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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.

This is a bigger picture observation of what Trump is doing. Yes he is smashing up the government in every way he can. One way is to have incompetent cabinet members totally loyal to him and in some cases picking leaders who are against their departments even existing. Next step -- TOTAL CHAOS. Then -- with his artificially manufactured multi-faceted CRISES, Trump comes in with even more extreme dictatorial actions and powers because the people will be crying for that when everything is falling apart. This is a classic textbook move of authoritarian dictators. He has lots of power now. He wants it ALL. Now I realize the most people that voted for Trump believing his lies about lower grocery prices weren't aware that they were voting for this total madness. But it's too late. He's installed.

A comedy? A holocaust movie? Neither. Refreshingly original hard to categorize movie showcasing the talents of Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin (yes brother of the Home Alone guy).

That post was a disgusting flame and entirely about you idiotically thinking you understand me. I'm upset that Trump is now an authoritarian dictator and he pushes people based on total loyalty to dear leader that have zero qualifications or competence. For Ambassador to Luxembourg OK. Not for a life and death stakes for the planet job like defense secretary.

Because it's a cult. Daddy knows best.

No it isn't. Just because you're acting the sore maga winner, doesn't mean people should actually respect such madness.

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Yes banks do cash U.S. checks but I think they're much more likely to do that when the payee has an account with them. I can imagine them not liking anything different. It helps that it's not a personal check but from a corporation. As far as getting help from a U.S. national, if it's a big check, they might be concerned about remittance tax implications.