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I hope agreement with accountant says he pays any interest and penalties for errors.

 

The fact this has happened before means you should start being more proactive with your taxes.  Get yourself one of the major software packages and start doing tax returns yourself.

Sampheng Plaza Market has lots of glassware.  Its located on Soi behind Central Marina.

The following note is in Ecosport manual.

 

Central High Mounted Brake Lamp Note:  On some vehicles the lamps are LED. They are not serviceable items, please consult a Ford Dealer if they fail.

 

They seem to be selling LED assembly on Ebay.

 

You might get lucky and be able to apply link to your model Ford.  Take a look at:   www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jefrNR2bhw

 

 

Any increase in the maintenance fee (baht per sqm) must be approved by the owners at AGM.  It cannot be raised by management company or condo committee without vote of owners.

Just repaired power supply and LAN switch seems to be working.

 

The switch is a Maginet SW2240M manufactured by SAMWOO Telecommunications Co., LTD.  Label on back also states it is 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet QoS Switch.

 

The switch has a console port in the form of a RJ45 jack on the front and I would like to connect old PC running WinXp using HyperTerminal.

 

I've tried searching the web but have been unable to find any info on the switch. I identified the IC (as RS232 type)on switch main board that feeds the console RJ45 jack and traced IC connections to RJ45 jack and made up cable with following connections.

DB9      RJ45
2----------3
3----------6
5----------4&5

Connect cable to switch console jack and Com 1 on PC.
Configured HyperTerminal to Com 1, data bits 8, parity none, stop bit 1 and flow control to none.

No luck getting switch to respond.

 

Being new at networking what do I type to make switch respond?

Wait for Bangkok auto show in early December before you decide.

The usufruct is obtained at the land office and entry will be made on back of chanote.

Do make sure both you and wife have wills because it makes everything go smoothly in court should someone die.

9 hours ago, KittenKong said:

 

I'm guessing that your building is quite small.

 

Could Quickbooks deal effectively with a building with 1000 units, with all the associated monthly billing of utilities that entails? And the yearly issuing of car parking stickers etc.? I dont think so.

Any of the desktop versions would have no problem dealing with 1000 condo units and all the necessary accounting requirements.  The practical limit Intuit gives is 14.5k units so it maintains speedy report generation.

 

We currently issue monthly consolidated utility bill that includes electric, water, telephone, cable TV and internet.  Condo maintenance fee is billed twice yearly.  It also handles all vendor bills and payments and of course bank deposits and checks.

 

We don't deal with parking stickers but I can think of one easy way it can be done.

 

KittenKong I sent you a PM.

 

 

 

On 7/31/2017 at 9:56 AM, KittenKong said:

 

When I looked at that it couldn't really handle condo billing. It's more of an accounting package, which is not at all the same.

It is an accounting package designed to be used on many types of businesses out of the box so it must be setup for your particular application.  In the case of condo's it takes very little time to configure for all condo needs (billing, bill payments, bank accounts, petty cash, etc).  You have to use Quickbooks to fully appreciate its capabilities and how easy it is to use.

 

Our condo has been using it since 2008.

I looked at expat tax services but found I could download tax software and complete the return at a much lower cost.  They even have past year software you can download which is much cheaper than tax service would charge.

 

 

GF believes only credits from schools attended after HS can be transferred not HS credits. She says check Uni website for all the details.

No

If you are 65 or over you automatically have Medicare which is fully compliant with the Affordable Care Act.  Don't need any other coverage or pay penalty.

 

https://www.medicare.gov/about-us/affordable-care-act/medicare-and-the-marketplace.html

 

As Delight has stated there is nothing in Condo Act concerning bank accounts

 

Since the building has been registered and you have JPM the developer should have transferred the sinking fund to a XXX Juristic Person account.  Any condo's the developer still has and then sells should deposit the sinking fund collected from buyer to XXX JP account.

 

My condo building has three accounts which require two committee member signatures to withdraw funds:

1. Current account (Checking account having zero balance with overdraft protection used to pay monthly bills that cover service contracts and minor maintenance and repair cost)

2. Standard Savings account (Maintenance fees are direct deposited by owners into this account and is source of funds to clear checks drawn on Current account)

3. Fixed Savings account (Sinking fund used for major maintenance or repair only)

 

The sinking fund intent was to provide funds for major maintenance or repair requirement.  Repainting the building is one such item.  You definitely don't want to be using these funds to cover monthly service or maintenance work.

 

Social security, survivor benefit


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Thanks you , I really got confused about this as if this money transfer to bank account that i am representative payees from 2 kids my totally income will be exceeds 25000$ , I would like to do it right, before my husband pass away he done all taxes,


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This is not your income it is considered children's income. The $25,000 amount is for one child. You have 2 children so you could receive $50,000 and not need to file tax return provided each child received same benefit. If one child received $20,000 and other child received $30,000 the child that received $30k might need to file tax return.

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First let me say in the eyes of the IRS this income is the child's and if taxes are due the return must be filed with the name of the child even if payment was made in the name of parent or guardian.  In your case it would require two returns if returns are due, one for each child.  If child has no other income then no tax return is required.

 

The child's income is not included on any parent or guardian tax return.

 

Social Security survivor benefits for children are considered taxable income only if half of the annual survivor's benefits plus the child's other income exceeds the base amount set by the IRS ($25,000), then a portion of the benefit is taxable.  Other income would be from such things as interest, dividends or from working.  Normally children do not have other income.

 

Example: If one child received $18,000 in benefits during one year take half (18000/2) =  9000  then subtract from  (25000-9000) = 16,000 

In example it would require other income of $16,000 before he would owe taxes but it would be necessary to file a return even if less than $16,000 other income.

 

Google search....phone that works on verizon and gsm networks

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It will be where the motorcycle parking area was located.

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I agree with skatewash that Thailand interest should have been reported. The 200k you mentioned is for FATCA threshold to file Form 8938.

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I think he can continue making monthly payments to stay in the system.

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I've been using Bitdefender free version for a couple years with no problems.

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Lived in Thailand since 2003 at which time bank, brokerage and credit cards accounts were given my Thailand address. Since 2003 I have never had US address and never any problems. After a few years I cancelled all but 2 credit cards because they were never used.

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Not owing taxes and filing requirements are two different issues.

 

If you had been filing you would have run across Form 8965 which is the health coverage exemption form.

 

Here's some reading you need to do.

 

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/u-s-citizens-and-resident-aliens-abroad

 

It you have foreign bank account or accounts that total more than $10,000 in total you are also required to file FBAR.

 

Here is more reading you need to do.

 

https://www.irs.gov/uac/newsroom/taxpayers-with-foreign-assets-may-have-fbar-and-fatca-filing-requirements-in-june

 

If you haven't already you need to download one of the tax software programs from TaxAct or TurboTax just to name a couple.  They will walk you through the IRS minefield so you don't miss any forms.  You can also download software package for previous years if you want to sort everything out before they come calling.

 

Keep in mind the US Treasury/IRS have access to bank account information in Thailand through an agreement so make sure you also report any interest earned.

 

 

 

 

 

Have you thought about using NAS?

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