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https://www.thainexusman.com/en This guy usually best Thai prices.. I have been exclusively nexus / pixels / or plain ASOP android ever since the nexus one. In that time I have every once in a while purchase (or awkwardly gifted) a new mobile from samsung etc and hated it and had to return, resell it etc. I have had some good use out of custom ROMs on cheaper hardware but plain ASOP is a non negotiable now. Its not just the hardware its 'better android' than others versions.

Direct only

No.. Direct only no transfers.

But once the money flows, so does the power, and the provision of dark money prevents any attempts at reform. Once the people expected to enforce this change are well compensated not to, the entrenched stasis returns. I personally think Thailand offers little to the genuinely wealthy they think they will attract but that's a different issue, right now there's a window where the entire after dark economy are out of the kind of slush funds that can allow them to fight against closure

Not always so available to the Trans workers the article highlight tho. Easy to punch down, but its not an easy lot in life !!

of whem 80% are motorcycle riders hence in Thai mindsets poor..

Cognitive dissonance.. The ability to keep 2 mutually incompatible beliefs at the same time.

This is the legacy of government in the medical services.. But hey, lets all bang pans for the NHS !!

I hammered at it for a few minutes.. not just once but I guess needs a bigger hammer.

yeah I had one totally readable multiple ways.. I just refreshed to a sane one

Broken already ?? I just get some waiting (scrolling dots) and 'Failed to save data' everytime..

Another American ?? No most pensions are not 'taxable only by the government paying them' through the EU / UK / etc you declare non residency and pensions are paid tax free (and sometimes lose inflation protection increases from time of declaration) and then you pay your taxes where you live when you receive the pension. Most 'pensions' are simply tax deferred savings wrapped in one or another financial structure, to enable the draw down of those savings outside of peak earning years and provide income over old age past working lifetime.

OK correct.. As I say at the end its very hard to cover all cases. You also must accept that the US is a wild anomaly being one of (IIRC) only 2 countries in the world that tax non resident citizens and US government based social security not being tax deferred. Almost the entire rest of the OECD world doesnt world that way. Most countries tax based on territorial residency and most pensions are merely tax deferred savings.

The only real practical issue this whole thing throws up, is to make it clear to people using the monthly income route for non imm retirement or marriage visas, that by signing that they are bringing monthly income into the kingdom, as it is earned, they are creating a technical liability. Not only that but they literally sign a declaration of that liability and provide proof of it, wrapped up with a pretty little bow around it. Currently that tax liability is not chased, but I genuinely wonder why, given how clear cut it is, how it is then would be to chase, and how politically 'making foreign residents pay thier fair share the same as Thai people' would be wildly popular. Sure some will be able to prove that the income used was taxed at source (some !!) and even then the vast majority of DTAs would instruct the person to claim back tax from the government where you are no longer resident. Thats how dual taxation agreements work, they dont always protect against being charged 2 lots of tax, but they provide a system of claiming the tax back where you dont reside. And again, yes this is a complex issue. People use 'pensions' to refer to all kinds of non work related income, to both tax paid and tax differed actual pension plans, but also to all manner of investment returns, dividends, commissions, etc etc etc.. Then add in the differences in tax rates, territorial or as per the us citizen based taxation etc and its hard to make a single statement where all answers fit everyone. The facts are this, if your resident in Thailand 180 days per year your resident for tax purposes, and Thailand specifically includes pension income as income subject to taxation.

if remitted into the country in the year it is received.

Rental income is a specific case. Because it arises from a fixed asset in the home country you cannot avoid paying taxes on it there.. But a REIT or unit trust doing the same thing, the investment returns would be taxable here.

Thats actually almost the same in all EU countries.. Its just Norway has such a high tax rate and low tax free allowance that pensions benefit by being on Thai tax rates and so being in Norwegien Thai residents interest to make the change, means the change is well documented. The exact same thing applies to all uk / EU countries for any tax deferred pension scheme (read most) and any investment capital gains etc.

It does.. But again many expats seem to wildly miss understand what DTAs do. A DTA doesnt enable you to pay taxes where you choose, a DTA will allow you to claim back taxes from the country you are not resident in.. Thereby preventing dual taxation. For a resident of Thailand who receives income the correct practice is to register non residency to ensure it is not taxed at source and correctly declare it here. That may not even incur a liability if money isn't remitted to the kingdom in the year it is earned. The situation I outline above the taxes are legally due in Thailand. The fact that Thailand makes no effort to collect them leads expats to think theres actually no tax liability. That is incorrect. My primary business (among a few other things) is cross border taxation consultancy and payrolling. Specifically EU and UK / Ireland but the same general OECD models apply.

Overseas income (which include many forms of tax deferred pensions) remitted into the kingdom in the year received are taxable earnings. Thailand currently makes no effort to collect this revenue, and in fact lacks the ability to determine what is income and what is savings (hence non taxable) but that is the legal case. This idea that farangs have that live here over 180 days a year that everything is tax free is not correct. Investment income, capital gains, rental incomes, etc etc are all taxable if brought here in the year earned, and thats passive income. Active income is all the stuff someone might do which falls into the work permit and day 1 taxable situations.

Asean Now / thai visa has published some insane clickbait and mad bits before but this is a new high point ???? Where do you find these loons... 'Dear PM Please open pattaya.. for the sake of your people.. PS I dont drink and have never been there'.. Its just line after line of ever increasing <deleted>.. Pure delusional..

Letting the country down ?? "Dont Thai to me"... Where exactly do they think that comes from ?

Sorry but while Thailand insists on these demands for entry some pre approval system is going to be needed... Can you imagine the amount of failed boarding entries if the first opportunity to check any of your documents is at the airport ?? Thats a total no go of an idea. Sure you can argue they should scrap the requirements.. But if you just follow a few of the FB groups where people ask what they need and cant comprehend basic clear instruction you would realise that your suggestion would result in maybe 20 - 40% of people not boarding !!

No ploblem.. Install IE8 from 2006.. only works on win98 copies obtained from pantip plaza.. Install the keygen crack patch.. Upload all images in a filesize of <50kb and a resolution of precisely 2048×1536 in bitmap file format only.. Works only with yahoo email addresses.. if you get a database error.. Cancel the entire application, make a new email or it will link to the failed app error.. Why farang complain so much.. Seamless !!

Genius... Where would this country be without Dear Leader !!

all of them ?? you set your daily limits on request or even with many in the mobile app.. Please tell me you dont think the single max notes the ATM will dispense is all you can access ??