Prubangboy

-If only there were a way -perhaps using some kind of computer- where questions on stuff like tax could be quickly answered. Ooops, there isn't. As per the above, "There's no way to know that".

Yeah, def. Let's never interact in any way ever again. Cambodia's calling. And I hope you answer.

Nah, I'm just a person who knows the term, tax resident, and understands the very simple concept. Yes, you are NOT an immigrant. We agree on that. You have residency status, due to retirement (I'm guessing). Saying that you have no rights as a tax resident living in Thailand is nuts. You may not like your basket of rights here, but it's not like you live in N. Korea. You seem butt hurt that dirt poor Thailand isn't giving you NHS-level service. For free. The mind boggles. What onerous "duties" other than 90 day reporting are chafing against you here? Jury duty? Serving in the Thai Army? Feel free to do the math on a $25K remittance using those tax bands and see if you come up with a different number. I called you goofy due to your Ghandi-like passive resistance to basic arithmetic.

Existence is suffering is really the ultimate whinge. About everything.

Buddha said existence is suffering. And he never had a girlfriend who only worked as a cashier, never behind the bar.

Please look at your visa. It's not a tourist visa, it's a residency visa. A retirement visa is a kind of residency visa. When you become a legal resident, you also become a tax resident, for whom the rules are not printed on stone tablets, handed down from God, never to be changed. In most places in the world, residents (long term stayers), are subject to local taxation, subject to whatever is tax treaty is in place, because they are tax residents. Taking your ball and running away from a polite discussion belaboring this bit of obviousness (or from whatever a T game is) does not change this common sense fact. I lived in England, as a Non-Dom. I had to pay taxes to live in England, because I was a tax resident of the UK . A Thai tax resident living overseas has to abide by the tax rules of the country they live in too. People may feel aggrieved about perceived "racism" here, or complain that "it's not worth it". These hurt feelings are not relevant to a discussion of tax residents living in foreign countries. The local government has the discretion to define who is and who isn't a tax resident. Since every country in the world does this, the odd man out is you. * The $215 amount was the monthly amount of Thai tax due on a $25K remittance. Like I explicitly said. Your feigning complete confusion over this blindly obvious fact is a little goofy.

Taxation without representation and any rights of a citizen. You're not a citizen. So you have no citizen rights. You're a resident, so subject to the rules and restrictions therein. You are who they invented the term tax resident for. You may feel shortchanged here compared to the lavish (?) spread a Mexican who swims the Rio Grande gets. But you are using the infrastructure and various government services. It all costs something. And typically, Mexican workers are paying into Social Security, which they will never receive. Why should a Thai guy who drives a cab pay tax and not you? If 8% total world-wide income seems too high to you, what % works for you?

Will you change countries to save $215 a month?

I have read on this forum dozens of times of Trump-types outraged that migrants in the USA get medical care, social services, education when they are not US citizens. Therefore, I expect they will be first in line to pay Thai taxes with a smile, lest they be thought of as foreigner freeloaders. If you believe in America First back home, (or no benefits for asylum seekers in Europe), then what's wrong with Thai people believing in Thailand First about us -we who are much, much richer than migrants and asylum seekers?

This. Very sun-averse ladies. Now if they had fishing inside a mall.......

You can opt out of Medicare Part B. It would prob pay for your new Thai Tax bill. Most countries have some kind of tax for remitted income. In Mexico and Brazil, they tax ALL world wide income, whether remitted or not. At crazy high rates that kick in early Unpopular opinion: We live here, we use the road, police ect. So Thailand deserves some revenue for that.

I just googled: What countries have ended a tax treaty? 2 names come up Russia (to punish countries for the sanctions) and The USA against Hungary for failing to sign on to a minimum corporate tax. 'Couldn't find any others. It's a move by strong countries to punish weaker countries. I do not see mighty Thailand picking fights with The West on this.

Woody Allen said he wanted to come back as Warren Beatty's fingertips (because they wouldn't let him name his preferred Warren Beatty body part in the movie).

