JimmyTobacco

It just seems obvious from the whole situation that Thailand wants to basically reverse its decision on taxing worldwide income, especially for people like pensioners who receive a monthly payment and usually need that money immediately.

Indeed, the confusing thing about this whole situation is that the rule seems now reversed to the opposite of what it was before. Before you had to wait for the next year to bring in your earnings to Thailand to avoid it being taxed; now you will have to bring it in immediately to avoid it being taxed. I agree with another user that in practice, it takes some doing to prove which money is earned in which year. Personally, I have savings, investments and bank accounts, and any money earned is mixed with other money earned previously in either of those places, and some of that money is sent ... well if I were actually able to open a bank account in Thailand, some of that money would be sent to Thailand. Since I am not, it finds other ways to Thailand, like cash, or send it to my girlfriend through Wise, after which she gives me cash.

All I can say is: if I look at what's happening to Europe right now, I wish we had a little bit more of Thainess in us.

Nobody is saying that having a bit of cash on hand is a bad idea, but if we are following your logic, we should not be relying on any internet service or device for our daily tasks, just because the internet might stop working? When you drive somewhere, do you still bring roadmaps?

Thailand is way ahead of many Western countries in many regards, especially old-fashioned countries like Germany, Italy or Spain. Try paying for your espresso with a debit or credit card in Italy. If possible, they will give you a very angry look and complain.

The only way to find out is to turn the aircon and a PM2.5 meter on and observe. Our aircon doesn't filter PM2.5, but we bought a filter on a roll that we manually put inside the aircon. This seems to help quite a bit, in combination with an air purifier.

yeah how did you go about it?

However, apparently the report is due 25 February, but I am leaving the day after. I know you can be up to a week late, but what happens if I come back to Thailand without having done the report at all?

Question: I entered Thailand in September. I did my 90 days report at the end of November, a few days before the actual 90 days. On my receipt, it says that I have to file my next 90 day report on February 25th, which is indeed 90 days from the day I've done my first report. I am actually flying to BKK on the 25th and leaving Thailand on the 26th. Do I still need to do the second report? (Despite not staying in Thailand for 180 days or more) It's a small effort to do the next report online though or go to the drive through here in CM, before the 25th. Anyway, next time I will make sure to do my calculations better. I assumed the next report would be due after an actual 180 days in the country, even when reporting early.

I suppose that if you are engaging in a discussion and you don't wish to explain yourself further if your discussion partner doesn't understand what you are implying, the discussion is basically over.

Well I gave you a possible and plausible explanation of what you said, and you denied that that was the correct explanation. Then you didn't care to explain more.

I want to thank you for probably the first serious response to my question, which is very serious as well. Regular updates would be a bonus, but are not an absolute requirement for me. I also realize that it might hit me harder than I think to see photos of my child without having any involvement in the child's life. I'm willing to take this risk. I recently read a story about I believe a Dutch guy who fathered more than 500 children. Many of the women are sending him regular updates and he even regularly meets up with some of the kids, but some women prefer to not have any father in their children's lives whatsoever. Now 500 is a bit much and irresponsible for sure, especially with the risk of incest, but I don't see what the problem is with such an arrangement otherwise. Except for the fact that one could claim that a western man fathering a child with a Thai woman who is economically less capable and then not supporting her financially is not responsible either, but I would say it entirely depends on the situation and circumstances. I know Thai women who make over 2.5 million THB a year.

You clearly didn't know what you meant either. Maybe you can ponder your own behavior for a while, writing absolute gibberish and then not wishing to explain yourself.

Ok but you say that " One is the woman's choice, one is not". What do you mean with this?

Ehm, you are assuming I want to make a woman pregnant against her own wishes?!