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No Rules or regulations have changed! The Thai tax system is a honour based system out of the 40 million workers approximately 10 million pay tax! That leaves 30 million people who allegedly don't meet the tax threshold! why are the expat community in such a flap ! There not going after any of there own 30 million non tax payers first, the voluntary based tax system will stay in place there is no statements from ANY official government departments about any enforcement There has been no government campaign to inform expats to do anything at all regarding tax I would suggest strongly if all expats had to get a tax number and file for taxes next year every immigration office in the country would be attaching letters informing you on your 90 day reporting regarding the matter I would like to point out to enforce all expats to get a TN and file for taxes would be almost impossible for the current tax department to process here are some reasons. staff not trained in global tax laws , not enough bilingual staff many expats here don't speak English or Thai! if we were all to get a TN and try to submit a tax return in January the staff and offices could not cope with such an influx it will take many years to train and expand their employees also more offices specifically for expats with the appropriate staff! My belief is the system will stay the same no new information by any departments will be forthcoming there will be hilarious scenes in January of expats trying file returns the do goody prefect type eager to give the Thai government there cash only to be told we don't know please go home we don't need sabai sabai

Typically loud mouth entitled prick gives yanks a bad name this <deleted> needs a kicking I wish I was on that train

The UK annual tax free allowance is 12570 UK pounds approximately 585000 baht i transfer less than that amount annually to my Thai bank account ! So am I liable for tax with the UK dual tax treaty ? Also I havent worked in the UK for thee years and have no paperwork to prove anything all my money is lifetime savings how do I prove decades of savings never filed a tax return always Been on PAYE

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That may be the case my point is the Thai authorities will have to do a national campaign to inform All expats of the exact legal position! nobody has any idea of what will really come to pass or be enforced. Most likely nothing will be clarified before next year knowing how Thai authorities operate . There would be enormous pressure on immigration and the tax department in January next year if we all had to file and get the necessary paperwork there would need to be thousands of extra staff trained in all languages and international tax treaties and code's, would be very difficult for the Thai revenue department to be upto speed for years

Can anybody clarify next year have all expats by LAW been ordered to register for a tax number and file accounts or will it be voluntary!! I have seen nothing official on this anywhere!

Yet another thread no new information ! But Endless speculation, and the usual scaremongering. Pray tell me when did the Thai revenue department announce every expat has got to get a TN number and file a Tax return next year by LAW? When did immigration state that your visa won't be renewed unless you file a tax return!? When did any Thai government department state this will be enforced on all expats? I will do absolutely nothing untill it is forced upon me by law and enforced, stop <deleted>ting yourselves 99.9% of retirees won't have to do a bloody thing or pay and file any tax return here. Remember Folks NO ENFORCEMENT = NO COMPLIANCE unless you are a prize <deleted>

If you move to a new area and report a different address online for your 90 day report do you have to do anything else? like what about your tm30etc please advise thankyou

Thailand could learn a few lessons from Cambodia 300 dollars for a year reTirement Visa 2 pictures took 2weeks to get no paperwork no embassy or immigration vIsit done from my hotel no 90 day report no tm30 and multiple entRY and a very warm welcome

Yet another thread with pointless fear mongering and guesswork don't be surprised if there's no new information or clarification whatsoever from any official source! I know people will say you should be planning ahead incase you may have to do this and that but the reality is nothing has changed my advice is to plan on tax avoidance like all buissines and the rich do here untill it becomes clear which could be a very long wait! on legal Tax avoidance are you aware that you can legally carry 450000 Thai bath undeclared into Thailand from any bordering country in cash! ALso if you fly home you can legally carry 20000 USD or the equivalent in any currency into Thailand believe me it's relatively simple to get an account in one particular adjoining country who will happily give you Thai baht in large quantities I'm not saying or suggesting you should do this but it's a start to protect yourself from possible but unlikely implementation I believe like many it won't amount to people's worst fears but if you are pooping yourself get thinking of avoidance and not compliance SHEEPLE

The pollution is no longer a secret the world knows let see how it affects the numbers and Thai buissines profits when they loose out on money that the only motivator to pressure the government to take real action not just empty words

Can anybody clarify that all expats residing here will all have to register for a TIN and file a tax return next year by law? or will it be voluntary ?

Here we go just like YouTubers clickbait spewing the same information which is minimal all the legal firms now scaremongering with the same level of information to get customers sounds cynical but 100% true, all touting for buissines I hope someone attends this so called seminar be interesting to see if there going to spew crap to get people to sign up for there services!

Where's the enforcement? when have the Thai government said expats retirees have got to get a Tax number by law and submit accounts the answer is they haven't! Pray tell me has Thailand started training thousands of new staff to understand all the tax rules in the dual tax treaty countries and tax thresholds ready for idiots queuing up voluntarily with boxes of statements and receipts and accounts to decipher in 2025 are they ready for 350000 thousand expats accounts to be submitted has any government department declared you will need to do anything by law absolutely not!! if your stupid enough to volunteer your accounts and pay any tax here thats your own utter stupidity. You must be living in a parallel universe...

what kind of idiot voluntarily goes to the RD and trys to get a tax number I joked about USA citizens doing just that queuing desperately for a TN NUMBER I can't believe people are so enthusiastic when there is absolutely no enforcement and wont be for a decade NO ENFORCEMENT= NO COMPLIANCE even if there was some enforcement it is not illegal to do your utmost to avoid paying tax here so many ways around it unfortunately people are so dim they can't see the answer and it's sitting in adjoining countries to Thailand I will not be needing any expert advice how not to pay tax even if the regulation was forced upon us and would be legal, your constant analysing and in depth arguments are stopping you see the wood from the trees! being kind as I can all I would say is the majority of you have no common sense...