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I went to the TRD office in Kamphaeng Phet this morning to register. I took 1 Passport plus a copy of all the pages 2 My pink Thai ID card plus a copy 3 My yellow house book plus a copy 4 A print out of money transferred to Thailand during 2024 5 A copy of my address confirmed by the British Embassy 6 A copy of our marriage certificate in English and in Thai The lady only looked at the income and tells me that I owe 15,059 baht in Thai income tax. She quoted me (and wrote it down that my allowances were Age allowance 190,000 thb correct 50% deduction for pension income, up to 100k - 100,000 thb correct My allowance 60.000 thb correct Allowance for my wife 60,000 thb correct Allowance for my son 30,000 thb correct However she had no idea that my military pension in Thailand is tax exempt Nor does she understand that it does NOT matter how much income I get in the UK, BUT on how much money I actually transfer into Thailand In addition, the first 150,000 Baht of income is zero rated for tax. These things combined mean that the first 500,000 Baht of income received in Thailand each year, will not be taxable. She suggested that I contacted the pension providers to get how much income I earned in the Thai tax year 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024. I got through to HMRC this afternoon (in only 8 minutes) but the UK tax year runs from 06 April to 05 April the following year so they can only provide me with some information (by snail mail) for the 2023/2024 tax year. I now have to contact my other 2 pension providers to see if they can tell me how much tax I paid in the UK 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024. I think that I shall have to contact TRD Central and see what information they can give me.
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Thaksin blames Prawit for political turmoil amid coup fallout
billd766 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
That is something that I have been saying for years. -
Thaksin blames Prawit for political turmoil amid coup fallout
billd766 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Not so, as his party could not form a government. Now if it was a FPTP (First Past The Post system), then theoretically Pita would be elected PM, BUT as a minority government they may well have had a problem ruling the country and passing laws etc. -
Thaksin blames Prawit for political turmoil amid coup fallout
billd766 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
But the party that the people voted for could not form a government. IIRC the party with the most seats at the last election did not gain an overall majority. Therefore they needed a coalition with other parties to become the government. As they could not form a coalition government in the required time period, (30 days I think), the party with the next highest number of seats gets the chance to form a coalition government. PTP could and did, form a workable coalition government, otherwise the party with the next number of seats would be given the chance, and so on, until there are no more choices. And it is all perfectly legal. I suppose at that point there has to be a new election. -
Thaksin blames Prawit for political turmoil amid coup fallout
billd766 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
No military coup general is ever better than a freely elected PM voted for by the people of the country. He only becomes a dictator. -
Thaksin blames Prawit for political turmoil amid coup fallout
billd766 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Still far better for Thailand than ANY military coup government. -
Thaksin blames Prawit for political turmoil amid coup fallout
billd766 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
But who dared to wake him up? -
Internet Erupts Over 'Egg-Shaped UFO' Retrieval Video
billd766 replied to Social Media's topic in Off the beaten track
If you believe anything that Tucker Carson says then you will believe this. Sadly many people do. -
Worst Joke Ever 2025
billd766 replied to warfie's topic in Jokes - Puzzles and Riddles - Make My Day!
Not as much of a show as when I tested a shower and got a nasty load of belts off it, because I didn't unplug it from the mains before I dis-assembled it. he wasn't there and luckily my wife pulled the plug. literally, from the wall socket. Not a job I would want to repeat. -
Bangkok's Chatuchak Area a Contender for F1 Race in 2027
billd766 replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
That won't even cover the cost of building the circuit let alone maintaining it, not to mention the costs and the delays involved in diverting all the traffic commuters and deliveries for the period leading up to and the race days, nor the costs of cleaning the circuit every day during the practice, the actual race and the clear up afterwards. It is obvious, at least to me, that the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT), as revealed by its governor, Kongsak Yodmanee, has never used that road on a daily basis, without a police escort. -
Worst Joke Ever 2025
billd766 replied to warfie's topic in Jokes - Puzzles and Riddles - Make My Day!
I can still do stuff like that, and I am 80. Climbing ladders with dodgy knees like mine is not so easy and I am not happy doing past 3 treads, however if I have to do it, I can, but I don't have to like it. My 20 year Thai son can also do stuff like that and I have been teaching him the basics for time that I can no longer do it and his Mum cannot do it either. At 22 I was stripping and rebuilding car engines. -
Supreme Court Petitioned to Return Thaksin to Jail Amid Allegations
billd766 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Actually it takes a whole lot more than a few honest individuals at the very top. The majority of the people in the country to back them up, plus a reasonably honest military and police force. It happened in S Korea very recently and another instance many years ago as well. Apart from that I agree 100%. -
Supreme Court Petitioned to Return Thaksin to Jail Amid Allegations
billd766 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
But was Thaksin really guilty, or was it a political decision, at least in the minds of the coup generals, to justify the illegal military coup? To me. ANY political conviction under a military coup is an illegal conviction, and should be overturned and expunged from the records, and the justices who convicted them should be fired, and jailed themselves. -
Supreme Court Petitioned to Return Thaksin to Jail Amid Allegations
billd766 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
How about jailing every general that is still living that has taken part in illegal military coups first. Wouldn't that be a great plan?