groovyc

I understand that one could refund overpaid PIT up to 3yrs from payment (or taxed year?).

In my case, my employer paid all taxes through a Thai firm on my behalf. However, I understand

that once it is paid for my Tax ID, it is as good as I payed it for all intents and purposes.

Hence, is it reasonable to assume that, if I am eligible for a refund for past over payed PIT,

I could get it payed back to myself, possibly without the Thai tax firm and my previous employer

even getting to know about it?

I have a question related to the OP's situation, so I thought of bringing it up here.

Let me put it this way:

If the OP were to move to Thailand in, say, August and effectively reside less than

183 days for the 2011 tax year. Is he still liable for income tax for this year?

This has been bugging me for a while.

I hope this doesn't mean that other schools associated with him are under threat.

I just recently visited Prem International School in Chiang Mai and was quite impressed by it.

I heard they may be changing the name because of the association with Prem, rumour or confirmed anyone know?

as they rightly shud've long time ago...

I am not commenting on any specific post here.

I just want to say that it is a very sad thing that a farang can be murdered and - as another person said, - it is not even mentioned in the Aussie media.

Furthermore, - I have no doubt, - that this guy will walk free in a year or two or maybe less. After all, - it's just a farang's life.

I am married to a Thai. I have a step son and now a another son between us. She is totally disgusted with the conduct of her own country and country men.

The corruption from the highest level down to the lowest level scum bags. IT'S THE SAME!

Even her own family at times.

The father of my step son was mowed down by a drunk driver in car (he was on motor bike) about one and half years ago.

The drunk driver who killed him paid a 60,000 baht fine to the police and is walking free to this day.

The family received 100,000 baht insurance, - 40,000 of which had to be paid to the police.

In any western country, - it is called manslaughter with heavy penalties.

Thailand, is a beautiful country with beautiful people, - but there is no doubt that it's own justice system towards it's own people is very corrupt.

So, my point is the........ what hope does a farang have of justice. ANSWER: ZERO.

Good post and valid point.

I came across many case reports like this one (father of step son case) recently, and just realized how naive most of us are.

At least I never thought it was so easy to get away after killing someone in Thailand.

We read conspiracy cases, cases involving the "influenced" etc very often and are disgusted about them,

but we rarely hear that almost anyone can get away so easily.

Thailand seems to be a real failed state at this rate! I lived there for 4yrs, just moved out last year,

and am I glad!

I think there is a need to compile these cases and make them easily available to the

unsuspecting expact to see before they subject themselves to the laws of Thailand.

just so that they make a more informed decision!

You lot are a sad bunch. You all cry for justice, but are ready to pass your own judgement on this girl before she has been properly convicted.

And before you all get on your high horses about me defending her, I'm not..I'm quite happy for a court to decide whether she is guilty or not after reviewing all the facts and evidence (and not from reading newspaper reports like the wannabe judges on this forum)

Listen to yourselves almost baying for blood.. "lock her up, throw away the key" you say.. thank god you are not part of the legal system in any country.

This whole thing is a tradgedy.. for all involved.

totster

I understand your sentiment and would have wholeheartedly agreed if I didn't know anything about Thailand.

However, there is a major mistake in your assumption that everyone is trying to pass judgement on this girl.

True, we see many comments to that end, but these should be seen in the light of the Thai socio-judicial system.

If one manages to see beyond the words, one would realize that most posters are (even while they are unconciously

passing judgement on an unconvicted suspect) just trying to express their dissastisfaction towards the social order

that they know is not going to produce any justice in a case like this.

In fact, this girl is also a victim at the moment, while she is still theoretically punishable.

Even if she wants to subject herself to the trial and punishment she deserves without making any influence,

nobody would believe her. Even if she is trully not guilty, such a verdict will be scorned at by many.

In that respect, she is a victim.

But we all know that the more probable case is that she is guilty (at least some of the facts of the case are so

simple and doesnt call for an LLB to figure out she is guilty of a few offences), but would go scot free at

least partly owing to her status. and chances are she would be quite happy about that!

Those who are making vengiant comments are in fact crying for the reincarnation of justice....not with

a personal vengeance towards a 16 year old stranger, but for justice itself.

They may be wording it the wrong way, but could you actually blame them for that?

Yes, thickness seems to be rampant today. Let's just get a rope and hang her from the nearest pedestrian overpass since all the convicting speculation has been finalized with this post.

A little bit more responsible posting would be in order! Nobody has agked for capital punishment, and even if it is practised in Thailand now (is it?),

I am sure it would not be at pedestrian overpasses.

Do think twice before you post please.

1. The van showed no trace of being hit by the sedan;

Wonder how much money it took?

