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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.

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.

Wow, this could happen to any one of us any day.....makes you think. Quote from the linked article : 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.

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.

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?

No, it's 14 days before or 7 days after if you do it in person. Otherwise 2000 Baht fine is the norm - but that might vary depending on where you are. I wouldn't be rushing down there too quickly, the fine will be the same even if you leave it until the next time it's due - I did that once and they didn't seem to care. I forgot to do it so I waited until the next 90 days were done - 2000 Baht fine.

Ok, doesn't sounds too bad, not a full inspection where they check your clothes storage, toiletries and sleeping arrangements like they do with a marriage extension.

What exactly do they do on one of these visits? Do they look around every room in the house or just sit there like idiots. With tha marriage extension I can see some use to ensure you're married but that's a bit over the top, for you however - once you open the door and they see you have control of the house I can't really see what else they would need to see.

Is it really illegal though, I know there's a sign but that's just a printed piece of plastic? I was in a bakery in a large Hua Hin mall and took a couple of photos of the bread rolls so I could remember their size and the price and some woman who worked there came over waving me off and pointing at the 'no photos' sign. I ignored her and her stupid sign.

This is why they don't want people videoing them. We should all video them and expose this kind of behaviour.

If they were 10 years ago then nobody cares. If they were very recent then it's going to be different. So it's all about the timing.

Quite possible although I couldn't be bothered to read the entire thread just in case I missed it.

I'm owed an amount of money from an ongoing bankruptcy in Japan. Now this is money from about 10 years ago, it's around 1.5 million Baht at the moment, it was far more but the JPY has devalued considerably over the years. Lets say that this Baht doesn't arrive in my account until March 2024 - it's definitely older money and it's not recent profit or recent earnings in any way but it's not been taxed at all which was some time in 2013 so we're going back more than 10 years by the time I get it back. I believe it won't be subject to tax as it's effectively been held in limbo by the Japanese Government bureaucracy for the last 10 years and will be considered 'previous money' under the more recent amendment which stated nothing from before Jan 1, 2024 will be taxed. But it will almost certainly be remitted in 2024. Any thoughts? I will of course consult a tax advisor at some point during next year when things are clearer after the wire transfer arrives in my account. I will probably be in Thailand for more than 180 days in 2024 and I was in Thailand for more than 180 days every year for about the last 15 years. This amount alone will keep me going for more than a year without needing to remit any additional funds which leaves me with a problem of where to 'park' all the other money I receive each month but I'll figure that out later.

Did they kick her out or not I wonder?

Someone already linked you one of these companies but the website is in Thai https://www.atlrecovery.net/

Full story link is wrong, goes to the 'new light story'...

It is complete nonsense isn't it. If you're drunk then the only place to sober up before driving is a hotel where you get a full nights sleep. But most people will get tuk-tuks or some kind of taxi type transport and be on their way home.

Yes, what do you think all the fuss is about?

Of course it is - that's how it works all over the world. It's refering to money inside Thailand that's already been taxed.

You know, you can always pay a tax bill if needed, I'm sure it won't be a massive burden for a year or two. Things can be arranged to minimise tax in due course once the new rules if any are applied. For example, I will be sending much less money each month from January, if I then need to file a tax return I'll pay the 20k Baht in tax, no big deal. But I will cut my remittances in half to get to this level. Their plans to attempt to tax all global income in the future is the real potential problem here - this current situation is nothing compared to that one which may be a couple of years down the road.

I must admit I generally pay absolutely no attention to 'other people' when I'm going about my day to day business. If they speak to me then I am receptive but apart from that they might as well not exist, and sometimes I'm not convinced they do exist

Might I ask who?

I find it odd that you should have to prove retirement, if you're over 50 then you should qualify They're making things up aren't they

This is my take on it as well, it was on the Thai TV early morning news a couple of days back I told the Mrs she's probably just a Chinese cop / spy making problems. Remember Thailand is on the list of prohibited countries to which Chinese are very much discouraged (not quite banned though) from traveling to. What is she doing here? How did she get here? There's more to this than meets the eye.

I used the tax calculator here : https://www.uobam.co.th/en/tax-calculation Note that I applied no additional allowances and am single - some people will qualify for age based allowances (quite a bit I think) but I'm only about 50 years old.