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Oh I hear you ???? My wife & I left at the end of 2016 as we thought this coup was different than the rest (in hindsight we were right) We live happily in the USA where my wife has US citizenship along with her Thai citizenship. We sold our Condo in CM but still have our home up north & enjoy 2-3 months a year there most years. We were just musing about moving back & saw this & said hmmm those flexi goal posts look iffy ????
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I think it may be easier than we think...Why? Because they use the same method they used when embassies stopped supplying the proof of income letters for visa extensions... That method is? You prove it to us not we go find the answer....you prove it Ok so Social Security is a simple one as SS provides the proof of SS letter to everyone thru their online SS account. Anything transferred in above that is going to be a bit harder to suss out. So yeah kinda foolhardy of Thailand as it basically will reduce what is brought in & spent....but they never were the sharpest in these matters. ????
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When you think about it....There is really only one way they are going to be able to implement his scheme... They will need to tax every incoming transfer & then ask those who are not obligated to pay or part of the tax treaty to file a refund request. Same as we did for bank interest. (back when they paid 4% here) Which was not that hard but you do need to set it up initially Because thinking about it wouldn't it be nearly impossible for them to decide on each transfer where that money originated from? Like oh.... this is Wally's SS money no tax.....Oh this is Steve's income from abroad tax etc etc So more likely a sweeping tax on all transfers & then let refund claims sort it out with proof. Side benefit being those who do not claim same as many do not claim refund of taxed interest on bank saving
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True & easy enough to understand but....... This being Thailand I wonder who the burden of proof will be on? ???? Actually I am 99.99% sure the proof will fall on the same folks who could no longer get proof from embassies about income much less taxation from their home country. So that might be sticky But at the end of the day the one thing little knee jerk decisions like this show us is we can never be sure that at any time in the future goal posts regarding legality of living here might change & we should always have a plan B ????
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Weighing passengers to become standard for Bangkok Airways
mania replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Majority fly no complaints so maybe designed for average people not designed for midgets but not designed for plus sized either ???? But if plus sized they dont want to pay for a larger seat anyway right? I mean would they want to pay for say 1.5 seats & they get two seats to use? Probably not But asking the airline to make larger seats means less seats per flight / income per flight you think they will just eat that or charge more? I think we know the answer as both Business class & First Class are wider seats than Economy but of course charge more. Truthfully it seems more on the larger person to accept they cannot order from the kiddie menu because its not enough for them ???? -
Weighing passengers to become standard for Bangkok Airways
mania replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
That thought also crossed my mind. Doubt they would split families but they could redistribute some if they found the plane as loaded would be tail or nose heavy by X% I also immediately wondered if on average were 1st class passengers usually heavier than economy passenger ???? But I think the general trend these days is heavier in all sectors -
Weighing passengers to become standard for Bangkok Airways
mania replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Actually probably a bit late arriving. Also as modern day people have grown ever larger/heavier even more important now A plane has a Center of Gravity near the wing spar Too much weight forward or back of that will necessitate "trimming" the plane in flight. Meaning adjust the elevators to achieve a neutral nose up or down position That trim (making elevator more neg or positive in angle) will create much more drag slowing the plane & increasing fuel usage Which is why they said- 209 replies
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Been hearing a lot about Stem Cell therapy to speed up healing Pretty interesting & seems quite a few clinics opened in Mexico now with many US customers
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Sadly I think he passed on. He was not well a few years ago last we spoke.
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Weighing passengers to become standard for Bangkok Airways
mania replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Kind of true & more to the point excess width. Make people walk between two poles if they don't fit have an up-charge for double seat. Or make wider seats etc Otherwise they get on lift the arm rest and basically are sitting partially on our seat too. Prices are high enough that we should not be asked to share our seat- 209 replies
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I have not read all 17 pages so it may have also been said already but...... Not all Thai families are the same. A couple decades ago before I married I asked my future Thai In-laws what was expected as I heard about Sinsod My in-laws were not well off but just retired farmers living in a small village. My future MIL said we do not sell our daughter but if you love her & she loves you we wish you happiness. That was that & I cannot say I was surprised as they raised my wife who thinks the same way. In the year that followed we helped them when we could to improve & rebuild their home & with little things. They lived till they were 93 & 89 great loving in-laws ! But as a side note...our neighbor in the village is my wife's sister. When her Thai son was getting married they had to give the Thai girls family 60k baht which was not easy for them either.
