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9 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Exactly "Why you want Money!" would be my response.

Thats exactly the same response I tell myself when confronted for a bribe. Unfortunately they have that much control over your life by their position all they have to do is make up some lame excuse to retain your passport/papers and waste untold hours trying to reason with someone who has selective English skills that most of us relent and and give the beggars a few cents and suddenly the problem dissapears .I hate it very much.

6 hours ago, misterphil said:

Filipina girls are far too cocky. No thanks. 

only the ladyboys

8 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

It will end as a misunderstanding. Nothing will happen, he is a police chief. We saw earlier that senators will help their friends too and so is the police

I Agree.If I were Mr Acha I wouldn't be attending any dinner parties an any Kamans villa and I'd have a quick look at the brake lines on my auto.

BUT he may be having siucidal thoughts. Maybe his wife will hide his gun.

32 minutes ago, The Cyclist said:

If you have P60's covering funds coming from the UK into Thailand, I think you will be safe from Thai taxation.

 

I have 2 pensions coming into Thailand and have P60's and Statements of future payments, The P60's show annual amount of income and tax paid. The Statements of future payments show the monthly amount and the tax deducted.

 

State Pension, I have no idea as I cannot claim it yet.

 

Any monies remitted to Thailand that has not been taxed, or you cannot show where it has been taxed, will most likely incur Thai taxation.

 

O&G workers for example, working in tax free places and having their wages paid direct to Thailand.

 

I think many people are panicking and doing Chicken Little impressions over nothing.

"O&G workers for example, working in tax free places and having their wages paid direct to Thailand"

I was one of those a few years back. Income from the ME was never taxed, the good old days.

I'm happy I've been retired for several years and out of the loop. Fun while it lasted though.

I,m thinking Big pun" has been demoted. Why is the 2nd highest ranking copper in the country doing inspections of embassies? Couldn't a lowly Colonel be relegated to do this?

How's the investigation going with Big Nok and the cop who was slaughtered in front of 25 BIB?

I guess he was getting a little too close to finding out the truth.

Corruption here runs deeper than the Marianna Trench.

14 minutes ago, mania said:

I guess the easy way is do you have a Thai bank account? "Most" Tourist do not

Yes I do have a Thai bank account.My point is if I use my foreign bank debit/credit card to withdraw cash out of a Thai ATM how can they know my visa status? Maybe I'm missing something here.

I ordered take away from Mac,s for the 1st time this year the other day.The sausage mac muffin sangy was reduced in size by about 25% but priced the same. A good example of shrink-inflation.

Its nothing new but its still notable.

17 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Don't over-think it, just go with the flow.  If you find someone attractive, it won't make a difference.

 

Good luck in your hunting!  (Stringfellows on soi 13 used to be great, but I don't think it's open any more).

Soi Yamoto. I stumbled into that place probably 10 years ago.It had a gogo stage and was dark inside.

As I recall some of them wore bikinis that could barley constrain their pride and joy.

A few would have made a b___k man envious.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Does anyone really think the Thai guy didn't do anything?

We all know that Thai men can't be left alone with children.

Ask your Thai wife, and she will tell you.

I remeber once when I lived in Issarn the 2 next door girls about 15 yo came over do do some chores around the house and the mom came with them and closely watched them and me the whole time.

Now I know why.

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Yep, sending a 7yo out alone in a foreign country is a bit silly.

Could have been abducted, run over, got lost.

I also agree with you.If at home in a familiar place ok, but not in a foreign country.

53 minutes ago, mania said:

My sister is 70 & I always tell her we are in the home stretch ...but she continues to work at a medical office. I always say isn't there something more you want to do? She says she wouldn't know what t do if she & her husband didn't work. ????  I think its a slave mentality but then again to each their own.

 

But yes OP I agree & tell folks  at best reach 83 & I believe that is the number that SS USA uses in max calcs. Because when you do a compare of starting at 62,66 or 70 & they all pretty much wash at 83

Back in the day when me and some buddies were taking about longevity and retirement one said, just take out a tape measure and run it out to 72 and see where you're at. OMG I'm 73 in December!

2 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

Who is this poetic journalist? Come forth o gallant scribe of flowery verbiage, reveal thyself and be honored for the romantic reporting thou practises.

No no she's uni educated in Kentucky I think.She wrote the prose herself on the back of a napkin while dining at Tiffany's.

