TravelerEastWest

Actually the answer is simple and you might have guessed many people love to eat meat but they feel that it is not good for their health so plant based products taht tase similar to meat are a stepping stone to a whole food plant based diet. I could be wrong but step by step more and more studies seem to support a plant based diet. As for profits company's like to give people want they want and make lots of profits... very normal...

Thank you folks for the ideas. The real estate question is interesting as I wonder if the BOI is interested in cashflow or only taxable income? Misty's post leads me to think cashflow is considered even if not taxable income - which is good BOI staff are friendly and helpful but don't always think outside the box...

Ben Zioner Thank you for your thoughtful response! My friend is not yet receiving a pension, but has the passive income and age... I am wondering what type of letter he should write to the BOI - I am not sure as I submitted Form 1040 so it was easy for me. I did receive a message with someone who used a Thai CPA to write that a Thai return was not needed. Also he wrote a letter stating that his country did not require a tax return...

If someone is over 50, has health insurance in Thailand of over the correct amount, and more than $80,000 in annual interest income. But is from Europe and not required to file a tax return anywhere - how do you correctly for the BOI show (in English) your annual income - without a tax return and is that allowed or is a tax return required?

I am not asking you if I made a typing mistake in a hurry - i am telling you the fact that I made a mistake maybe you are new to Thailand or not a native speaker of English (use of "thou" tells me this most likely..) or you are much smarter than those who I talk to about visas here as visa renewal and reports etc are used interchangeably by most people. They are probably not technically correct but they are what people use. I would strongly advise you to be careful about assuming you know what people said or intended. I think this forum has rules about making personal attacks such as yours. You may want to considering being polite and trusting what people say... Good luck with your questions I will ignore you going forward and I hope you have the courtesy to do the same for me... Again all the best ti you.

I am an American I tried to help you - please ignore my comments going forward as you prefer not to listen... Good luck with your form... There was no lack of concern for you, just the opposite I was trying to help, (maybe I don't know the same meaning of the word cavalier) apparently you don't want help and that was my mistake. I apologize for trying to help you it will not happen again.

Correct it is a trivial matter because almost everyone quickly sees it is a typo just like some of us make spelling or grammar mistakes as English is not their first language or they are working full time... Cavalierly was rudely and incorrectly used _ There was no lack of concern for others, just the opposite I was trying to help. And it was certainly not important as it is common knowledge that you don't renew your visa after one year but after five years (maybe) usually, therefore an obvious and clear typo next time I wont post as people such as yourself are somewhat challenging to deal with... Please do not comment on my posts going forward...

Sometimes you need to read between the lines - use your intuition...

You know what I mean... I assume that you are being funny.Yes he did his one year reporting at the immigration office near the air[port. For the agency's this is a new field - do your due diligence and be very skeptical I learned to be careful talking to all of the agencies and getting different answers going direct to the BOI was the best in the end..

I am fairly certain they have or at least know what it us now as a friend who lives in CM got his LTR visa a year ago and did his visa renewal at CM in person it was very easy. I wonder about all of the services that have only recently been "certified"... my intuiton is that you would do a quick job yourself.

Easy to do update at CM Immigration in general as they have a drive through window - 1,000 baht is very expensive for filing a report...

Go for a local Thai CPA that speaks English ask them for references related to Thai taxation if that is what interest you. If not find an American CPA not an EA with a questionable education... Or A UL CA etc. Good luck!

LTR staff are probably correct... Good idea to calculate the tax both ways!

Form 46 was required for my WP LTR Pension so company income and salary immigration reviews teh work permit application - it was easy to do They didn't tell me the required salary but probably the normal requirements...

Thank you