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After reading an earlier post of another user, I correct this to be: as a result of BREXIT, a new office was set up in Brussels, and all EEA customers needed to enter a new Customer Agreement with the European arm of the company (then called TransferWise Europe SA ( and now Wise Europe)).

I stand corrected. Rather, as a result of BREXIT, a new office was set up in Brussels, and all EEA customers needed to enter a new Customer Agreement with the European arm of the company (then called TransferWise Europe SA ( and now Wise Europe)). .

... I believe this no longer the case. Around the time of BREXIT I believe WISE moved their HQ to mainland Europe ( Holland or Belgium).

Advice? Check your own financial particulars. You nominally need a certain small level of assessable income remitted to, or earned, in Thailand, and also need to be a deemed Thai tax resident to obtain a TIN. Note also with regards to your assessable income for taxation purposes, and note for your TIN qualification purposes, some DTAs, some ministerial instructions, and some Royal Decrees may or may not be applicable to you. It can be complex to assess accurately and " one shoe doesn't fit all".

I confess i struggle to believe he would be taxed for the 2024 tax year in Thailand if he had no local income for the 2024 tax year, and if he brought no money into Thailand for the 2024 tax year. So that is why I am skeptical and I believe that there is more to this story. Perhaps they are taxing him on previous years when he needed to, and failed to, file a tax return for some reason?

Yes, but that is not the last 12 months. Last I checked this month is March. Past 12 months is Feb 2024 to Feb 2025. If your friend brought money into Thailand in Jan 2024, that is not past 12 months, but it is still part of 2024 tax year.

Taxation in Thailand is by calendar year. Not by past 12 months. Also local income needs to be considered. Likely there is more details that you were not told.

Believe it or not, it is possible with Wise to have the verification for a PC login to be sent to a smartphone, before the PC loggin allowed. If the OP set something like that up in error, it would cause them an issueif they have no smartphone.

Wise is working fine for me .. I have logged in multiple times in the past 3 weeks from Thailand, Singapore and Australia. I can log on both with an Android smartphone Wise app and also from my laptop PC ( running GNU/Linux). When I use the PC to log in, it sends a verification request to my smartphone for me to confirm it is me. For the OP, are you certain a verification request is not being sent to your smartphone?

That is interesting to read. Were you informed verbally by an RD official, or did they provide such by other communication means? ( email, social media, postal mail?). I presume they included a caveat saying that was the case ( no tax return required) as long as any local Thai income you might have ( from investments) did not exceed a certain threshold.

There is a LOT of consensus on many details ... and no consensus on some others. Some examples of consensus: 1. For example the Canadian-Thai DTA states Canadian pensions and similar remunerations are only taxable in Canada (and not in Thailand). This has been agreed with all tax advisors, who have gone a step further and also agreed such Canadian pension (and similar remunerations) are not to be included in a tax form. This is also consistent with Royal Decree-18. 2. Also, per por.161/162, there is agreement (tax advisors and Thai RD) that pre-1-Jan-2024 money in foreign bank accounts, if remitted to Thailand, is exempt Thai taxation, and not to be included in a Thai tax form. 3. Also per Royal Decree 743 and RD Ministerial Instruction 427 those on an LTR-WP and LTR-WGC have their remitted foreign income tax exempt. A forum member in a call to the Thai RD tax help line confirmed such income is not to be included in a Thai tax form. Any who dispute the above, are going against both the Thai RD and against different Tax advisors. I suspect there is also agreement in other country sourced income as well ... There are of course, some areas where it is not so clear yet, but I believe with time there will be more clarification. To think thou that there is "no consensus by anyone on tax matters" is not universally correct in regards to Thai taxation.

I think the view of the majority of posters on this forum is no, you do not have to file if your income is not assessable for the tax calculation. There is a minority who disagree and who are determined to file a tax return even thou their income is not assessable. And some of the discussion is debating whether DTA exempt, royal Decree exempt, and ministerial instruction exempt income should be considered assessable despite being tax exempt. So you may not get a 100% agreement answer from all forum members.

Phuket is 'cheap' relative to Bangkok. But I suspect you know that. Are both over priced? Possibly. Possibly not. Yes the Russians and Chinese (yes the Chinese ARE still in Phuket despite what you state) have helped drive up Phuket real estate prices. While its true the numbers of Chinese are less than in the past, they are still present in Phuket and they are still buying real estate. It is NOT just the Russians' buying. Not by long shot.

Nonsense. Pure 100% nonsense.

Ask either Deep Seek or ChatGPT. With ChatGPT on a browser, it provides its sources which you can check. I find it ironic you pull misinformation out of thin air and ask others for their references. Phuket is NOT #1. Time for you to research and update yourself. Once again, you are out of date. A while ago?? How long is a while ago? Once again, you are out of date. Yes, the taxi mafia is still there (in Patong, Kata, Karon), but one can descretly use online taxi apps to obtain cheaper transport in those areas. Outside of those areas one can do so with FAR LESS disretion. You are out of date. Further, most expats have a car and don't think twice about the taxi mafia. You are also in a minority of expats if you had to use the taxi mafia in the past - and most definitely MORE out of date if you did use such in the present. Rubbish. You are out of date. What about the tourists? Last I looked, this thread is about "expats" ... Or did you fail to read the thread topic? Once again, "Quality" expats have their own vehicles, and on occasion when they wish to go drinking and not drive, there are online apps where the expats 'in the know' simply arrange for online transportation and have NOTHING TO DO with the Taxi Mafia. Those who don't do such are simply misinformed, like yourself. As for the tourists, even thou this thread is NOT about tourists, if they want to they also can take advantage of online booking of transportation taxi services. This is the year 2025. Its time to get with the times. The hold of the taxi mafia has mostly been broken. Your failure to concede such indicates how out of touch you are on this topic