3 hours ago, 2baht said:

Still working on the finer details, like what sickness she will claim on her return so she never see's a day in the can, it's currently being tested by her brother, seems to be working!

Her handler(Tony) is getting her to dip her toe in the water so to speak so the pepes will remember her for when the blanket amnesty is announced.

She and bro will be welcomed back with open arms.

I say this with a heavy heart.555

1 hour ago, deejai33 said:

My guess is that withdrawing thai baht in thailand from a foreign account will be regarded as remitting foreign income to thailand.

 

The net effect is the same.  The resident, for tax purposes, has just got 20,000 baht in his hands in thailand from a thai bank machine.  All monitorable by thai banks.

 

Worse, you could be accused of trying to evade thai tax.  Which is true !

 

What if I was a tourist? How would RD differentiate between a pensioner or someone on a 2 week vacay ?

17 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I've been to England, Scotland, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Israel, Malta, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, China, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Canada, USA ..... How about you?

USA,Canada,Mexico,Tahiti,Moorea,Many Caribbean islands,UK,Norway,Holland,Iran,Iraq,Egypt,Libya,Malaysia,Cambodia,Laos,Philippines,Vietnam,China,Australia,New Zealand.I may have forgot a couple and the ME sh_t h__les were for work.

On 10/4/2023 at 8:42 AM, parallaxtech said:

We are getting blackouts on Chaweng Mountain every week for up to four hours.  My electric bill is only 1500 baht/month for two people, no pool, and not using a/c, so I don't really need to save money.  It just bothers me as far as using the computer and getting water via electrical pump.  My neighbor uses a generator which is very noisy and smelly.  Any recommendation on installing a solar system?  I have just basic electrical skills.

A trick I learnt in Issarn is to keep a large garbage bin (new) full of water in the shower/bathroom.

Cover it with a lid and its ready to use for a splash shower or to flush the toilet when power is out. Of course you already knew that.

For the computer and a fan a simple set up of a solar panel and auto battery will to for a few hour outage.A few other parts will include a regulator etc

YT has tone of examples for DIY and not too expensive.

2 hours ago, KannikaP said:

A Foreign Funds Transfer showing in your Passport? I think not.

Passbook?

16 hours ago, BritManToo said:

But immigration want us to use agents!

BMT Correct 100%. Its easy money for them and they don't have to deal with the smelly farang face to face. If the agent visas were discontinued the Imm officers would lose a pile of money and their offices would become very busy.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai police have been described as “the best in the world” by a Spanish tourist who got his missing camera back from Don Mueang Police. The high praise was shared on social media by Phattharasaya Rirkrat, deputy inspector of Don Mueang Police Station, according to a Nation Thailand report.

 

According to Ms Phattharasaya, Denison Mendes, a Spanish tourist travelling with his girlfriend, told her he can’t thank the Thai police enough. Officers had managed to locate a camera and hard drive containing photos of their trip after the couple left it behind in a taxi.

 

Ms Phattharasaya says that Mr Mendes told her that once back in Spain, he plans to spread the word about the help he received from Thai police officers. She says Mendes had tears of gratitude in his eyes as he thanked her, having travelled to Don Mueang police station from Phuket in order to collect his camera, two lenses, and the hard drive.

 

By Peter Roche

PHOTO: Nation TV

 

Full story: PhuketGO 2023-10-04

 

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Oh my,Maybe ask the wife and family of the police Major who was shot 7 times at Kaman Nok,s police party.Yes, best cops in the world?

3 hours ago, bugger bognor said:

Anyone who believes that there pension will be taxed is deluded it's not going to happen, this will affect 0000.1 of expats, international transfers will never be automatically taxed on arriving to your bank account and then you have to claim it back what are you smoking! This will turn out To be a nothing burger, you really think that All expats are going to register for tax here and file tax returns and prove where when and how and what year the income and savings has come from !  

bb, yes a very good assessment you've made in my opinion. Can you imagine the headlines of an expat forum ( LOS is now taking a ?% witholding tax on all incoming funds to Thai bank accounts) > all foreigners will now have to file a tax return to show proof that tax has been paid and claim it back < 555

Laughable really.

1 hour ago, buriram39 said:

What if the income received overseas is exempt frommtax innthe country of origin?

Buri...that,s exactly my situation.My govt gives me a tax exemption on my pensions because they are under a certain threshold . But will the RD recognize this documents? Thats my question.I know...wait and see...Sounds like a huge paper shuffle in the works.