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Agreed. Fish heads or not, he'll be dealt with in the Thai prison system and will get what he deserves.

How could you know that? There are nearly 150 prisons in Thailand. I doubt you know the daily canteen menu for every one of them. In any case it was more of a metaphor. He won't be eating too well.

Don't give him the easy way out. Much better let him rot in a Thai jail for life. He'll receive a fair bit of abuse of his own once they know what he is in for. The fish heads and crowded cells wont be too much of a burden on the tax payer. A much more fitting fate for this scum.

Hi everyone, Hoping someone has some info for me, thanks in advance. Does anyone know what this rule is about registering for a TIN within 60 days of receiving taxable income? I went over the 180 day stay a couple of months ago so now my yearly earnings are taxable and I need to get a TIN and do a tax return at the end of the year. The problem is that I don't have a permanent residence at the moment, I currently rent monthly at a guest house and the only proof of address I have is a TM47, which is NOT accepted by the tax office as address proof. So basically, I can't get a TIN until I move to a permanent place in the next few months. I assumed this would be ok as long as I get a TIN before the tax return is due, but I keep reading about this rule where you have to obtain the TIN within 60 days of receiving taxable income. Does anyone have experience of getting a TIN after the 60 days has elapsed? Or with obtaining a TIN without a permanent address? Will they still issue it? The whole thing is a minefield, any info would be much appreciated. Thanks

I think that's still a bit steep, our condo was close to everything and was 45 sq meters, really modern, 11000 per month. Just over the other side of the river is a good bet, no tourists but still easy access to the old and new town.

I'll use whatever currency I see fit to explain my post, thanks for your concern.

You don't need to pay 60k+ to avoid short times and bad shirts. 😃 That would be expensive even in the UK which is about 8-10 times more expensive than Thailand. What you pay £2000 p/m for in the UK would be on average £200 in Thailand. From my experience anyway. Of course there are areas that are more expensive. BKK is actually relatively cheap, I was paying 11000 baht per month for a 1 bedroom condo (separate large fitted kitchen/bedroom/living room) balcony, washing machine, gym, pool, sauna, key card entry. Nice and modern, quiet and no short stay, seemed to all be long term normal residents. Next to BTS and MRT. Definitely would pay upwards of £2500 p/m for the same place in most UK cities, prob more like £4000 in London. So you can get a decent modern 1 bed with good extras for around £250 per month. Electricity and bills were about 2000 baht per month extra..... But do you want to live in BKK? It's really polluted, we moved out after the earthquake and have not regretted it at all. Now paying even less for a slightly smaller place down south in the islands.

97.6% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Another short sighted comment tarnishing the whole of Thailand with your narrow minded brush. Do you live under a rock?

Correct. Gotfrid seems like a nasty person full stop. I'm sick of reading his horrible posts.

I would not trust that for sh*t dude. Is it worth the risk is what you should be asking yourself.

Chuck a bit of caulk in the gaps mate, nothing to see here! 🙂

OK great, I'll move me and my family back in tomorrow.

Any chance of a link or source? Be nice to show my landlord, to make them realise how bad it is to try to get us to move back in. She knows she won't be able to rent it to anyone else and is denying any accountability and insisting that we must honour our contract and pay full rent, or loose the deposit etc.. Because apparently it is 'safe'. I asked her if she would live in there and she didn't reply 😅 No way we are living back in there.

Yes. The ones that are not showing obvious damage are almost more worrying because people are just carrying on as normal. Who knows what kind of damage has been done to the structures. We were on 27th floor in Bang Wa, it was swaying 3 meters left to right with a horrible groaning sound and cracks appearing everywhere. It was like being on a train when I looked out of the window before we fled down the fire escape.. No way are we living in there. I'll never forget that noise. They declared it safe according to 'structural engineers' within 24 hours of the quake. No thanks.