jayboy

I think with respect you are over worrying about this.Credible records will be accepted, and in all likelihood taxpayer's submissions will be accepted without scrutiny.WEeare talking about retired expats not working in Thailand.

Sometimes a middle aged punter maybe not in great physical condition but financially solvent falls for an amazing girl ( looks, charm,ambition )in the entertainment industry.She under his influence leaves her place of employment and settles down with him for a period.After a year or two she leaves, almost certainly for someone younger and richer.The original punter can't understand.Why did she betray me? I was so good and generous to her. This scenario is less common now because Thailand has become so much richer and an ambitious poor girl doesn't need to sell herself now.But in the past there were some astonishing girls who moved onward and upwards through a succession of partners each of which being an improvement on the predecessor.I knew one such girl who eventually ended up with a rich American banker and managing a high fashion boutique in New York. It was ever thus.Very beautiful and captivating poor girls have always moved upwards financially and socially.

It's a good question.On the other hand the Thai tax return is an honour system in which the taxpayer takes the initiative.I don't think the RD will be chasing resident non working expatriates.As to proof of funds there will be many approaches.Above all keep careful records.In my case I have accounts with two different foreign banks, one of which is now exclusively reserved for pre-2024 savings.

Which part - how interest will be treated or the whole question of remittances from pre-2024 savings? The latter aspect is already settled - to extent it can be in these choppy waters - as we have seen from RD announcement earlier this year.The former remains unsettled and there are arguments on both ides.In most cases interest wont amount to very much, and probably wont attract RD attention.And there is always the golden rule to be applied in Thailand - don't ask questions to which you might not like the answer.

Thanks.I am coming to the view that the for the current tax year and perhaps the next one, I will not be filing returns because the situation is obviously evolving and best practice (complying with Thai requirements and minimizing the cost to myself) may not be clear for some time.I will be able to live off pre-2024 savings for some years and like many have already remitted enough to last me through 2024.I will remit further funds (pre 2024) to last me through 2025.I appreciate not all will be in a position to do this but many of us will. Thereafter if needs be I will file returns if necessary and pay whatever tax is due.My caution is determined by a feeling that this is very much an emerging story and understandably we on this forum have been trying to impose clarity on a set of issues which are very much work in progress.

Is there in a situation where there is no assessable income? For example if an expatriate resident only remitted savings acquired before 31.12.2023 and retained current income in an overseas account.Then there would be no need to file a return, right? Of course a situation where Thailand taxed global income, and abandoned the remittance method would put us in a different situation.

Medconsult will get the high intensity flu vaccine if you need it over the regular version but they will have to order it in - so allow a few days.Good place to have vaccinations - friendly staff and free of the tedious bureaucracy that can sometimes afflict the large private hospitals.

Why? A serious assault like that described would almost certainly lead to expulsion in the British private sector.The lazy boys will be boys defense won't wash.

But that is the whole point of being insured, to anticipate and protect oneself from very unlikely events. As Sheryl has pointed out self-insurance is a term used too loosely on this forum.For a moderately well off expatriate here, putting aside a few million Baht isn't really self insurance. I think nevertheless if I was single here I might be tempted to "self insure" but I'm aware of several cases over the years where catastrophic medical emergencies put an intolerable strain on families. As to being covered by employer's insurance, my own case was that I was allowed to continue with cover (a well known UK based health insurance company) after retirement but at my expense.This might not seem a big deal but it did allow all medical history to be disregarded for claims.It is expensive though.

But that is what you appear to be doing - only Palestinians/Muslims good and Israel/Jews bad. Ireland has always been a country with many Jew haters.Perhaps that's why President de Valera trotted off to the Germany Embassy in Dublin to express his commiserations on the death of Hitler in his Berlin bunker.The new Taoiseach of Ireland is effectively rewarding Hamas for the worst slaughter of Jews since the Nazi Holocaust.

On the subject of misleading articles, the site that you reference is in my view deeply suspect and I don't think any astute person would touch it with a barge pole.It's a trap for gullible farang, a bottom feeder.If you need proper advice talk to a qualified Thai tax expert and if that's too challenging talk to one of the well known companies (Mazar, Peat Marwick etc).To be clear I don't think this site, amateurish though it is, is necessarily a scam. But a careful reading of the background provided on this forum provides as much as you need at this stage.

Not everybody has to do it.

Mike you seriously need to take a moment to reflect on scaremongering.

Of course they would have to declare those payments and account for them. My point was that holders of those foreign credit cards, most of which would presumably be visitors, would not be investigated to see if there was some chance their Thai tax affairs were not complete.

Actually you did imply it.Capability exists for a huge range of actions but one should focus on the credible ones.

Seriously misleading.Global Payment Agencies certainly do have reporting responsibilities and Central Banks like BOT will use that information regarding overall financial flows as part of their arsenal.But there is no question of routine individual transactions being monitored.If one used a credit card issued by a Thai bank there might in the future be some monitoring process leading to questions if anything seemed unusual - but in my opinion this is unlikely.As for cards issued by foreign banks with settlement made overseas, the suggestion that any Thai authority would be monitoring let alone acting on findings on individual transactions, is just plain ridiculous.

Another ignorant post.I have no brief for the Israeli Government and definitely not for Netanyahu.The huge demonstrations against it show the opposition to current policy by large sections of the Israeli population.I simply pointed out your tainted sources.Your "hundreds of Jewish friends" - if they exist - would make the same point.

I have studied the history intensely though I have no connection with Israel, am not Jewish and unfortunately have (as far as I know) no Jewish friends. You simply show your ignorance and partisan ship.You invoke Norman Finkeklstein and John Mearsheimer, two distinguished academics but both tarred by irrational positions on Israel and Jewish people.(Yes, I know Finkelstein is himself Jewish) For am informed position on Finkelstein, see a Guardian review from several years ago. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jul/14/historybooks.comment

Even the goofy language of these conspiracy theorists remains unchanged.These are the people that swore by the useless horse medicine Ivermection. Having said that there are some real questions about the Covid time,notably the whole question of lockdown's efficacy.

Are you sure it is still applicable? I'm pretty sure there was a reorganization a few years ago with different numbers being issued.But I may be mistaken.

I remember that a couple of years ago when I purchased an Ipad at Apple Central World, I was provided with gratis screen protection applied by a machine, and quite devoid of the dreaded air bubbles. I now have a new 13 inch Ipad which I will be gifting to my son.Is there somewhere in Bangkok that will apply protection professionally for me for a fee?

Wow a lot of misinformation flying around on this thread.

And what law is that?

You make your post ridiculous by this child like observation. A little self awareness would also have alerted you to the reality that the literary prizes quoted, with which you are oddly familiar, are not exactly mainstream. If you seek a genuinely talented Bangkok based novelist try John Burdett.And then there is Lawrence Osborne who towers over all.

Poor old Christopher Moore.Laughably pretentious but can't actually write very well, clunky and tedious. I've never managed to finish one of his novels.He doesn't even have the trashy appeal of Stephen "sock puppet" Leather.