Mahk

I've recently begun to look at the possibility of retiring. I'm an American and my entire retirement will be based on U.S. Dividends, Interest, and Capital Gains, with zero pensions. If I'm looking at what you posted along with the Double Tax Agreement posts from the RD (which you also posted), I'm confused on how it works and am looking for further guidance... As far as dividends and interest go, it looks like one of these two scenarios may play out: 1: U.S. taxes my dividends at 15%, I transfer the funds to Thailand and due to the DTA, I pay no taxes in Thailand on it. 2: U.S. taxes my dividends at 15%, I transfer the funds to Thailand and Thailand sees that I make more than 5mil Baht/year and wants 35% tax minus the 15% I already paid to the U.S. As far as Capital Gains go, I can't really find anything about that in the DTA, but long term Capital Gains in the U.S. will be taxed at 15% for me. Any thoughts?