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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.

This would involve a herculean effort on the international stage. Thailand has entered into no fewer than 61 DTA's with other countries*, each of which would need to be renegotiated on a bilateral basis. And for Thailand to seek complete unanimity from these 61 countries on a consistent approach in future DTA's with each of them would almost certainly, in any event, prove easier said than done to achieve in practice. * https://www.rd.go.th/english/766.html

Depends on its source in your home country. If covered by its DTA with Thailand (e.g. UK Government occupational pensions) then no tax liabililty here in LOS.

A case of the local office making up their own rules (but to your benefit, for a change!), perhaps?

IMHO anyone considering a switch to marriage extensions should weigh up the likely risk in their case of being faced with the same sort of tragic situation as faced the OP of the following thread:

That would appear to imply that it would be pointless for the TRD to continue with the PND91 form since no-one would be able to use it in practice!

That load of "crap",as you choose to call it, has, in fact, proved invaluable to me (and no doubt to many others on here as well) in getting to grips with the whole complex taxation issue. If you find yourself getting tripped up by the TRD as a result of a dogged determination and refusal to read it, then I, for one, won't be shedding any tears for you!