motdaeng

do you think it's possible, in the future you will have to knock on the TRD door and not the other way around? interesting times ahead, especially for people putting their heads in the sand and hoping taxation foreigner in thailand never will happen ...

thanks for your report ... 🙏 may i ask how you ended up with 2k in taxes from transferring 760k? thanks.

in the future, you might have to explain to the tax office how you support yourself. you would then tell the thai tax office that you pay for everything with your foreign credit card and therefore believe you don’t have to pay taxes under thai tax law. but you do realize that, in the end, it’s the thai tax office (not you) that decides what you need to pay taxes on ... paying for your living expenses with a credit card doesn’t seem like the smartest choice, bad exchange rates, high fees, etc. as a tax resident over 65, you already have a tax-free allowance of at least 500k, and only after that do you need to pay taxes:

interesting, please report back on what special function this wall charger has for solar ... https://www.myenergi.com/au/zappi-ev-charger/ Our zappi lets you use any excess solar energy generated by your PV or wind systems to power up your electric car. That means you can enjoy some free kilometers courtesy of the sun! zappi simply connects with your PV system and will take power from the panels or grid, depending on which setting you select.

doing the 90-day report online is easy as can be ... https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/login

i have the feyree 3-phase 11kw wall charger installed. it is easy to use and works well (after one month... everything is going well so far.). you can hardly blame the product if you connect the polarity wrong and it gets damaged. i don’t have solar, and as far as i know, intelligent wall chargers for solar do exist, but they are not available in thailand at the moment ...

good luck with that ... the thai tax law is very clear who is a tax resident in thailand ... btw, you can be tax resident in more than only one country ...

because of the withholding tax refund! depending on the year, my withholding tax refunds does add up to a nice five-figure amount ... why should i give that up? it's money i can legally claim back ...

i agree with you, it's not fair ... i know a first-world country where rich foreigners make flat tax rate deals with the tax authorities, completely legal. that's not fair either... in a corrupt country like thailand, there will never be a truly fair solution for anything what ever ... anyone living in thailand has to be able to look past these things ...

sorry, i'm not a visa expert. there are different visas for foreigners, like work visas, business owner visas, digital nomad visas, etc. but how are these foreigners "encouraged" (or forced) to file their tax returns?

no, luckily, you got almost everything wrong ... by the way, i haven’t paid any taxes (all fully legal) for over 20 years living fulltime in thailand ... not in thailand and not in my home country. i don’t work, i’m too young for a pension ... but i’ve been filing tax returns in thailand for more than 10 years without any issues ... right now, i don't need an LTR because it doesn't give me any tax advantages ... as we all know, everyone's situation is different, and mine is no exception ...

tesla bjorn did a very slow "sunday driving" with the sealion 7 awd ... see the range result: 644 km !!!!!

as expected, the entire tax situation for tax residents in thailand is more or less a mess. different interpretations of laws, regulations, and the TDA by taxpayers, tax advisors, and tax office employees only add to the confusion ... to make thing clear is not something thai's are good in ... turning this into a functional, fair, and consistent tax system for foreign tax residents is hardly achievable for thailand ... even in the long run. with the LTV, taxes are waived, so why not offer a modest flat tax rate for those who prefer to skip all the bureaucracy and avoid filing a tax return? don’t get me wrong, i don’t want to pay taxes either, but i believe that in the future, we won’t be able to avoid contributing to the (corrupt) government’ even we do not get anything in return from the goverment ...

i've been driving the sealion 7 awd for a few weeks now and have covered around 1,900 km with an average consumption of 15.2 kwh/100 km, according to the display. for my driving style, this gives me a range of about 530 km. the actual range depends on several factors, with higher speeds increasing consumption disproportionately. if you stick to speed limits, a new sealion 7 can easily achieve 500+ km of range ... also according to other sealion 7 user ... @carlyai did you start your trip at 100%? or, to put it differently, how much battery percentage did you use for your 350km trip?

good luck then .... do you think TRD is as stupid not seeing if someone try to use a loop hole? please give it a try and report back, thanks.