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1 hour ago, Taboo2 said:

She is a cheater,,,her BF should dump her when she recovers....Sh&&&t for brains.

What?

Just for accepting an orange juice, not knowing that it was spiked.

7 minutes ago, oxo1947 said:

Bob the Builder, did we fix it,

Bob the Builder, yes we did.

For sure.

20 hours ago, Karma80 said:

Welcome to 2024 as we enter a new era where power over politics and entire nations is openly wielded entirely by the unelected and wealthy who remain unanwerable to anyone because of it. Want to challenge him? Sure - be buried in a billion dollars of law suits.

Thaksin is just Thailands version of Musk.

The difference is that Thaksin was legally elected as a PM and overthrown in a military coup, but Musk was merely appointed by Trump with NO input from the people of the USA.

2 hours ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

 

Says a well documented Hamas supporter

 

 

BS

Please show me where I support Hamas?

I support the Palestinian people. NOT Hamas.

2 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

Good luck with that. Remember teh senate? Everyone thought it would be better lol

 

Until they get a real chance to redo the constitution, there are always going to be issues.

However until they stop the military coups,  the constitution changes are meaningless, as the military simply tears up the existing constitution and writes a new one  in their favour.

8 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

They arenot powerless to make a decision they are powerless to subpeona a person.  That could be a good thing.  It means that Thaksin can have the power to come in and speak or not.  If he does speak then he can be asked a lot of questins that he probably would not like answered as well as a look at his books.  If the ECC sees smoke they can then boot it up to the NACC for them to make the next call.  That would tie in BIG TIME WITH THE PAPERWORK THAT WAS JUST SUBMITTED  and would not be a good look for PTP or Thaksin.  

 

It is possible that the NACC could disband PTP bar Thaksin and his family from any involvement in politics (including money) 

It si long past the time that the EC and the NACC were disbanded and reformed under new NON partisan leadership, and with no sign of the military, police or politicians.

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

Not if you make your own, bread maker machine or by hand.

Do you have a good recipe that I can try?

I use a stand mixer for the hard work.

5 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Bkk Bank, as is always for me as my WISE account has been tagged.

+ 1.

3 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

2 tier justice is disgusting. Just imagine if someone attacked sir Kier like this, bearing in mind thousands of Brits are banged up for inconvenient social media posts, never mind actual violence.

Worth noting that violence to further political aims is the definition of terrorism.

More whataboutery.

She committed the crime of assault. She should be punished, she wasn't.

Will she do it again? I have no idea.

Will she get the same punishment? Again, I have no idea/

Should she have gone to jail?

Certainly.

41 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

No.

So for me at least, I will carry on using Bangkok Bank where it shows up automatically and the transfer from BKK Bank to KBank is instant and free.

As for Wise, I am disgusted. They told me that my 2 transfers would be in BKK Bank at 14:13 today but the bank notified me at 14:00. I shall write to the Times about it,

signed Disgusted of Cheltenham.

3 hours ago, Chivas said:

 

lol banks in Thailand operate 24/7 as regards online payments/transfers as they do in all 1st world countries

 

I have used Wise every single day on a 7 day week plus bank holidays and makes absolutely no difference

 

Since I've beem monitoring it 24 of the last 25 transfers landed in 4-5 seconds or less and the odd one was 2 hours

 

For reference I use simple bank transfer method to Wise...No debit cards no credit cards no monies sitting on Wise account

 

Royal Bank of Scotland to Wise to SCB

 

On the wise app (or desktop) I never even get the chance to click on their icon "I've sent my monies" because SCB pings with monies landing before I even get a chance to

Does the SCB show up as an international transfer in the bankbook and on the bank statement?

I know it does at the BBK Bank, but not at KBank.

SCB I have no idea.

On 12/14/2024 at 4:03 PM, thecyclist said:

The worst that LOS has to offer in one place. Makes you want to puke. 

IMHO, the worst that Thailand has to offer, normally wear camouflage uniforms and their leadership is composed of people who call themselves generals.

5 hours ago, jmd8800 said:

This is what I thought of doing as well. Show up in the first weeks in January with a statement from Bangkok Bank showing my 2024 transfers in Thailand. That is the easy part, I think.

 

The hard part, unless Thailand is using an honor system, is showing how much my USA Social Security pension is, as that portion of my income is not assessable. Is this the total amount before Medicare deductions or just the amount deposited into my bank account? So I'll take my annual SS letter with me.

 

My transfers are over this SS amount but less than the total SS exemption amount plus the standard Thai income tax deductions. So I should not owe any tax.

 

I pay taxes on all of my income in the USA and my income is only SS and private pensions. No investment income. My accountant in the USA says any tax I pay to Thailand is deductible from US taxes.

I don't think that the Thai tax department is interested in how much SS you get paid, but they are probably more interested in how much you transfer into Thailand. They will also be interested in your age, if you have children of school age or at college/uni, as they will affect how much your tax allowance in Thailand will be.

Please don't accept this as gospel as it is only my thoughts.

There is a guy called Mike Lister on the AN forum who knows far more than I do and if you send him a PM he may well be able to help you. The majority of the posters on AN who talk about paying Thai income tax know as much as you and I, which is not a lot,  and many have their own ideas about what they will or will not do if they have to pay tax.

As for me, I have 3 pensions, 2 assessable and one non assessable, so I will go to the RTD in January and see if they are able to sort it out. 

I will post the results on the forum but it will probably be the end of January before I know about my case and whether I have to pay tax or not.

On 12/9/2024 at 3:36 PM, PETERTHEEATER said:

I assume all those asylum seekers in UK can now return home?

Some of them might though from what I have read on the BBC News 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y795q52x5o

the current asylum claims are on hold. 

There is also the possibility that new Syrian asylum seekers from Assad's regime may also want to stay in the UK as Syria may not be safe for them.

I am due a 90 day report on 14 January, so I will order the statements on that day. I should pick them up around the 21st, and aim for the tax office around 28th January, giving me about a week to annotate and scan the statements, so it will probably be done in about 5 weeks time.

From a conversation with Mike Lister when this thing started, I don't think at 80, given the tax allowances that I am entitled to, that I will have to pay any tax in Thailand, and if that is the case I am not sure if I will actually be given a TIN, at least for 2024 though I do have a "pink" Thai ID card.

I have put a reminder on my pc calendar.

5 hours ago, watchcat said:

 

Pure speculation.

The tourist was seen standing near the balcony, appearing dazed and The tourist was seen standing near the balcony, appearing dazed and attempting to climb over the railing in what seemed to be a suicide attempt.in what seemed to be a suicide attempt.

And what other reason can you come up with for a person to be near the balcony, appearing dazed and attempting to climb over the railing in what seemed to be a suicide attempt.

Please expand on your conclusion of "Pure speculation".