The Cyclist

Highly unlikely, as this is only effective 01 Jan 2024.

Inquiry into Marsden Immigration Centre has now been upgraded to a full Statutory Inquiry. Illegal Channel hoppers getting, what raped and abused British Children cannot get. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/18/home-office-upgrades-inquiry-into-kent-immigration-centre-after-legal-challenge Broken Britain at its finest. utterly goosed.

Mr Hart's latest video Are the IRS Agents that he mentions, here at the invitation of the Thai Government ? I have no doubts that there is agents of the OECD here in Thailand, advising and directing at the top levels. But honestly folks, its all fake news, scaremongering, and people posting on forums, apparently pushing agendas, and nothing will be changing in Thailand.

Bingo. and another thought before I head off to the Hospital. Did the New interpretation of the rules, the issuance of POR 161 / 162, not move Thailand to a defacto worldwide taxation policy, albiet, still with some exemptions?

Ohhhhhh Hi @anchadian Desperate much ?

OK, lets try this. Taxing and Reporting / Declaring are 2 different things. I could report / declare my annual remittance into Thailand every year until the day I die, and not pay a penny in tax to Thailand. Does that help you understand the difference.

Does it ? How many retiree expats are living in Singapore ? Most Expats in Singapore are working / employed and probably do not remit foreign income into Singapore. If they do remit foreign income into Singapore, some of it is taxable and some of it is not. I think you would have to declare it, to be on the safe side of what is taxable and what is not taxable.

No, I'm not. I'm highlighting that the only way Tax Evasion and Tax Compliance can be checked, is by reporting / declaring foreign income. " It's all kosher Guv, honest " doesn't apply in an International setting ( CRS )

Even though I think that the majority of them are nothing more than cabbages. I just cannot imagine that they really are so blindingly stupid that they cannot see what they are doing. So I can only conclude that they are part of a more sinister agenda, and are willingly facilitating that agenda.

Here is a fact, that I have previously given you. CRS Countries, inc, Canada, the UK, Australia, NZ, France and Germany all require foreign income to be declared. Just for a laugh, I went to the list of CRS Countries and picked out the economic leviathan known as Kenya. This is what DeLoittes has to say about Kenya You are free to work your way through the list of CRS Countries, and try and identify a CRS Country, where you do not have to declare foreign income. But there is still people who think that this will not happen in Thailand and that Thailand is going to be the odd man out, out of over 130 Countries. The only question that needs answering is, Are the forms going to be available before March 31 or will it be next year before it happens.

The economy is safe and it is all hyperbole, we had 0.1% growth in November 😀😀😑

There is nothing ' Just an opinion ' about having to declare Foreign income in the UK, Canada, Aus, or NZ. That is a fact. If I could be bothered, I would look into the other major CRS Countries and see if they are the same. Like you, I couldn't really care less either. I am legal, my remitted income is legal. I just happen to know a bit about International Agreements, and it usually means all Countries doing the same thing, or chaos ensues within the group, especially when Countries are doing different things. Therefore, I totally expect Thailand to also adopt reporting / declaring of foreign income, and in most Jurisdictions, that falls on the tax office ( by whatever local name, it might be known as ) You can also add Germany to the Countries where you also have to declare your foreign income. And France. But feel free to go through the whole list of CRS Countries.

I can safely say, that up to this point in time, I have never gave my foreign TIN ( National Insurance Number ) to any entity in Thailand. 3 X Thai bank accounts opened over a decade ago with only a passport, rental agreement and some cash. I dont have an official reference, and I am not going hunting through the OECD website looking for one. Every other CRS Country requires foreign income to be declared, certainly the UK, Aus, NZ, Canada. And as the EOCD set the rules for CRS, it would be logical that it would be applied to all Countries that are in CRS.

And that is the kicker. It is not about trying to get blood out of a stone. It is about complying with an International Agreement.

That is the bold headline. The real info is down with the nuts and bolts and how you achieve it.

3 simply questions people need to ask themselves. 1. Is the Royal Decree of 31 March 2023, followed by the issuance of 2 x POR's a coincidence ? 2. Is Thailand, as a part of CRS, responsible for ensuring that Foreign income remitted to Thailand is. A. Tax Complaint. B. Not engaged in Tax Evasion How are they going to achieve that, and by what method ? 3. Given the mis-information, lies, people apparently acting illegally, numerous media articles, that are all wrong, over the last 12 - 14 months. Why has the DG of the RD not issued a statement stamping on it ?

Bingo Which might just be why Overseas Income will need to be declared, and also to ensure that is 1. Not engaged in Tax Evasion 2. Tax Compliant.

Instead of repeating yourself like a stuck record. Explain how Thailand can ensure Overseas Income remitted to Thailand is 1. Not engaged in Tax Evasion 2. Is Tax Compliant. Without that income being reported ? Yes, I am fully aware of the data file once a year. ( To be of any use, it would need to be cross referenced with something else ) That does not cover points 1 & 2 above, and neither is point 1 & 2 above it the remit of banks. That would be the remit of the Revenue Department.

Too many people are looking at this from the wrong angle. This is not about Thailand trying to screw a few baht out of retiree expats in Income Tax. This is about Thailand filling its obligations under an International Agreement ( CRS )to ensure that foreign funds remitted into Thailand are. 1. Not engaged in Tax Evasion. 2. Are Tax Compliant. IE, that the appropriate taxes have been paid in the Source Country. The only way Thailand can comply with that obligation, is for all Tax Residents to declare their remitted overseas income. Showing where it comes from, showing tax paid ( If applicable ) and whether it also falls under a DTA ( Where it might then fall under Thailands Domestic Tax Policy ) A further point on this. The terms " Assessable " and " Non-Assessable " do not apply here. They are words that pertain to Thailand's Domestic Tax Policy, and do not apply to an International Agreement ( CRS )

Are you remitting tens of millions of Baht every year ? If the answer is no, then you are worrying needlessly. TEDA's available in thailand, against tax already paid in the UK, means that you will pay nothing, or very little.

And Kung Fu fighter Mike Amesbury , like a slimy, slippery creature, has pled guilty, rather going to Court next week. If It was me, I would be telling him to ram his guilty plea and get his **** in Court. Sorry, I got my dates mixed up, its the " Cut their throats " Labour guy that's up in Court next week.

I don't know him or the guy from Expattax But they are both hiding in plain sight, and I think if they were acting illegally, they would have been arrested. Whether they live in Thailand, I do not know, but they both represent companies that are registered in Thaialnd.

I wonder why such a high profile individual has not been arrested ? Did Mr Hart in one of his ranty videos not say that Carden was an IRS Agent ?

Immigration halted for a minimum of 5 years. Channel hoppers relocated to the Falkland Islands, with a tent and a sleeping bag. No, we are moaning because it is not being done.

And what has the above got to do with Yet again, Royal Decree dated 31 March 2023, will allow Thailand ( without any new Laws, pending legislation, or farts in space ) to implement whatever is required to comply with CRS, rules and regulations. Which was in response to your stupidity, about New Laws and pending laws ?