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Plus why does he feel it necessary to bring across the equivalent of 400k at all if he is in receipt of pension, etc income derived in Spain, given that the Spanish Embassy presumably still offer their nationals an income confirmation service - although this does not, admittedly, appear to be crystal clear from a brief look at their website: https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Embajadas/bangkok/en/Paginas/index.aspx

Just beware, though, that, when taking more than 10,000 EUR cash out of Spain, you'll need to sign a customs declaration at the Spanish end. https://sede.agenciatributaria.gob.es/Sede/en_gb/viajeros-trabajadores-desplazados-fronterizos/viajeros/medios-pago.html?faqId=4cc13fc7b70d9710VgnVCM100000dc381e0aRCRD

And a Krungsri Pattaya thing?? But apparently not Krungsri's variation on Kasikorn's tax residency info provision theme, though!

From which country and in which currency?

Indeed they have not - although I do differ from you on the issue of according respect to the poster to whom you were replying!

You mean the forms which we are supposed to use for 2024 TY returns? So where have we all been able to obtain them, then? I'm sure that @jwest10 for one would welcome you providing us with a suitable link as to where those Dr Who-esque geniuses in the TRD posted their 2024 forms around this time last year if not long before. (And I do mean their 2024 forms, not their 2023, 2022, 2021, etc ones). Do try and keep up with all the posts on this thread and elsewhere on this specific point, if that's no too much trouble for you.

Wonder whether this might have something to do with the 8am time for initiating the transfer in question. Is this earlier than usual in your case?

So what does, then? All very well to hold opinions, but these really need to be backed up with CONCRETE facts.

The only email you're ever likely to receive from the TRD will be one issued bang on the dot at 00:00:01 on 1 April gleefully slapping a 2,000 THB fine on you for missing their 31 March deadline for filing tax returns!😇

The 2024 PND91 form itself looks pretty much identical to its 2023 predecessor. However the separate "Allowance(s) And Exemption(s) After Deduction Of Expense(s)" attachment (needed for both PND90 & PND91 returns) does now include 4 new categories, as follows (with thanks to Mr Google for the English translations): 20. ค่าจ้างก่อสร้างอาคารเพื่ออยู่อาศัยขึ้นใหม่ให้แก่ผู้รับจ้างซึ่งเป็นผู้ประกอบการจดทะเบียนภาษีมูลค่าเพิ่ม 21. ค่าท่องเที่ยวภายในประเทศ (ตั้งแต่วันที่ 1 พ.ค. 2567 – 30 พ.ย. 2567) 22. ค่าซ่อมบ้าน (จากอุทกภัยระหว่างวันที่ 16 ส.ค. 2567 - 31 ธ.ค. 2567) 23. ค่าซ่อมรถ (จากอุทกภัยระหว่างวันที่ 16 ส.ค. 2567 - 31 ธ.ค. 2567) 20. Construction costs for new residential buildings for contractors who are VAT registered operators 21. Domestic tourism expenses (Since the date 1 May 2024 – 30 Nov 2024) 22. Home repair costs (from flooding between 16 Aug 2024 - 31 Dec 2024) 23. Car repair costs (from flooding between 16 Aug 2024 - 31 Dec 2024). Can't see too many of us expats being affected by these additional categories!

Wonder whether this might have more to do with a new so-called "security" measure dreamt up by the US banking sector for funding Wise transfers than with Wise themselves?

Another thing which you need to clarify with the Irish Embassy (and sooner rather than later IMHO) is whether they would be able and willing to issue IMM confirmations based on non-Irish income sources (assuming that your income is entirely UK-sourced). The Immigration Bureau requires those embassies still offering income confirmation services to be specifically able and willing to verify the accuracy of income amounts for which confirmations are being sought (although whether this is generally followed in practice by many embassies is another matter).

Well I for one would be extremely fascinated to be informed of the taxation procedures which applied to overseas income during the 1547 to 1549 war between Thailand and Burma! 🤑

And no question of English language versions of relevant forms being issued by that date, of course. Instead Revenue Department staff have no doubt been instructed by their Director-General to devote all their energies between now and then to the task of drawing up a comprehensive list of all foreigner tax residents (with the eager and willing assistance of their pals in the Immigration Bureau, of course) aimed at gleefully hitting all such foreigners with 2,000 THB fines for non-compliance bang on the dot at 00:00:01 on 1 April!🤑

Or else moved to Bangkok (a place for which, I'll readily admit, I don't share the OP's enthusiasm)??

Ah, so it looks like whether or not Phuket excused original non-OA visa holders from the insurance requirement depended on their visa's expiry ("use by"), rather than issuance, date.

"An medical insurance is required for every retirement extension if it is based on a original Non-OA visa (Issued at the Thai Embassy in your home country)" Does the above extract from your quote mean that Phuket are now enforcing the insurance requirement for retirees who originally entered Thailand on the basis of a non-OA visa issued before October 2019 (when this requirement was first introduced)? Thusfar they have been the only office who have not insisted on this requirement being complied with in these circumstances!

Ah, yes, the Land Of The Unbroken Toilet known as the UK - if you can find one, that is!

I don't find trips with my family particularly boring, thank you very much. Certainly nowhere near as boring as reading threads on here originated by posters complaining about boring family trips!

Yep, transfers from the UK seem generally to go smoothly - and that is my personal experience as well. Where there are negative issues with Wise, these seem to relate to transfers originating in Australia (as graphically illustrated by this thread), the USA or mainland Europe.

It would appear that website links are no longer displayed on here as hyperlinks (i.e. in blue & underlined). Any reason for this, please? In addition has Forum Support now bitten the dust? Could find no evidence of its current existence after an extensive search!

In proving your tax residency status in Thailand (as pointed out by @oldcpu), your tax office will probably be reliant on the IMM stamps in your passport in practice. So definitely have your passport (+ copies of relevant pages) on you when you visit them. More generally, I would strongly advise you to have a native Thai speaker accompany you on any trip to your office. The grasp of English among TRD office staff tends to be next-to-zero (certainly that was the case in my local office when I obtained a TIN there a few months ago). In addition, they may require from you a completed form in Thai* - which, thankfully, my wife was on hand to do the honours in my case! * https://www.rd.go.th/fileadmin/tax_pdf/request/lp10.1_110355.pdf

I edited my original posting while you were replying to it!

150k THB should be fully covered by TEDA's as things stand.

But to describe the replacement doc as a "single, generic, worldwide DTA" is IMHO a complete misnomer since we would, in effect, be talking about a taxation diktat which Thailand has seen fit to impose unilaterally on the international community. And, were Thailand foolish enough to bin all existing 61 DTA's, it had better IMHO brace itself for a severe backlash from the international community, which might well take the form of harsh economic sanctions aimed at bringing the country to its knees.