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Thanks Treetops. I realise now why I missed these stories. I did my weekly search on this subject last Sunday. I do it just once a week and may have spotted them had I done my usual search today BEFORE posting. Thanks again

Thanks again SamSpade. How did I miss that!!! Yes, I am going to delay buying the stuff for the garden until the end of September. That should maybe be enough time for this to be implemented. It will also mean I have a reason to explain to my wife WHY I cannot do the work in the garden this month.

Thanks NoDisplayName for your reply. I am from the UK, I am trying to keep it simple and just stay below my 550,000 baht limit. No need then to prove anything about my income. Nice and simple.

SamSpade, that is brilliant news. I live in Pattaya, so I am a bit miffed that I did not find that myself. Even more annoying is it mentions an article in the Bangkok Post. I did not find that either unless it is referring to the article from May? Thanks again

Hi TheAppletons thanks for your reply. To keep it simple I am just trying to keep the amount I transfer to my Kasikorn Bank account from the UK under my limit - 550,000 baht. I will then not fill in a tax form. I did not fill in a tax form last year. If I were investigated, I would then get a fine for not filling in a tax form perhaps - there is a lot of debate if you even need to fill in a tax form if your tax bill is zero. I was more interested if anybody had any latest information on the law being amended as mentioned in the title of this thread. Thanks again for your reply

I have looked around for any updates on this. I have not found anything useful, I mentioned it to my accountant last week and she knew nothing new. I am just 50.000 baht below my 550,000-baht tax allowance threshold. As some other posters mentioned - it looks like this is here until the end of the year at least so I will need to do something creative to avoid going over my limit. Does my assessment sound about right? Thanks for your thoughts.

Hi Sandboxer Did you build your chicken run? If so it would be a great help to know the cost and see pictures of it. My girlfriend is also very special, and I am thinking of doing the same thing ☺️

I have just checked on the UK Embassy site and you are right - it is 60 days. I have sent the link to them - thanks for your help.

Thanks very much for the replies. I will pass this on to them.

They seem to think it is 30 days - I have no idea as it seemed to change a lot during and just after covid. When I Googled it today it did seem to imply 30 days.

Hi There, My friends arrive from the UK this Saturday 22nd March and leave Monday 21st April. They now realise that is 31 not 30 days. They are in Pattaya a week before they leave and I believe they can extend here in Pattaya. Is that correct? Of course it will be Songran then and I suspect everything will be shut. I would appreciate your advice Thanks very much

GuavaMan, You wrote - "...I hope that this example might be helpful." It certainly is very helpful. In fact it is pretty much the same as I would fill mine in as the profile of the filer and the amounts are very much like mine. Thanks

Hi JWest, Thanks for the reply. I guess it is best to wait then and see what new forms come out later in the year. Tell me though, have you got a T.I.N yet???

Hi There, I posted this a few days ago and Mike Lister explained that these figures were correct. Thanks for that Mike. " Hi Mike, I have joined this site so I can ask you a question please. That table above is exactly what I have been looking for. So thanks to you and Charlie for providing it. I have only just started looking into this tax thing and this seems to be the best website to discuss it. I think I understand how it affects me, but as I am going to make a lot of plans around my understanding, I would very much appreciate it if you would tell me if my calculations are correct. Thanks in advance. I am a 70 year old male from the UK. I have a Thai wife - married at an amphur. I live here as a resident for at least 300 days per year. This year I will transfer into my Thai bank account from my UK bank account about 450K baht. From that chart above it would seem that I would have the following allowances:- Pa1= 60K Pa2 = 60K Over 65 = 190K First 150 = 150K So a total of 460 K baht I am ignoring the pension allowance as I would not need it according to my calculations. I cannot believe that I seem to be 10K baht BELOW the number before I have to pay tax. I AM NEVER THAT LUCKY. Your thoughts please would be appreciated. Thanks " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Mike, I have another question please. I will have to fill in a tax form next year I believe and so is there any reason why I shouldn't get a T.I.N now, whilst the local tax office is not busy at all. I suppose I am asking if there is some law that is not yet in the Royal Gazette yet and so maybe expats won't have to pay tax next year at all, or at least the system will remain as it has been for the years I have lived here. I may be confusing this/my tax issue with the wider issue that seems to be the major concern, namely this taxing of worldwide wealth. I have no issues filling in a tax form for next year, as it appears I will not have to pay any tax at all. I would do the filing myself. I can read and write Thai - VERY SLOWLY and I think my Thai wife and I could fill out the tax forms with some effort and minor frustrations I hope. I went to the local tax office last Friday just to get a feel for the place and as it was empty, the staff had time to be helpful. Mind you, they did not have any real knowledge of any new law changes, nor did they really have an opinion on filling in a tax for if there is no tax to pay. To be fair to them, even though I speak Thai well enough, my vocabulary is not that great when it comes to discussing tax thresholds and allowances. We did agree I could come back with certain documents and my Thai wife to set up the T.I.N. So should I do it now as the office is empty and I will have to do it anyway??? Thanks Mike

Mike Thanks for your quick reply. Much appreciated.