4 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Not by terror bombing civilians and force them on run in a district same size Detroit, and about same density of population, but no where to run! 

Be specific and don't suggest what Israel ought not to have done.What in general terms should Israel have done in response to the October 7th atrocities?

On 3/30/2024 at 8:30 AM, Hummin said:

We all understand the complexity of this conflict, we understand the jews fighting for their existence, and we understand those behind 7. October must pay for what they did, and we also understand, Hamas have to lay down their weapons, and surrender! But thats not happening, instead Israel choose to kill civilians! 

 

You apparently do not understand since you conflate "the Jews" with the state of Israel.Earlier you seek to sanitize the crimes of October 7th by suggesting those horrors should be seen in context.You concede that those behind the October 7th massacre (ie Hamas and those that protect/support them) should be punished but like many critics of Israel you do not specify how Israel should do that.

1 hour ago, ThaiPauly said:

My CI Bank hounded me for my TIN  about 5 years ago.

I actually have one from when I had a company here 20 years ago

 

Would this be what you may be referring to Jayboy?

I have a feeling the system changed so that old TIN numbers may not be applicable now. I was in the same position as you and had to get a new number.

As to CI banks chasing I resisted for a long time.The risk is that they are not averse to debanking customers who don't meet their criteria - and they are being pressured by their governments on the CRS issue.I decided not to take the risk - though I don't really know how material it is.

53 minutes ago, ThaiPauly said:

What sort of answer is that?

 

It's a bullsh*t answer as you have not addressed the question.

 

Means I think you made it up unless you can give me any details I will assume its not factual

It's a succinct but pertinent answer.If you have not heard from your CI bank, you will in the future.

Assuming you are a Thai tax resident, the UK and the Channel Islands have an active CRS relationship with Thailand. Banks are obliged to report  accounts to the Thai tax authorities. To make that report, they need your TIN. That's why they will ask for it.

3 hours ago, ThaiPauly said:

I bank in the CI and have received no pressure from them to do anything

You will.

30 minutes ago, Mike Lister said:

I have assessible income in Thailand that must be reported under Thai tax law and I chose to do so. What is unnecessary about that!

You mean interest on bank deposits as you have previously reported ? Fair enough, but most expats not already in the Thai tax system would regard these as de minimis in view of the paltry amounts usually involved.

35 minutes ago, Mike Lister said:

Any informal statistics you may have developed over however many years, from whatever casual sources, regarding how many expat foreigners do or do not pay tax on overseas income in Thailand is purely anecdotal, that is definitely not up for debate.

Your use of language is rather imprecise.Of course expat foreigners pay Thai tax on overseas income - when employed here I did so myself since my salary was paid in the UK but related to my work in Thailand.But we are talking about retired expats and it is not really plausible to suggest other than a tiny minority filed returns in the past.If you regard the senior managers in top Thailand accounting firms as "casual sources'. so be it.Of course much of the evidence is anecdotal but its value or otherwise depend on the experience and integrity of the source.People will make up their own minds.

14 minutes ago, Mike Lister said:

You have no knowledge regarding how many retired foreigners have or have not paid tax on overseas income or filed returns each year, your statement in bold above is only a guess

It is an informed opinion based on several decades of residence (both employed and retired) and knowledge of the Thailand tax system.I am not criticizing those who unnecessarily filed returns such as yourself.For doubters, talk to any expatriate advisers in Thailand's leading accountancy firms, but frankly the subject's not up for debate.

20 minutes ago, Mike Lister said:

Anecdotal data from posts on this forum over many years however, have reported many many times that pensioners often use the monthly income method and have their pensions deposited directly into Thai banks, I am one such person and have done so for years. Those are pensioners who in many cases, under previous and existing rules, probably had assessible income and probably ought to have filed tax returnbut frankly the subject is not really up for debate. under Thai Revenue tax law.

Yes, but not really relevant to the subject  of whether retired expatriates with no Thai income have been filing returns.

10 hours ago, Mike Lister said:

You are assuming that taxing foreigners is something new that has never been done before. The fact is Ryan, we've no idea how many foreigners are already being taxed here and have been paying tax for years. Just because tax is a new issue for many AN members, doesn't mean it's a new issue for all foreigners here. If I was told that the number of foreign tax payers was large, I wouldn't be at all surprised.

All employed foreigners in Thailand pay tax and always have done so and that is not up for debate.I speak as someone formerly in that category.The more pertinent question for this forum is how many retired expats without Thai generated income and resident more than 180 days have filed returns and paid tax - that is up to now.The answer is almost none though a tiny minority may have filed returns for reasons best known to themselves, and sometimes quite unnecessarily.The Thai Revenue Department in practice had no issues with that.The situation has changed now and though the practical aspects are still not fully clear we have a reasonable understanding of how matters will play out.

On 4/2/2024 at 5:36 PM, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

If I understood correctly, the file is kept at a central storage location and only shipped out to the individual police stations a bit in advance of the expected reporting date and get shipped back after the date, apparently regardless of whether the report was made or not. 

I would be amazed if this was the case, not least because it would require a degree of organization that is normally entirely absent.My impression is that the file stays at the relevant police station.

As an aside I would further suggest there is nothing in the police system that would lead to follow up on PRs who didn't do the 5 year renewal.It would however be noticed at Immigration if the PR wanted to travel abroad.But for the PR oldster who never travels I wonder if failure to check in every 5 years would be noticed at all.

