motdaeng

may i ask why you are waiting and what made you want to buy an electric car? i was in the same position for about three years, wanting to replace my own car, and now i've been driving electric for two months... i love it! i don't quite understand the hype around even faster charging and even greater range. for the average driver, 300 to 400 km is more than enough. on the rare occasions when longer trips are needed, an extra charging stop can be made ... faster charging with higher power levels can only be fully utilized if the necessary infrastructure is in place. however, high-power chargers (300+kw) are still rare in thailand, and this is unlikely to change suddenly in the near future. i believe that battery and vehicle technology will bring updates and improvements to the market every year. however, a real breakthrough that would be truly significant for the average driver (like most of us) will probably take more than just a few years ...

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.

amen ...

if you have a bank account in thailand and 15% withholding tax was deducted from you in 2024, you have the right to get this tax refunded. for that, the tax office needs to issue you a TIN... some offices make it easy, while others might make it difficult for you to get one. do you have investments in thailand? did you send money to thailand in 2024? were you a tax resident in thailand in 2024?

the only time i agree with you on this subject is when it comes to sending all these generals and thaksin to jail where they all belong ...

... what a mess ... your group solution sounds not very sustainable ...

just ask them ... that your condo has ev chargers is a good thing ...

no, not anymore... the pea denied our request to install a TOU meter ...

the energy consumption of an electric car, just like a petrol car, depends on many factors: the car model, driving mode, city or highway, flat roads or mountains, sporty or eco driving style, and more. all these factors combined mean that some ev owners pay as little as 0.75 baht per km, while others pay up to 1.50 baht per km (charging at home at 4-5 thb/kwh). however, costs do change if you charge using TOU rates (2.6 thb/kwh) or at DC fast-charging stations (about to 8 - 9 thb/kwh) ...

it's only cheaper if he has a TOU meter. that means electricity is cheaper from 10 pm to 9 am, as well as on weekends and public holidays. however, PEA has stopped installing new additional TOU meters for electric cars in recent months because the system has been used "illegally." an electric car doesn't need to be charged every day, it depends on usage and battery size. right now, i only charge mine once a week to around 60% (which gives me about 330 km of range). for longer day trips, i charge it to 100% the night before ..

agree with you on that! but the thing is, electric cars that can only charge on a single phase are usually in the lower price range and have smaller batteries (around 50 kwh). at a charging speed of 3.6 kw, they can recharge about 70% overnight in 10 hours, which is usually more than enough. in the end, everyone has to decide for themselves which "charging profile" their wallbox should cover ...