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Exactly. The world is laughing at that big old FOOL. His cult actually believes he won though. Pathetic. To add, in the read out from the White House the sleazy corrupt liars there failed to mention action demanded by the brilliant wildly popular Mexican president about stopping imports of guns from the U.S. to Mexico, the main source of gun violence in Mexico.

A typical check is 1600 a month. A typical retiree lives on social security. Do the math. Trump's proposed SS tax cut does NOTHING for the lower income masses.

Don't bother. It's a Kremlin disinformation campaign that takes a Zelensky quote out of context paired with a picture of him look sheepish and guilty. The CONTEXT was talking about how the majority of US "money" spent doesn't actually make it to Ukraine as it's spent within the U.S. which actually helps the U.S. economy. Next ...

You missed official announcements from Thai officials on these matters. I understand your POV but the practical reality is that the rubicon has been crossed and you can't reverse that

A lot of wishful speculation.

The funny thing about that is that the vast majority of social security recipients are NOT taxed federally as their overall income excludes that, so the benefit would only be to wealthier Americans. (See a pattern?) Also that policy would mean that the mandated about 20 percent cut would happen years sooner if no other funding changes are made. So be careful what you wish for.

Makes sense that it "could" but that doesn't mean that it will happen.

You don't even understand the issue.

Here's an interesting question. The current U.S. president (God help us) has promised to end taxation of social security. Social security is currently exempt if remitted to Thailand. Would it become accessable in Thailand if the U.S. makes that change? I don't think so.

Hiding out in Pattaya? Was that very bright? I would think if attempting to hide out in Thailand a backwater might have worked better.

I think the issue here is that you think that the TRD takes the peculiarities of IRS taxation into account on how they classify types of pension income.

The world sees the reality of what Trump is. Maga cult members will take some time or at least until the leapard eats their face. Even the Kremlin gets that the USA democratically elected a dictator. They are thrilled!

Blind partisan knee jerk reaction.

If Roths are accessable then there would no doubt that traditional IRAs would be as well.

There is zero doubt that Trump and Musk are trying to install a dictatorship in every way they can get away with. They will push everything to their absolute limits. They won't even listen to supreme court rulings if they go against them. Voters were warned but they were just too stupid to heed to the warnings.

Very different rules in the U.S. Both accessable pension income if remitted to Thailand.

I find your argument totally specious. The environment has radically changed. Before now, pretty much nobody, certainly not retired expats, was filing or paying Thai tax based on remittances during the current year, regardless of the vehicle. And TRD wasn't interested either. Have you heard of something called POLITICS and changes of government? The priorities and targets changed and expats would need to be totally in denial not to see that.

A type of IRA.

IRAs -- personal pensions.

Good luck.

Not what I was picturing from the headline!

Again, the information I have is that TRD sees both Roth and Traditional as accessable pension income. I understand why people with Roths will balk at that. Don't shoot the messenger.

Yes of course IRA accounts are not your concern. They are weird though as there are two types, one is tax payed later and one is tax payed earlier, but to Thailand same same NOT different. In the UK there are pension types there that would presumably be accessable in Thailand and others exempt.

If the sold investment was sold into cash in a bank account before 2024, then yes that is exempt in any future year you might remit it. If it was in a cash bucket portion in a brokerage account, I am not sure about that though.

Thailand doesn't differentiate between Roth and Traditional IRAs even though yes the IRS treatment is different. Both are accessable pension income if remitted to Thailand.