2 vehicles spinning out of control with no impact - black ice perhaps?

I think thi ssummarises all the anger at the incident and the perceived nature

of the course of justice. I didn't see any direct hang-them-high comments here,

even though many people have come to the rescue of the so called 16 year old driver.

It is not merely an outburst of public rage towards one high-so supposedly "Rama-1 dissendent"

driver that we see here. It is pure disgust at law enforcement (or more precisely, one's expectation of

its non-enforcement at the hands of the BIB and the elite etc etc, with money being involved.)

Our oxford boy is trying to portray a different picture....but how far would it go with too many

skeletons in his own closet, I wonder.

I haven't followed all the posts, so this is probably not news any more,

but I here that apart from the 16yr old driver who is supposed to be a

distant relative of the royal family, many of the victims would be students from

Thammasat or Chula, which woould mean there could be some influential

families involved. (at least one of the dead is a colleague of a friend in Chula)

We may see some interesting turns in the story if there are any high-so victimes

involved, and hopefully that might help bring about justice. Meanwhile, it would

be interesting to see if the Thai public learns anything from this at all...

2nd owner; owner leaving country. well maintained and in good shape. PM for details.

If the law can't be applied equally to everyone, then those applying it need to be replaced with those who can and will.

I agree with the first part, but how do you exactly 'replace' the ultra rich business circle, the Bangkok elite, AND the army - the whole 'Establishment' - who would be on the asses of anyone trying to do their job

which might result adversely toward the former's interests?

Let's hope that the court disband his party tomorrow, so he cannot damage the country more.

dream on...

PAD is the law, by virtue of putting the PM where he is today.

at least one poster's got some sense and better than average IQ...

What's wrong with the Nation? Is this actually the editorial!!?

This is not to say that The Nation is against a full and independent investigation, or even the possibility of foreign mediation in the investigation into the clashes between the reds and the government troops. But an investigation that is being launched and paid for by a stakeholder - not to mention the fact that this stakeholder has been charged with being the mastermind behind the violence - is not exactly credible or neutral.

Wake up editor! Lawyers are not "supposed" to be nuetral. Their job is to protect their clients' rights, thank you.

omg, whats wrong with the Thai media? Dan Rivers should see this.

Thaksin said Interpol, the Paris-based international police intelligence-sharing association, would not act on such a groundless and politically motivated warrant.

my Thaksin is an impudent man

he is even telling Interpol what they can do

someone should send this article to the Chief at Interpol and see how he feels about a convicted criminal and accused terrorist telling him how to do his job.

This is in the international news. I'm pretty sure it reaches France as well.

Convicted by a court influenced by an institution that we are not allowed to talk about. If the Chief at Interpol will start asking too many questions, he will suddenly face the prospect of spending 15 years in jail in Thailand himself. Hmmm...I wonder how he feels about that.

poor fellow

Will the landowners agree? Will the leaseholder (Central) agree? And can we have another memorial to those killed and injured by non-military personnel?

The landowner is the Crown Property Bureau. You can guess their views.

And you're right, Central paid billions of Baht for a long term lease on the land, so they would have to be compensated. And the compensation would not just cover the lease and building costs, but the income that they'd have to forgo over the life of the lease.

It could end up being the most expensive memorial in the world.

Perhaps alternative ideas should be put forward

Perhaps the only land owners in the world who could just as well afford such a memorial.

It's a shame that interpol and other foreign governments have ignored requests to extradite Thaksin and have even aided his fugitive lifestyle. Countries like France and Montenegro that knowingly allow Thaksin on their soil are no better than Afghanistan and are harboring a terrorist leader. Thaksin has the right to defend himself in court and respond to the evidence against him and interpol ought to help him do that.

If Thaksin had committed terrorism against the USA it is likely that they would hunt him and kill him regardless of which country he fled to, I guess he's lucky to be Thai, or Montenegrian, or whatever he claims to be at the moment.

Thank God Interpol hasn't been so irresponsible as to give in to weird demands from a third world nation where freedom of speech is barred by the constitution, and hunt down a man who was ousted by the country's army from the PM post to hand him over to that country's "judicial system" where he has all his rights to defend himself!....and while the guy who everyone knows is guilty of treason lives a luxurious life "above the law" up in Rangsit.

You might think you know better than the Interpol about thaksin, but just take a moment and think about how it would look like up there in Paris...

Don't get me wrong: i personally would like to see him charged for the more "real" offenses he has committed. But the forces high above have effectively given him immunity!

To Thailand's current government:

be careful of what you wish for, you may get it.

At least someone's on the right tracks, thank God.

Most thaksin haters' assumptions frankly question their intelligence: The Thai police/courts actually wanted Thaksin in jail, but let him go to see the olympics first ha? How altruistic.