17 hours ago, stratocaster said:

Just to update, as of yesterday he has stated that in around 6 weeks time he has his first interview for PR.

Are you going to post a link?

1 hour ago, Baht Simpson said:

Can you name some of them? Let's have a look at them.

Not on this forum and certainly not with someone with your posting record.

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Maybe this “deranged and quasi fascistic part of the transgender movement which aggressively looks to take up public space on these issues.” doesn’t exist neither in reality nor in the behaviors you attribute.

 

 

5 minutes ago, Baht Simpson said:

My point was a general one about how I perceive these people, not about any particular issue.

"These people!".

I don't see how Jo Rowling belongs in this group.Was including her just your attempt to smear? To many thousands of women she is a hero - brave, compassionate and honest.What you call intransigence, I suspect the vast majority sees a fierce honesty.

Yet I admit there is a generational gap.Lets hope the young's views change.

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

You can add British Doctors to that

You could but doctors are a far more disparate group than judges.

40 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Many wrongs don't make something right. 

Of course they don't.But why concentrate only on Israel when worse abusers (who do not face an existential threat of annihilation) often seem to get a free pass.Perhaps for these people indignation is only appropriate when Jews are involved.

42 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

A religion which states that they are "God's" preferred people, indicating that all other people are inferior.

Anti Semitic trope which non racists (including many decent people appalled by Israel''s activity in Gaza) would immediately grasp.You apparently do not.

2 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

Because we are focusing on israel now, not other locations or past wars. Your attempt to deflect attention from war crimes happening now has failed.

Doesn't really answer the point.The question arises why the selective indignation about Israel's response (I agree excessive) to Hamas terrorism while nothing but silence about other international crimes.I think we know the answer.

11 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Stop occupying other people's land would be a good start.

Any reason why this doesn't apply to other countries that have disposseded the original inhabitants of their land ? e.g Brazil,Canada, China, USA, Australia, New Zealand, West Papua, Russia, All the countries of North Africa and many others.

What arouses the wrath and hate of so many about Israel while ignoring crimes elsewhere in the region e.g Syria? What is unique about Israel? Let me think.

On 3/27/2024 at 6:12 PM, retarius said:

I think the fine minds of the UNSC have spoken about this, considered it, debated it and come to the conclusion that the genocide has to stop. 

More fine minds like mine  would say that Israel should remove itself from all stolen lands and go back into the only lands it (might be) legally entitled to, i.e. the lands shown in the maps used to delineate Arab and jewish areas in the original documents which started this wretched intractable problem.

The land was in the UN documents was divided into an Arab half and Jewish half. Sadly the Jews wanted more than their fair share of land and have been on a land theft spree ever since. 

If the jews retreat to their land and stop the land theft for settlements etc I think the problem will ameliorate but never heal. 

Reference to "the jews" and "jewish areas" make this person's racism very clear.

1 hour ago, itsari said:

Apparently the man in question is a retired judge from the UK.

But of course he being a retired judge could still be a fool as you mentioned.

There is no way the man is a retired judge.British judges are very well paid and enjoy excellent pensions even after a relatively short time on the bench.Most have been high earning barristers before being appointed judges.More to the point (and I'm aware it's a generalization) they are highly educated - typically public school and Oxbridge - and pillars of their communities.Socially they tend to be upper class or upper middle class with the cultural interests that implies. There is no way these people would be attracted to a Thai resort built on prostitution and populated mainly by lower class expats and their Isaan farm girls, many tattooed and obese and (even those purporting to be different,) speaking in cor blimey accents and pursuing the interests that chavs and pikeys have everywhere.It just ain't going to happen.Former judges can be as sex obsessed and kinky as the best of us, but they are not going to be fishing in Pattaya waters.

My guess is that Dan has got a bit mixed up and his guy had some kind of legal auxiliary role.

2 hours ago, Goat said:

In his latest vlog love guru Dan, tech expert and owner of leading Thai dating site ThaiFarangMatch, delves into the case of a recently divorced British judge who got taken for half by his British wife and then who quickly moved on and dumped a cool 20 million on buying his new uneducated Pattaya girlfriend from upcountry a villa. 

While they are still a couple, Dan doesnt hold out much hope that the relationship will last.

 

And Dan reveals that Thai women are not for him.

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/AuqEE7uTwvBMGCws/?mibextid=qi2Omg

I would bet the house that this divorced guy was not a former British judge.

18 hours ago, MartinBangkok said:

Tell the freaking bank you are looking for a bank, not a tax office, and leave!

Haven't heard of this before but am not really that surprised.Many here will be aware of pressure from UK banks on expat customers in Thailand to provide tax identification numbers with a view to clarifying tax residency.This is of course driven by Common Reporting Standards (CRS) and Thai banks are also interested in this information and for the same reasons.How much pressure the Thai banks are under on this issue from the Thai Government I have no idea.But the direction of travel is clear and the ratcheting up is inevitable.For those who have flicked off impertinent inquiries about tax identification numbers - or cobbled up excuses - from their banks over the last couple of years (including yours truly) I don't think this can be done much longer.I'm guessing the Thai banks will be less insistent but they won't give up on the quest.

10 hours ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

So the Thai government had a handle on the amount in Thai bank accounts aggregated, was my conclusion. They probably got each bank to run a query against each Thai ID number - pooled the information ins a single file and ran the app against this look up.

If my grandmother had wheels, she would have been a bike.