paddypower

On 4/23/2024 at 2:28 AM, Sticky Rice Balls said:

Is she single? asking for a friend.... 🙂

take a number 🙂 

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

The Shin clan taking over again, once sister is back in the fold watch the whole dirty saga unfold.

I'm very happy he's home and we don't have to refer to him as ''fugitive' PM. No matter how much Thaksin's lackeys twist the words - he's a criminal, a convict, not eligible for a redemption by becoming PM again. Nor can his sister, Yingluk. the rest of the family is brain dead.

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

How about not so minor offences?

 

 

is that species of snake dangerous?

On 5/4/2024 at 5:02 AM, Skipalongcassidy said:

It is rather boring... where's the substance?

boring? as Trump channels his inner Rodney Dangerfield?

On 5/4/2024 at 9:45 AM, Thingamabob said:

Kimmel the creep. An odious piece of work.

like most American late night talk hosts, funny but laughing at you:  a sign of the decline of the Empire.

On 5/4/2024 at 9:44 AM, spidermike007 said:

His health appears to be failing, his hamburger diet may be catching up to him, at his old age of 77, going on 90, and he seems semi-senile. He can barely keep his eyes open. Perhaps carrying around that 145 kilos is more difficult than he thought. 

 he's been ''supersizing me' for a long, long time. very curious to read a genuine medical/mental test, especially how big a risk there would be, for surviving the rigors of the office, if he get re-elected. not to forget the same question about Joe B. is also valid.

1 hour ago, paddypower said:

they came, they left.

cum was spelled checked.

2 minutes ago, smedly said:

https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/login

 

use passport number and nationality, might log you in

Yep,

3 minutes ago, smedly said:

https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/login

 

use passport number and nationality, might log you in

done and dusty. thanks guys. does everybody get that reminder to join the AN newsletter, every time they update the tab they are on for new messages? its becoming annoying

32 minutes ago, smedly said:

do it now, you don't need the email, just log in and submit your details

THANKS. I'm  in a bit of bother here, as Ive scrolled though my saved emails and cannot find any from IO which provides the log on. fortunately, I do have my password. i'll get off my ass and locate where to log in to. again, appreciate the advice, it seems so logical - must have missed doing that, due to living here too long 🙂

1 hour ago, mikebell said:

AKA Short Time.

they came, they left.

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Sheer BS

555 but,but,but says the Ministry of Tourism (currenty undergoing a 'renovation' in leadership) 'Thailand doesn't have prostitution'

23 hours ago, Mike Lister said:

I also use a fixed deposit for this purpose but it's only 400k, it's on a rolling year by year fix in an account all by its lonesome. I use an agent to manage all my Immi interfaces and thus far he's not asked for anything further. But he also knows I keep high 7 figures in Baht in other accounts here, which will be my fall back response to the living expenses question, if it's ever asked, rather than screwing around with tax returns and statements et al.

there are days when I wish I had taken up the offer of a Thai wife, upon arriving at the airport, in the 1990's 🙂

should i worry? 90 day is due May 4. neither wife nor I have received our email notifications. (I just turned off my vpn, which is on, 24/7). the travel issue: same problem for us, its a 250 km round trip and if I have to attend personally, my wife is disabled and unable to attend. I imagine if I have her passport and form signed, that will be accepted. tia for any updates on the system.

On 4/11/2024 at 5:24 PM, transam said:

I have many a time, Mrs.T even gave one some verbal once, but I don't think she said anything about him being on his smartphone to his face regard his old slappers, that is a bit of a p_ss take, a route that I don't think any of us would go down, unless one thinks they're special..............🧐......😂

i agree. apparently you have to go through the ''Thaksin model'' to be able to take the mickey out of the System.

53 minutes ago, Mike Lister said:

I hadn't come across Area Office before. My previous understanding was that the country is divided into Regions which are then subdivided into Districts, a District being equal to an Amphur.

 

Looking at the TRD org chart is seems Regions are subdivided into Area Offices and Area branches. I interpret this to mean that the old District Offices are now Area offices  that may not map directly onto Amphurs in every case and that more remote locales have Area branches! 

 

Regardless, the largest and most capable office in any area  is the Regional Office but the District Offices (now Area offices) are where to file a return.

 

https://www.rd.go.th/english/6015.html

We have a hint-hint company, requiri8ng an audit each year. The auditor takes care of our tax filings. worth the money. 

On 4/27/2024 at 8:38 AM, Lacessit said:

The TRD could wonder all they want, it would take years for me to convert my savings into Thai baht and there would be proof every step of the way. Meantime, my pension payments can accumulate in an Australian account away from prying eyes.

 

I am risk averse too, my policy is to give ANY government department as little information as possible. Giving them data is like feeding piranhas.

