. Just a lame ad hominem attack.

I think that any but the most dedictated down the rabbit hole maga cultists can acknowledge that the ideal of the presidency is to serve the American people, rather to serve the bank accounts of the presidents. Yes of course ex-presidents make money related from the office such as book deals and speaking tours. But those are related to the presidency. There is no rational justification for this massive meme coin GRIFT. A question I do have is just how much money the Trump crime family stands to make from this scam. I have read a range but I'm generally hearing several BILLIONS of dollars (at least on paper for now) which represents a multiple amount of wealth more than the Trump crime family has made from their core business -- branding real estate, money laundering, tax evasion, etc. If the democrats had the house majority I would say -- IMPEACH HIM AGAIN, but the republicans shamelessly bow down him as if he was King. I haven't heard this idea from any media, but I personally have a feeling that Trump hopes to with this and other scam grifts become the richest man in the world, richer than Elon Musk. Why? Well, he would want that, wouldn't he, and it must bother him that Musk beats him in that department. He's on his way by turning the USA into a Putin style oligarchy. Putin managed to become the richest person in Russia anyway, so Trump has a blueprint for further CORRUPT action.

Just as I thought. Either crickets or weak tea whataboutiism. Let's get real. There is no conceivable defense from magas for this scammy meme coin gambit by the Trump crime family.

OK, I could list 100 things that show how corrupt Trump is. But this scammy meme coin is just so in our faces it can't be ignored. Aside from using his presidency to make billions off a scam token, anyone in the world, including enemy leaders can buy his garbage coin ANONYMOUSLY, but he'll know. What we know is that he is all about everything being transactional. A Trump regime for We the people? In our dreams. Trump’s Crypto Meme Coins: Here’s Everything Wrong With Them www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-crypto-meme-coins-wrong-1235246237/

You supported him.

Hardly. Did you vote for Trump to threaten allies with takeovers? When a leader goes mad, it's the patriotic thing to resist him.

I support Ukraine against Russia and in the same vein I support Denmark, Panama, and Canada against Trump. Putin and Trump -- birds of a feather. What's even funnier not ha ha is the not even his most hard core maga base thought they were voting for what he is trying to do with imperialistic expanding the land of the USA. Russia has plenty of land already and so does the USA.