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5 minutes ago, John Drake said:what's the purpose of the new tax law? Who are they going after?
People who can't be bothered or don't have the time / freedom from responsibility to take a 7 month holiday - which when you think about it is going to be most people - also Thai nationals are the main target.
I believe we're just small fish getting caught in the nets.
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35 minutes ago, John Drake said:From what I can tell, for peons like me, there isn't going to be much impact, if any. But the guys and gals with income levels that meet, for example, the Long Term Visa or Elite Visa, those people are going to get taken to the cleaners.
I doubt that very much. Firstly, most of the long term visas are income tax exempt and secondly we can choose how much money to remit, and that does not need to be very much compared to our overall income.
Lets say I have an income of 300k Baht a month but only spend 100k a month in Thailand, I will send 50k a month to Thailand and send 50k to the woman I live with who I'm not married to, we would both pay about 20k tax a year which is almost nothing.
The rest including all investments stays outside Thailand and there are ways to remit very large amounts of money by leaving the country for a single year, the same year when the shares, etc were sold which would result in zero tax that year.
We're not stupid and plan for such scenarios with accountants and lawyers, so it is very possible to bring tens of millions of Baht of untaxed money into Thailand and not be taxed.
If they do change it to taxing worldwide income (something else to this current change which they are also talking about) then there will be a mass exodus of anyone who has any significant wealth and income resulting from it.-
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Trust nobody I guess, even the banks because they clearly don't give a ###t
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2 hours ago, newnative said:They were independent travelers, spending independently wherever they wanted in Thailand.
Not one of the comments or the article mentions the actual reason that the Chinese are not coming to Thailand like they were before.
Thailand is on a list of countries around South East Asia which are unofficially 'banned' from travel outside of official tour groups. Unofficially being why some people are allowed to come and the masses are not.
This is the reason why they're not coming.
The Chinese wield their tourists like a weapon and this is the effect.
It's across many countries in South East Asia, not just Thailand.
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12 minutes ago, steve187 said:why not covered by insurance, cheap due to his age
On the gofundme page it mentioned something about being in Thailand beyond his original planned duration of stay.
Perhaps he had a 60 day policy and decided to extend for another month.
I've never seen a travel insurance policy which is linked to flight dates but maybe that's a thing. Not very helpful if you get ill on the way to the airport - like the taxi crashes - 5 hours of treatment then they cut you off because you're holiday has ended. Strange.
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I'm doing nothing.
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I decided to give this a go and compare it to my ChatGPT Plus account
I keep trying again but the stupid AI continues to give me the wrong answer
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2 hours ago, BKKBike09 said:
- Household registration (Yellow house book -- Thor.Ror. 13) with a 13-digit identification number
- Work permit issued by the Thai government
- Non-Immigrant visa or Smart Visa
Well I don't have any of those, I'm on a Thailand Elite visa which is not a non immigrant or smart visa.
I checked with their support and they confirm that the Elite visa is ok to use as well as non immigrant / smart visas.
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2 minutes ago, bob smith said:I've been in your shoes before, though never went as far as to get divorced..
Mrs smith aint perfect but she aint bad either ;)
I've been in your shoes before though I never went as far as getting married
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10 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:
Yes but ...paid sex is 18 ,that's where they can arrest him.
You must be 18 for me to hire you
Ok, makes more sense now with this as some added context.
I did lookup the law about the age of consent in Germany and was surprised to find out that it is in fact 14 with some caveats and additional rules applying to the age of 16 and 18.
It's definitely an unusual country with non standard rules which I found surprising.
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10 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:
Why dint you look it up and do some research , you posted that you don't know anything .
Why not do some websearches to find thigs out ?
Underaged prostitution is illegal in Germany and this is what this guy did in Thailand
Define 'underage' in Germany? What is the age of consent there?
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17 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:
Germany isn't seeking his extradition and German is looking into crimes of rape of a child , which paying a minor for sex is , as they cannot legally give consent
It's interesting that this guy has been arrested in Germany, does anyone know what the age of consent is in Germany?
Normally when considering international crimes it needs to be a crime in both countries.
For example, the age of consent in the UK is 16 but I'm not familiar with German laws.
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20 minutes ago, Mark17AA said:I just wonder if this is a new thing tightening the noose
I would not be surprised, it's the next logical thing to crack down on.
Anyone going this agent route is 'making their own card' for potential future issues.
