Yumthai

No you won't, nor sleep well apparently seeing your incessant posting trying to convince no one but yourself. Using intentionally an Immigration agent to get a visa stamp without meeting the requirements as using intentionally a Tax agent to get a tax paper without having to file or negotiating down your tax liability, both are frauds. Fraud is a criminal offense. Sleep tight.

Yet, Nothing (meaning people continue to file/not file as they used to do for years) is certainly the wisest thing to do at this time, instead of showing a change that could attract scrutiny.

Fraud by illegally getting a stamp to stay in Thailand is not a criminal offense?

In Thailand, seeing is believing. Most of the foreigners do not file, except the law blindly abiding ones and those oversensitive to the scaremongering tax propaganda.

It is until factually proven otherwise.

No answer is pretty acceptable. We're still waiting people reporting having their Thai bank account closed because they've ghosted the bank asking them to fill a CRS form.

From real-life experience being proactive in Thailand increases the chance to get into unexpected troubles, being reactive is the Thai way.

Small change refund is not worth the tax filing trouble and the potential consequences being recorded in the tax system.

Reading certain posters on AN I will not surprised some people did.

Well size down.

If you're implying they will connect long term visas issuance to tax, that won't happen. They're already back-warding on their tax remittance rules because they want money flow into Thailand. Making visas issuance difficult will just make money flow out.

I think they know they can't reach the wealthy, like everywhere they are counting on the worried/powerless middle-class to do the job. But of course saying that is not politically correct.

Come on, even the most tax aggressive countries can't make their fat cats pay their fair share.

“Currently, investment within Thailand is declining,” Pichai stated. “While those with income to spare are investing overseas, the amount they’re bringing back is less than the amount they’re investing. We want to rectify this and incentivise them to bring their money back home.” Translation: We've just figured out that willing to tax foreign remittances encourages Thai residents to keep their investment gains abroad. Amazing!

You quoted rightly The resident tax payer. In where does this statement mention or concern non tax residents? You're interpreting, as some others, that statement applies regardless of the tax residence status in the later years. But why? It is always mentioned "tax resident" or "resident (meaning tax resident)" in any official written statement I can find. I'm no lawyer but, until amended, the tax law still says: "Taxpayers are classified into “resident” and “non-resident”. “Resident” means any person residing in Thailand for a period or periods aggregating more than 180 days in any tax (calendar) year. A resident of Thailand is liable to pay tax on income from sources in Thailand as well as on the portion of income from foreign sources that is brought into Thailand. A non-resident is, however, subject to tax only on income from sources in Thailand." https://www.rd.go.th/english/6045.html

As no more than "tourists" on yearly extension with limited rights and extra duties, we contribute 7% VAT on all our spending. Fair and enough. For high spenders (in Thai standards) this is, in absolute, a substantial amount of money than the vast majority of locals would ever contribute in their life into the system. As a foreigner, paying taxes on local income: Yes, on foreign income: No thank you.

I would add: - if not tax exempt by being earned in a year you are not Thai tax resident (ex: non tax resident in 2025 can remit 2025 income tax-free in 2025 and at any time in the future).

After many years spent in Thailand your resilience and willing to try getting these kind of confirmations over and over again force admiration.

Useless against a "The chief has moved" or "The rules have changed" reply.

A good move to increase further the Thai birth rate decline.

The legal advice opinion given on a specific day at a particular office from a certain tax official is as sustainable as the fly life expectancy on a spider web.

You're playing small. You're already rogue with Immigration. Voluntarily willing to get, shadily, in the tax system whereas nobody came knocking your door is the mistake that may eventually come back and bite you in the *ss. If you really need that tax certificate "insurance" just wait getting the official information a tax paper is required and enforced by Immigration or any other institution, then you can use your agent. You do you.

Will you? Confusing... since you keep telling us you'll be using a Tax agent to bypass lodging a tax return/get a tax certificate the same way you use an Immigration agent for your yearly extension of stay.

More and more country and global regulations pressure banks and financial institutions. Globalist/socialist states strive to gather the maximum of data especially financial assets from individuals in order to control and keep milking them efficiently.

Probably nothing and you should know better as you are a perfect example: you've paid for years to illegally get a stamp in your passport allowing you to stay in Thailand. This is surely much riskier than dodging TRD because Thai Immigration rules are rather efficiently enforced. Has something happened to you? Nope.