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A minor update regarding an issue I've been very interested in -- the taxation of IRA accounts and 401K by Thailand. expattaxthailand has been crystal clear about this though some members are saying something wildly different than this: Those are seen as private pensions. Disbursements are fully accessable if remitted to Thailand as a Thai tax resident Balance of such accounts on December 31, 2023 completely irrelevant. Accounting for disbursements on a cost basis profit analysis of specific holdings as you would for a non retirement investment account is NOT a thing. What is my the minor update I speak of? An assertion that the information they give is all run by the revenue department for confirmation of accuracy. Take it or leave it. Hoping it isn't like that doesn't cut it.

No it isn't. There are many cases where there is no requirement to file. He said you must file every regardless. WRONG. Also there is no indication whatsoever that immigration will get involved in this.

Yeah most of his voters couldn't locate Ukraine or even Russia on a map to save their lives. They're so clueless that they think Trump can or will lower food prices by taking actions that will do the exact opposite. But personally I do care very much about that war and I think it's outcome is incredibly important internationally.

I was talking about Trump, Einstein.

Rug munching?

He won't be coming back for more.

About Melania. She has signed prenups and also updated contracts. There is no way she profits from dumping him.

Musk bought a business lemon. But he's using that business lemon as a right wing propaganda gold mine with his altered algorithms actively pushing toxic misinformation.

Nah. He cares about his billionaire oligarchs. He thinks his core base are trash. He would never actually hang out with such people.

I rarely agree with you, but if Russia gets one inch of Ukraine land that they stole to keep and it's clear they will, that's at least a partial Putin win. The key for Ukraine is getting actually real security protections. Empty promises as in the past aren't going to cut it. It's impossible to predict the details of the "end" of this war at this point. A cease fire type deal will only be pause, not an end.

You've got to be kidding.

Another case of maga misogyny. Impressively predictable.

That's where I'm at now with that. But in fairness, like a lot of this stuff, disagreements exist. The recent tax topic speaker at the Pattaya City Expat Club (not endorsing) said that income like that can not be put on filing forms, but they are adding a custom memo page to declare income like that. They suggest that would be a wise proactive action if audited later on the issue (comparing to remittances). Personally, I wouldn't do that. It seems to me with good records you wouldn't need to do that.

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Send a memo when he tries some Thai food.

Wait. We're still in the ballpark. 99 cents for a donut at Dunkin. Not a dollar! Dunkin' Donuts Menu Prices (Updated: January 2025) Bakery Favorites Donut1 Pc.$0.99

You're obviously talking about Trump.

Funny. Trump just punted the problem to Xi. Basically saying he doesn't even have a CONCEPT of a plan on how to solve it. To Xi -- Putin's ally. How low can Trump go? There is really no limit.

I suppose it could be changed to donuts to dollars?

Have you considered that authoritarian fake strong man felon Trump is going way too far in the other direction?!? Consider that he is ruling that the U.S. government can't even acknowledge the EXISTANCE of transgender people. 1.5 percent or not, they do exist. It's one thing to ban transgender people from competitive sports which is an issue that obviously does have strong majority support. It's another thing entirely to try to ERASE an entire group of people. That's a totally fascist move. Do you get the distinction? As far as mainstream lesbian/gay support for transgender people's civil rights, consider that the maga movement is STARTING with trashing civil rights for transgender Americans but already moving to attack more general lesbian/gay civil rights as well. It's already started. Cases trying to reverse marriage equality will definitely be headed to the supreme court to same lying "justices" who swore that Roe vs. Wade was settled law.

Trump's response -- he calls her NASTY. Yet he calls himself a Christian and Christians call him one of their own. I guess not putting his hand on a bible (two were offered by Melania) is kind of a hint.

Yeah it's weird. Western sanctions have isolated Russia so that they are degraded to turn to North Korea and Iran for help. Trump is isolating America all by himself. The world could hope to call his first term as a fluke. Now it's fair for the world to say Trump is what America is. Will America ever recover from the damage?

A man you would buy a used car or used insurrectionist felon from with total confidence!

So you're with maga -- cruelty is the point.

Compared to Trump he's a flippin' saint!