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Yes but his savings account is probably a high interest one. He'd probably lose interest if he separated them. Also, why should he when nothing concrete has come from the Thais. Some of us can't even obtain a TIN from our local TRD.

Been puzzling me for a while now. I don't have either my works or government pension sent direct to here, they both go into my UK bank account and have been for many years. Therefore what I transfer here monthly comes out of those savings. My 2024 pension payments are only a small part of this. If savings are exempt, then my 2024 contribution is well diluted. Hope that makes sense.

I knew it all along, it's Trump's fault!

Also in the morning. I like to shop the big supermarkets as early as possible so I can get it out of the way and get home before the lunch time road traffic build up. It would be nice to be able to buy my booze at the same time, rather than wait until after 11am to do it. The whisky that I drink isn't stocked at the 7-11s etc so i either have to start my supermarket shopping later, or make a special trip to Pattaya just for booze. While I'm having a whinge, it annoys me the way some rope off the booze areas out of licensing hours. I like to be able to see if they have my brand in stock, as sometimes they run out. I have been known to hang around until after 11 only to discover that they're out of stock. Whinge over.

Only if assessable. You should not file if exempt under a DTA, otherwise you encounter the same problems as the OP. What's the point of a DTA if you're required to file for tax?

I think the time is right for the embassies to start getting involved in this. The DTAs are treaties and are supposed to be binding. Otherwise they aren't worth the paper that they're written on. The Thai government should be put in the picture and proper procedures sent out to tax offices countrywide. As a UK ex government worker, I will abide by the UK/Thailand DTA by NOT filing.

Quite! The UK/Thailand DTA clearly states that tax on government employees pension can only be paid in the country where the pension was earned. No matter how much I'd like to pay my tax here (where I've lived for over 18 years) instead of to the UK, HMRC will not allow me to do so. I've no intention of, nor can I afford to pay it out of my own pocket.

Unless you're an ex government worker when HMRC filch the tax before paying you, so you have no choice about where you pay tax. This is, I think, why it's included in the DTA. Makes sense.

I reckon I'm exempt from filing under the UK/Thailand DTA, being an ex government worker and my state pension puts me way below the threshold. However, if I wasn't and being that I don't send either of my pensions here directly {they go straight into my UK bank savings account which I've had for many years), would I be entitled to claim that the money I send is non-assessable? Food for thought.

Correct! When I was down that way many years ago, we used to nip across the border to Chepstow on a Sunday, as did half the local population I reckon.

I'm sure people realise this, they don't need the teacher's pet to tell them. However, someone here for a short holiday loses one night out on the town, unless they're tea-total, so they're entitled to have a little drip about it in my opinion. I always make sure I'm well stocked up with booze, but I'm a long-stayer and am well prepared now for these events.

How about in the unlikely event of Pres Trump being kicked out? Whoops!

If I was a US Republican I would say "Good! One less Democrat to produce little Democrats"

It means that other countries who normally are happy for the US to pick up the bill will now have to step up. Why not? There are a lot of needy US citizens ie homeless veterans.

Now if they would tackle the real noise problem here, the playing of excessively loud bass-heavy music for hours on end, I'll be a happy man.

Disarming by not supplying weapons to nations, or even banning personal ownership of guns puts us at the mercy of bullies. The idiots of this world have no concept of fair play, they just see disarming as weakness. Look what happened to Ukraine after giving all their nukes to Russia. Also, there's a certain cult that cause problems wherever they gather, to whom violence is second nature and they carry it out in the name of their religion. Therefore to them it's the right thing to do. I'm afraid that living without bombs etc is just a pipe dream. A very naive concept.

From what I read, Phuket is way ahead of Pattaya in the violence stakes. 18 years living in the Pattaya area, I've yet to encounter any violence, whereas in the UK and Mainland Europe these days, it seems that you have to think twice before walking through town centres of an evening and sometimes during the day.

Aggression is in their genes.

I have a feeling you started this thread just to have an argument. Reminds me of the Monty Python sketch. Someone agrees with you and you call them a racist for agreeing. Reckon you just wanted to make this about politics.

I'm in a similar situation, Civil Service Pension covered by DTA and state pension frozen at 5260 pounds pa, way below the 560,000 THB allowance. Unless I find out for certain that under Thai law I need to file, I will not be doing so.

Probably because the tax for government employees is taken out by the government at source. It is never given to you so the Thais know for certain that the tax has been paid. The same can't be said for the state pension.

In 18 years of living in the Pattaya area, I've never seen anything that gross happen here.

Then he should prepare for this and wear an adult Pamper. You just don't take out your john thomas and hiss in the middle of an airport. From the back, I'd hazard a guess that he's from a country where this sort of thing is normal. I could be wrong.

I got the same reply as you when I went to Jomtien Tax Office. I only went to make doubly sure that I was exempt from filing under the Thai/UK DTA. The lady I saw wasn't interested in what income I brought in, or the DTA. She asked me one question "Do you work in Thailand". When I replied in the negative, she said "Then you pay tax to your home country. Why you want to pay here too?" I left without a TIN.

Ditto!