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I'm in the same remittance range as you, ie under my UK personal allowance. In case you haven't already worked it out, in a worse case scenario if you were bringing in £12k at 46/£, were single and under 65 with no other deductable allowances your tax bill would be 26,700 baht - effective rate 4.8%. I personally can't see a scenario even if I double my remittances where it would benefit me to spend less than 180 days in Thailand. Might be more of a consideration for renters rather than homeowners

Hope there's no delay as I'm really looking forward to having a Sunday afternoon beer watching Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton overtaking the food vendors 3 wheelers.

Thanks. Out of interest what do you regard as normal ?

I got a Senior Management Job in Rayong from having my CV up on a global industry specific online recruitment platform. Wasn't even looking for a job as I'd just decided to retire, but a Western agent saw that I had the relevant experience and was living locally. 300k baht a month tax free + 2 months annual bonus + health insurance etc etc. Friend of mine who still works in Bangkok, Head of IT for a well known Multinational, pretty much the same route. All about having the skills and experience to offer not available locally and marketing yourself on the right platforms.

It was one of the ladies on the reception in the building on the right.

Due to all the conflicting reports, I went into that section of Jomtien Immigration 2 weeks ago before I left the country to ask whether I had to do one on my return. I was told if I was returning to the same address they already have on the system and own the property I would not have to do it. The lady specifically asked whether I owned or rented the property - perhaps that's a distinction they use that hasn't already been mentioned, who knows.

Agreed and it's a bizarre approach that goes against their idea Thais will still be technically in control of voting rights. By making an increased 26% non voting you move to a situation of 49% foreign ownership vs 25% Thai ownership. Perhaps that's something they can better sell to Chinese investors in new developments who will gobble up the first 49%. I'd like to think most condo owners decision making is not based on nationality but common sense, however if you have Chinese investors buying in bulk to break the law and run it as a pseudo hotel, the non voting rights proviso will facilitate it. Terrible decision. NewNative's proportioned down 49% method makes far more sense from a Thai perspective.

Yet another admission that the lack of an effective law enforcement body is negatively affecting legitimate operations. The bad news for the head of the Thai Hotels Association is that his industry's problem doesn't go away even if you maintain the current ownership ratio let alone increase it. So how about pressuring this government to do something about that issue. No hope there unsurprisingly given the slow return to normal being playing out currently. If the situation is as bad as he says, objecting to an increase of foreign % ownership on that basis should be a source of national embarrassment given tourism is one of the main drivers of the economy.

" Old Pop " - Captain Fiction at it again. If you want to come here and your budget is 45,000 just do it and get on with your life. It affects no-one except yourself.

Germany's single person tax free allowance is even less than the UK's so his point was still absolute nonsense. Good luck trying to live in Germany for a year on less than 12,000 Euros. Thailand's tax system is favourable tax wise to low income earners and I agree many Thais can survive on 210,000 tax free. That's at odds with the criticism made in the post I replied to.

Where do you get the notion that people would expect to live off a personal tax allowance for a year ? That idea doesn't even hold any reality back in the UK where I'm from.

You're reading my mind, we're currently full but in light of current news I already requested confirmation of the current split of the Thai 51% hoping that the Thai individually named are above 25%. Good luck to any foreigner trying to persuade their Thai wife to transfer back to his name if possible !! 😀

I'm going to confirm with him next time I see him. I don't want to get too excited yet but I suppose if it's ever going to happen it's got as much chance as any of changing under the current government and its vested interests, and the difficult economic situation that appears to be hitting on a number of fronts.

Yes but not too bothered about that one off hit, I know the level of cost involved from a friend who managed to make the change because there was available foreign % ownership in his development. From memory it was around or not excessively different to 1 years company fee.

Re the above tax exemptions can you confirm my understanding is correct. I'm a 58 year old single guy therefore qualifying for the 60,000 tax free allowance. Technically if I brought in only up to that amount I would not have to file a tax return. However if I brought in up to 210,000 baht although I would still pay zero tax I technically would have to file a tax return. ( 150k of assessable income but it would be at 0% rate ). I'm only asking because I could potentially limit my 25/26 tax exposure by bringing in 210,000 tax free this year, albeit I think I'd technically have to file.

Reading all the comments I guess I must be the only person happy with this potential change. Should it happen I'll be the first person down the land office changing my company owned condo into my own name. Certainly a positive move for someone in my position.

No, just the bill was all they need.

I only got my bill at the weekend, tried the QR code on receipt which didn't work, checked the updates to this thread, so went to City Hall Monday and dealt with it.

Why on earth would any sensible person waste time looking around what they know to be an undesirable residence ? Unless of course that is all they can afford and are posting about it in the hope they can get more information - 300k to buy, 3k to rent. Can anyone help him ?

Don't sweat the small stuff. I live in a 100+ sqm condo and my bill was 904 baht. My QR code didn't work this year and I'd read on here KrungThai weren't processing the payment. So a trip to City Hall, in and out in 15 minutes followed by a nice lunch and a look around in Terminal 21 for a change. It's not difficult really is it unless you just like complaining about small things

Where is " Leaver " ? C'mon ADMIN resurrect him for this thread, it was one of his favourite subjects. Bob Smith, GeorgeGeorgia and Jim Tripper are poor imitations of our Covid era doom puppet. He can't have left for Vietnam, they still haven't introduced the long term visa option he tried to convince us they'd bring.

You are quite right, however my success with them was doing it in person rather than online. I wonder if it was the timing issue mentioned previously.

I'd recommend saving yourself some time and just search and read the 100's of other threads on the same subject, inevitably you'll end up reading the same arguments for and against from the same people that inevitably will appear on here over the next couple of days, you'll just get there quicker. In short it's a personal decision based on your finances and preferred style of living - permanence or transient, I think other peoples experiences are irrelevant and will cloud your decision making.

If only economy flights had as generous leg room as the Airport Bus from Jomtien to Bangkok.

Getting snobby and superior over choosing to take a taxi rather than a bus is laughable. Even worse that you think that somehow qualifies you to think of yourself as a quality tourist as a result.