Lacessit, you have prompted me to think of something which may have been considered in the overall thread; which I may have missed.. You write that you will not be (re)patriating your pension income to Thailand. Jolly good for your circumstances. Excuse me all, for pointing out the elephant in the room, at IO. and not at TRD.  There must be a decent sized minority,  (like me with an expat wife) will need to report 800+k pension income when filing for an extension of retirement. There are some bright beans at IO, who will ask for extra proof of pension income, as reported on a tax return. Based on my experience this past Jan, I guarantee it. The senior IO question who processed our applications asked why the bank certified statement for the 800k is post dated 4 months earlier (the deposit term renewal date) . She said very directly that we could have cheated the system. It took a emergency trip to a local branch with the term deposit book, obtain a bank officers phone number, hand that to the IO. IO calls bank and realizes that the certified statement is dated todays date. This was guaranteed to be a simple process, as we brought the wife of the tassabaan who is a mutual friend of ours (18 years)  and the IO. Cost us 10k plus 10k more - all to the Thai friend spending most of her day with us. 

11 hours ago, Neeranam said:

In Thailand nowadays you can cash bitcoin easily, P2P. I wonder if there's any way the government can keep track of cryptocurrency transactions?

World wide, that is a WIP for tax authorities in most countries. Even the SEC hasn't managed to come to grips with crypto (excepting fraud). I plan on keeping some funds in crypto for 2 reasons, one is to protect part of my retirement capital (since it is in USD) from a devaluation in the Thai baht. The other is the total uncertainty about tax-ability of gains.

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I have taken screenshots of every asset in Australia as at 31/12/2023, as proof of savings.

 

I don't have to declare anything on a tax return if I don't have a Thai tax number.

 

Until an IO tells me I need one to get my extension, or someone posts to that effect, I see no reason to get one.

 

Statements I am evading tax appear to be arguing in a circle.

 

I'd equate not filing as the equivalent to doing 120 on the hi-way. enjoyable and minimal risk (except for keeping one foot near the brake).

On 4/25/2024 at 10:26 AM, Dogmatix said:

 

Anyone who wants a TIN and is refused one face to face should ask the official to put that in writing or film him or her saying that.

🙂 in NST IO that would get you a ''dark influence'' warning. seriously, that is waaay to confrontational for Thailand, don't you think?

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Given that Ukraine is not a NATO country, or have a treaty with NATO or America, the west does not have to start MAD because Russia retaliated  against Ukraine using west supplied weapons to attack the Russian mainland.

If they do choose to escalate by using nukes, better say goodbye to every person you love before they become dust.

This particular essay may be of interest to some: (transparency of their funding is questionable) - but  I subscribe to & find useful their military assessment reports:  https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/special-report-assessing-putin’s-implicit-nuclear-threats-after-annexation

good question, especially as I'm the ''gun shy guy'' from Nakohn Si. in my situation (where my application in Feb 2024 to switch from capital to income got rejected) the rules I was quoted (using your example of 40k/month) was this: i had the total income for the 2023 year, but it was deposited in 11 of the 12 calendar months - i.e. January to December, excluding May, which was credited on the 1st of June. Consequently, I had 2 pension deposits in June/none in May. That's fair enough - no argument with their ruling. My experience seems to imply that IO will look at the period from Jan - Dec for you. Then again, maybe not. my advice is - go to IO and ask them for what their ruling will be based on.

10 minutes ago, Liquorice said:

Already answered by @DrJack54, but I'll just add, although work is permitted on an extension based on Thai spouse, you still require a work permit to be legal.

 

Current criteria for permits of stay based on retirement.

35-2561 (2019 (changed clause 2.22 of 327-2557 ENG.pdf 217.77 kB · 0 downloads  

 

Current criteria for permits of stay based on Thai spouse/family.

327-2557 (2014) - Criteria for extension ENG.pdf 504.7 kB · 3 downloads  

Scroll down to section 2.18

 

Thank you for the detailed references.

21 minutes ago, couchpotato said:

You can apply for WP on a 'Marriage Visa/Extension' only. Not on a Retirement Visa/Extension.

But once again you are very confused about the types of extensions and there financial requirements. Check out older threads before posting again.

thanks you for clarifying. I got sidetracked by the Thai spouse extension, which I have no interest in, since I am married to a Canadian. It wont happen again I promise, and, for Heavens' sake, please don't report me to a moderator. You must have been a headmaster in a previous life?   :)

On 4/24/2024 at 8:19 AM, NanLaew said:

 

It's better to let the Moderators decide who's offside.

absolutely. I may go off topic a bit, but that's my preogative. its a big world out there. yet some of the comments on the 18 pages pf this thread are infantile. ''it is. it is not, no,  it is,''  ad nauseum.