You're right. Low income people (below $25K a year) do in fact pay no tax in the US and therefore have no credit to apply against a Thai tax credit. With no tax credit to apply against a $25K remittance, the annual tax due to Thailand as per the above table is 91K baht ($2,588, $215 a month). No one likes an extra bill, but recall that you're also not paying state income tax and getting much cheaper medical insurance and care here. Plus cheaper-everything like phone utilities etc.

I'll bet that remittances to buy condo's, start business's, medical expenses will be exempt, since that would def. be self-sabotaging.

Tax treaty general concepts: 1) Funds have to be remitted to Thailand to be taxable. If I make money back home and keep it back home, no Thai tax on it. You are not being taxed on all world-wide income, only what's transferred. No diff from England. 2) You get a credit for your Thai taxes owed equal to the amount of tax you paid on that income back home. Almost always, the tax amount you pay back home will amount to a credit greater than any tax you might owe in Thailand (means: you owe zero). For instance, pensions in the UK are already taxed as income. 3) It's progressive. Stupid Stickman said that 35% was the flat rate. You have to use up a lot of lower tax rate bands before you hit 35%. No one reading this will. Here's a list of the countries that have double taxation treaties with Thailand: https://www.imidaily.com/program-updates/thailands-tax-tightening-on-foreign-income-raises-questions-about-implementation/

DHL, it's a little expensive. (like $300?). Illegal to bring remains on to a plane (tho plenty do).

.....That her friends are all mysteriously on the other side of the border without her-story would have been one I would have pressed to hear; the elaborate confabulation as to how this wayward lamb got separated from her flock. Because Australian groups travel all the time together and routinely cross borders without so much as a backwards glance to see if everyone is present. It would be a good story, confected on the spot. Prob a very vague family emergency back home. 'Sad that Laos has no telephones so she couldn't sort it out from there.

As mentioned, saying a credit card was going to be rushed to her the next day is nonsense. I had a fraud alert and they had to issue a credit card. It took 8 days till I had the new card in my hands. Also, Thailand has Western Union. She could be cashed up by people back home in an hour. A lot of the women who do this are BPD. They do it for the thrill of the scam. The money is unimportant. "You're not going to help me", is a ploy to put you on the spot and bring out any White Knight instinct you might have (why these misguided simp impulses within us all must be ferreted out and killed).

I live on the 9th floor. Improbably, the railing on my balcony only goes up to my penis. Gamma is right. This place should rent to short Thai's only. The Burmese run a little taller than them, so nix them too.

The Swiss Army is famous for The Swiss Army knife. The Russians will flee when they see that their enemy has access to little pairs of scissors inside their weaponry. But those scissors are very hard to pry out of the knife casing, so I hope the Swiss have sufficient warning. Otherwise, it's corkscrews at dawn.

'Set me googling. Not avail in Chiang Mai. 2K baht for a full one at a couple of places in Bangkok. Very hard to cook right. Gotta be eaten very hot due to the grease factor. More crispy skin than meat ratio compared to duck. A half a goose is enough for two people. It's been decades. 'Will def indulged next time I go to BKK. https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/social-and-lifestyle/1413122/your-goose-is-cooked-on-soi-26

1st choice is the legendary 4 Seasons Christmas Buffet. At $200 a head (includes open pour), I will fast the night before. I thought about spending the night before there. It's $2,200 a night, 3 night minimum. Chiang Mai is back. Alternate is Why Not? Italian near my house, about 2,000 baht for a 5 courser with a couple or carafe's of house wine. If some people from our building go, we'll probably follow. There has been tentative murmuring. Duke's at Maya Mall has an impressive spread for 800 baht. Kantari Hills too. Last year, all of the above were booked out on the day.

That's on Jesus, up in heaven. Sorted, off the hook, run your lame guilt trip on someone else. This is a corruption of Metta gratitude work, or Naikan, in its more refined Zen concept. Just do the work. Stop being such a deep think poseur.