jayboy

Another person who refuses (or is unable) to answer the question posed - how should have Israel have responded to Hamas's murderous pogrom of October 7th.There is a consensus that the Israeli have hugely overreacted and there is understandable compassion for civilian casualties in Gaza.A pity the Israelis, specifically the dreadful Netanyahu did not heed Biden's warning about the need for restraint.But the question remains - what should Israel have done in response? The genocide chatter is in my view nonsense but I won't debate that here, and in no sense was it a choice.The foolish comment about the Israeli incursion being likened to the worst since WW2 needs to be debunked.In neighboring Syria over 500,000 have been massacred in Assad's war.There have been greater numbers of casualties in many places - Myanmar, Sudan, China, Rwanda etc etc.These matters are complex but I believe Israel is the only country which faces an existential threat.Hamas has vowed to repeat their crimes until Israel is erased altogether.As always there is a great deal of Jew hatred involved in the current global campaign against Israel.It was ever thus.

It's not necessary at all hence my suggestion we await some advice from those who have a firm grasp of the practicalities

I don't think this can be left to the discretion of members.Some people will file (and have filed) even when do do so is unnecessary.Others with no taxable income will not file on the basis there is no significant penalty.Others including me will wait for specific RD guidance or failing that a steer from one of the leading accountancy firms.

Once again he ducks the question. We know what has been done wrong.What we never hear is an opinion on what would have been an appropriate response to the murderous atrocities committed by Hamas.

I have seen those threads and apart from various "wouldn't it be nice" platitudes, I have seen nothing from the critics of Israel addressing the question - what should have been the response to the Hamas atrocities on October 7th? I don't think we will ever see it - and I think I know the reasons why.

I'm not claiming they are other than intelligent and principled - but they will not answer my question about what Israel should have done, and through their silence on that matter forfeit their position.

Possibly but I can imagine some doctors - retired or otherwise ending up in Pattaya, though an unlikely scenario. British Judges are a different category altogether and it is simply unimaginable.

In other words, neither you nor he is willing to say how Israel should have responded to the Hamas atrocities in October.

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?

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.

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.

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.

You will.

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. 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.

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

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.

Some excellent pointers here, particularly for me 6.7 and 8. It's probably sensible not to apply for a TIN now if you haven't already got one.Having said that, I know several people who have done so not because of the tax position in Thailand but because they are under great pressure from their (mainly) Channel Islands banks. From what you say having a TIN number does not mean one is compelled to file a Thai tax return.

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.

Are you going to post a link?

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

Quite so.But you are entirely forgetting (deliberately or not, who knows) the deranged and quasi fascistic part of the transgender movement which aggressively looks to take up public space on these issues.Moderate transgender opinion is as concerned at these maniacs behaviour and antics as much as anybody.

"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.

No she doesn't.In fact that is an outrageous lie.If you disagree just produce one piece of evidence.

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