It would have justified the (failed) attempt to have a peaceful 'million man' march at Phan Fa bridge. It could even have justified a protest at Siam Square insofar as it didn't interfere with ordinary people's lifes and jobs. I don't see how anyone can argue it justifies what actually has happened over the last five weeks or so - if you call this 'protest' I suggest you buy a new dictionary. Protest was what Gandhi did.

Gandhi was up against the British, not a British educated puppet to start with. and clearly had more restraint than by far any protest leader before and after that. clearly not a good comparison.

Also, all the unruliness started after being provoked by the army as everyone knows. they didnt shoot at people on streets etc like we have seen before (off guns stolen/given away from the parliament). And then the army comes out with what some called anti-aircraft weapons.. a very good excuse to use the double standards card. and the rest is history. Any competent govt would know this would happen specially when dealing with uneducated people, not to mention the army's bad reputation when it comes to this kind of trouble.

All the reds: time to shut up now you terrorists losers,

An attitude like that (on both sides) is what led to all this chaos in the first place. Good will towards the seemingly deafeated enemy is what we need. If the "winners" don't reach out to the "losers" right now and instead prefer to beat on the Reds while they are down, this circle of violence will soon start over. Jail all radical leaders, especially the ones now on the run, push ahead with the yellow's trials as well to signal people that double standards are no longer tolerated, involve the red leaders that have some sense in them in the reconciliation process and treat them as equals in as much as possible.

Don't forget Sonthi and his so-called "bloodless coup". I can't remember anyone pardoning him. AFAIK, the King didn't.

It is high time the Army is given its right place and gets to know it is not above the law.

Unconfirmed reports from Thai media says the protesters didn't want to stop dispite the leaders' plea, and that Central World is on fire?

ActIIScene1 rolling...and this time, noone to blame. 'sincerely hope this wudnt spiral "really" out of control (of anyone)...

Nonthaburi's sky is getting darker.. : I know they took over ThaiCom this morning. Exactly what is on fire I wonder..

I have just heard on the phone that red shirt protesters have disrupted power supplies and are burning vehicles in Udon Thani

Unconfirmed reports from Thai media says the protesters didn't want to stop dispite the leaders' plea, and that Central World is on fire?

ActIIScene1 rolling...and this time, noone to blame. 'sincerely hope this wudnt spiral "really" out of control (of anyone)...

Agreed. If anyone knows if the immigration office on Chaeng Wattana will be open please let us know.

It should be as its out of Bangkok (or was it not now?).

The ministry of Pub Health which is in Nonthaburi bordering Bkk is officially open (it was yesterday).

Regarding the visa issues, they probably won't have a problem if you go to renew on the first day they open.

One could easily check with a regional office that is open today by phone.

(whether theyd be good for their word is arguable tho)

I fail to understand why the Thai government have not done everything possible to have an international arrest warrant put out by Interpol for the arrest of Thaksin and the red leaders who have recently fled Thailand. Can anyone help me out here? Why has this not been done? Is it a complex legal procedure?

It is nice to see someone actually using his brains on TV. Let's see what kind of replies he gets..

(I don't have a sound theory for that, but would give my two satangs worth later on)

This is all pressure on Thailand to sort things out. NZ and we know things are not as bad as they say. Politics at work.

Typical knee-jerk reaction we have come to expect from NZ politics.

Just one of the reasons that make Thailand a more appealing place to live dispite its unstable governance.

I am surprised Winston Peters had not put his 2 cents worth in yet.

When expats come to work in Thailand, they usually aware of the unforeseen dangers.

like getting hit by a motorbike etc.

But they are not prepared for live ammunition whizzing past their office windows on working days in downtown bangkok,

just next to the Royal Thai Army's abruptly self-proclaimed "Life firing zone".

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-444400

Normally, an army is supposed to be used to defend the civilians from other hostile countries. You know a country is in a bad way when the ruling government uses its army to shoot and kill its own civilians. Currently there is a massacre going on in the streets of Bangkok and the situation is worsening by the hour. I fear Thailand may never recover from this for many years to come. If the army go in to the protesters camp site and start slaughtering the people in there, then there is a strong possibility of a full blown civil war spreading throughout the country. No matter how you look at it, a government using its army to gun down its civilians in the streets is the act of an oppressive government which has lost all moral code of conduct.

probably worse than iraq before Bush moved in. lucky thing we don't have oil here.

seriously, I am waiting to see what the intl community is going to say about this. Or would they just turn a blind eye coz its a so called US ally.......in fact, how was the reaction like when the army butchered the masses last time in the 90's? or in the previous time....or...