Nearly everyone I know who lives here in Hua Hin uses an agent except for that one guy with PR, I don't know why as most of these people (but not all of them) do actually have the money, they just don't seem to want to put it in a Thai bank.-
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Just now, Mike Lister said:
I think people need to wise up before abusing antibiotics at the first indication of anything being wrong, they'll pay a price for that down the road.
Perhaps you should have a word with some of the Doctors and pharmacists who are often the first line of treatment here.
Nip a small infection in the bud with some amoxicillin, not ciprofloxacin which seems to be handed out like candy here.
It's the strong ones which create the really treatment resistant infections
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32 minutes ago, The Cyclist said:
My thoughts only.
I suspect you're correct on each point you make
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1 hour ago, luckyblock token said:
it is on the eyelid
Personally I would take Amoxicillin 500mg 2 x 2 capsules each day 12 hours apart at the first sign of any infection and then see a Doctor if it doesn't clear up within 3 to 5 days - but that's just me.
This is not medical advice - I would have acted far sooner than you appear to have acted so consulting with a Doctor immediately would likely be your best option. He may well recommend a stronger antibiotic or even a very strong antibiotic - which is something to be wary of in my opinion.
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6 minutes ago, JoePai said:
Not in Thailand - it sold out to Allianz(?) so no more BUPA
My account is with the UK company and they sell it direct all around the world.
This is the premium option and nothing like the previous offerings in Thailand https://www.bupaglobal.com/en/
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3 minutes ago, JoePai said:
Not in Thailand - they are finished (sold out)
BUPA Global is the international arm of the UK company which remains a part of the insurance empire which is BUPA and it's very much still going.
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See a Doctor and they will recommend something which will likely come in tablet or capsule form.
Is it the actual eyeball itself or a part of the surrounding area that's infected?
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20 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:
The meat wagon guys be like "what wallet" !
Not if they make any kind of commission on my hospital stay - do they?
I believe it's kind of standard to supply membership cards with proper reasonably high end health insurance and you carry it with you in case of emergency.
If the hospital get hold of my card they can make a phone call, read out the member number and get authorisation to do whatever is necessary including medevac to other hospitals or countries if relevant treatment is not available locally and the yearly limit is like 65 million Baht of coverage - this buys you a lot of treatment out here.
But if they don't get to see this card then I guess I'm out of luck.
I wonder if they do this all the time but this incident only came to light because the seriously injured patient died en route to the second hospital and happened to be a foreigner.
I'm glad they are investigating this and I hope they throw the book at the hospital involved and ensure it never happens again. I think we all know that's a joke though.
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Nothing less than a pathetic excuse issued by a failing agency.
Of course it's not their fault that China has all but banned tourists from coming to Thailand.
Whatever China wants they seem to be holding out for it and whoever they want it from doesn't seem to be providing it. Must be something big for this to happen.
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Wow, this could happen to any one of us any day.....makes you think.
Quote from the linked article :
QuoteThey were told that this private hospital’s emergency medical staff refused to provide treatment to the patient because he was not accompanied by relatives and therefore medical expenses might not be covered. The patient was then sent to the state hospital but died on the way.
I do carry my BUPA Global card in my wallet all the time when I'm out and about - I guess if I'm unconscious and alone that would be my only hope - they are a big and well known insurance company and this cover is among the best they offer.
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19 hours ago, OJAS said:
Requiring colour copies of each and every other passport page as well does strike me as being OTT - as well as providing IMHO unnecessary fodder for the development of conspiracy theories, as this whole thread illustrates perfectly, I think!
They want the copies of every page for a reason, we don't know what that reason is but for sure they're being stored in a computer somewhere forever.
Should you one day become a 'person of interest' for whatever reason then it will be available to whoever comes looking for it with a subpoena in hand.
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2 hours ago, Mike Lister said:
The fact the physical transfer was made last year shouldn't mean much, it's when you actually sell it and buy baht that counts.
Does this mean that a foreign currency account is kind of classed as an off shore type account?
What I mean is - lets say I remit a bunch of money into a USD account and only make monthly transfers into Baht as I need them - are they going to tax every cent deposited into the USD account regardless of whether I actually change it into Baht or not?
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Thai gov. to tax (remitted) income from abroad for tax residents starting 2024 - Part I
in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
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The change that they're attempting right now is to tax remitted income from around the world.
They have stated that they want to tax it even if it's not remitted to Thailand at some point in the future (an amended law) - that's when the big problems will begin.
We can all earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and keep it outside Thailand far away from the tax system if we want even with the new rules but if they do this next step which requires full parliamentary approval then it's a whole different world if you make plenty outside Thailand and don't remit it.