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If you use Brave Browser it will automatically translate the Thai pages of Kasikorn bank So on this page on the link to rates & fees they say.... So it seems they pay at the end.....Also note they say ..... Years ago banks like Ayudhya Bank Mee Tae Dai savings paid monthly what was due on yearly interest divided by twelve & also did not charge any tax till 30k a year was earned. Even then they just suggested opening another account & transfer the money so interest didn't exceed 30k
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My wife & I also do not use those nor any dairy actually.
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Nice! Much better than your first effort. You did well showing more of what your seeing. Thanks ????
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Your not serious are you? You do realize those that you name above were the lap dogs of the USA for many years....Heck you can add Bin Laden to that list too It was when they stopped obeying orders that they were suddenly deemed terrorist Where do you think Osama got his weaponry? It was given to him to kill Russians in Afghanistan when he was done he told the US now you get out too. So he returned the weaponry one bullet at a time Gadaffi ? He decided he would no longer sell his sweet crude to the US & France so they took it under the guise of helping the Libyan rebels who also set up a Central Bank while doing so Saddam? Big lap dog that helped US puppet regime ...He decided he would no longer price his oil in USD he also suddenly became a terrorist So maybe your confused as to who is the likely tyrant ????
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Hunter Biden indicted on three federal gun charges
mania replied to Social Media's topic in World News
And yet with gun control such as quoted...folks like Hunter are supposed to get a free pass then?......Gun control exists but it is quite obvious even in this topic that "“All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” Correct? So what use then is ever more unenforced gun control laws? -
How to get my money to Thailand
mania replied to wijit's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
If your going to be living in Thailand...You start Social Security by contacting the Philippines Manila Branch It is then direct deposited to Bangkok Bank Search the forum as there are tons of posts & info on going about the process -
Question for April International (France) Policyholders
mania replied to Richard007's topic in Insurance in Thailand
I wonder about the problem of not even having a say in which hospital your taken to if its an emergency? Many times the ambulance is going to a certain hospital for various reasons. Proximity/agreement etc You may or may not even be conscious -
Biden saved from embarrassment, well, more if continued
mania replied to KhunLA's topic in US & Canada Topics and Events
This is why "None of the Above" should be added to the ballot. If enough check that then they need to continue to nominate till there are folks on the ballot we actually approve of. Instead it has been choose the least worst for decades. The choices as always decided by the lobbyist/campaign super funders who will later be repaid -
How to throw out my girlfriend's son out of the house?
mania replied to organicman's topic in Family and Children
Go for it but.....It seems you have not had first hand experience with how fragile the Male Thai ego is For them killing you over a loss of face is almost mandatory...Unless of course he has a few baht then 5k baht/$150 will see you planted somewhere by who ever he pays Really it is not your business & there is pretty much zero chance you will not regret getting involved in it -
How to throw out my girlfriend's son out of the house?
mania replied to organicman's topic in Family and Children
In Thailand there are WAY more guns than most think. How big is your martial arts background compared to a bullet in your head? He then claims self defense & your soon forgotten TIT not your fight nor your business Thai Rak Thai ...don't get in the middle- 144 replies
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This is something Dr Peter Attia has spoken about. "When I came across the data for what the one-year mortality was for people over the age of 65 who fell and broke their hips or femurs, I thought it couldn't be right. Somewhere between 10% to 30% of people who fall and break their hip or femur will be dead within a year."
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What is the medical topic on Aseannow forums?
mania replied to Foroitalico's topic in Health and Medicine
Poor guy couldn't find this forum before then Social Media moved his topic here 555 -
Glad you liked CM there is much to like there But if your doing a video of a place turn the camera around away from yourself more often ????