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Regarding the UK/Thai DTA, are you an UK ex government worker? I've been advised by a lawyer here that those in this category do not need to file in Thailand. I've read the DTA and it does state that those on a government (not state) pension ie civil servants are exempt from paying tax on it here. I welcome comments from anyone who's been advised differently.

Yes but some people can't resist stating the obvious and appearing holier than thou while they're doing it.

There was a Swiss guy in the village where I lived who wanted to fight the world every time he got a sniff of the barmaid's apron. Everyone tried to give him a wide birth. Also, in the condo where I once stayed, There was a Swiss man, wife and young daughter. All three of them were bolshy verging on crazy. The first guy I mentioned ended up killing two elderly locals in a traffic accident. I'm never surprised therefore, when I read on here about a demented Swissy.

Happened to me on Sukhumwit Ban Amphur a few years back when a Thai female squeezed into the small gap in front of me and kept slamming on her brakes, nearly causing me to go into the back of her several times. Still don't know what I did to annoy her, but there was definitely something about my driving that she didn't like. She eventually stopped completely, blocking the outside lane and daring me to get out and confront her, which I didn't do. I just waited until she drove off and then I moved to an inside lane staying well away from her.

I suggest you read the OP carefully. The guy's saying that although his pension is frozen, he's still being taxed by HMRC as though he's receiving the annual increase.

Anyone can go on the UK GOV website and fill in a self-assessment form. Takes me about an hour a year to complete. Certainly shorter than the time you waste phoning and writing HMRC.

I had the same problem, so for several years now I've been filling in a self-assessment form so that they know exactly what pension they pay me. Each year I get a rebate.

These days, even though I'm a Brit, I agree with you. You can't get sillier than allowing your country to be given away, at the same time voting in a Labour government.

Bumped into a few here in my single bar-mongering days, even had one in the village where I used to live. Even when you tell them you're ex army yourself, they continue with their fallacy. They must genuinely have convinced themselves that it's true.

Maybe, but stress is more harmful in my opinion and alcohol is a great stress reliever in my case. I'm 80yoa and still walk/jog every other day without too much of a problem. It's more difficult than 20 years ago, but I think I can safely put that down to old age. If I snuff it tomorrow I can't really grumble, there's no way I'm quitting now.

I think it's the height of incompetence that an officer of the TRD dealing with the taxing of foreigners, isn't aware of the DTA. Surely that is an integral part of a farang's tax calculations. I can see a lot of good-intentioned foreigners being burned because of the TRD's ineptitude.

I agree it's nit-picking. Most conveniently refer to it as "Retirement Visa".

All this and the other thousands of posts giving advice on here is irrelevant as long as tax offices are advising that farang do not have to file unless they work here and refuse to issue a TIN. Have a contingency plan by all means, but unless something concrete is published BY THE TRD, I reckon any foreigner is wasting his time visiting a local tax office. It certainly was the case personally.

From personal experience with Jomtien Tax Office, I second that. By the way, it would be helpful on these threads if posters would mention which tax office their successes/failures occurred.

After many years of my online reports being confirmed first attempt, the last two, despite many attempts at each, were rejected and I had to do them in person at Jomtien. The lady there said something about their computer being unmanned when I made the attempts, which I regard as nonsense. I'll see how it goes next month when I try filing my next one.

Conflicting information again, which is the problem with this whole business. I've been advised by a lawyer that UK ex-government workers, exempted by the UK/Thailand DTA, are not required to file here.

Same here. Which tax office? Any suggestions, short of planting a horse's head on the desk, on how to prise a TIN from them? Nobody, apart from us neurotic expats, appears to be concerned.

Good luck with that. Hope you have more success than me. Let us know the result and which tax office you used please.

I haven't seen anyone state that they don't intend to keep records.

True, but she was hardly going to sign a written affidavit or allow me to video her refusing my request. What's the solution Sherlock? Threaten to pull funny faces at her??

Unless you're a UK ex-government worker as stated in the DTA found on the GOVUK website.

The lady I saw at Jomtien Tax Office thought I was a madman for wanting to pay Thai tax when I was a retired British Citizen, not working here and already paying tax in the UK. She refused point blank to issue me a TIN. I only went there to find out the true situation, but ended up feeling quite silly for doing so.

Not to mention giving away the Chagos Islands in the next few days. Hopefully Pres Trump will put pressure on to reverse this terrible blunder.

I think anyone who parts with his hard-earned brass before he needs to, has more money than sense. There still appears to be utter confusion over the whole business. Being a UK ex government worker, I don't believe that I have to file for tax, but until I find clear and concise instructions from the local tax authority, like any ex government worker worth his salt, I'm going to sit on the fence. One important question I haven't seen answered is, do I just ignore the whole thing because I'm covered by the DTA between here and the UK, or try and wring a TIN out of Jomtien Tax Office, pay local tax and claim it back later. From where? The whole thing is surreal.

Good! Now the great American people can get back some of their money the Democrat highwaymen have taken from them, which of course has been passed on to the feckless, the couch potatoes and the incomers. Now I think we'll see more willingness to work if people know they're going to keep hold of more of their hard-earned. If only Labour in the UK had reduced taxes instead of piling on more public debt in its budget, the country wouldn't be heading back to being the basket case of Europe which it was not too many years ago. Europe or the US, the left never fail to make a mess of things. Their past record says it all.