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I don't feel that people are aware that accessible income means that if you use it to buy a new car if you will be using your accessible income from 2024 income to purchase it. I took this up with GWM as I was considering buying one of their cars, they have no idea and said they woukd check with the revenue department. They emailed me back to say they were checking.....but then never got back to me ! It's really gonna affect us all should we want to buy a car as far as I can see

Wise Words CM

I moved outta CM as since 2010 the air quality is unacceptable to me .....but the Healthcare is superior with much more choice of hospitals.....(you need 'em to cope with the lung cancer cases that abound in CM.) Did not wanna leave, 20 years invested . Now live in Hua Hin, some pluses, but agree the sea is dreadful and jellyfish abound in great numbers ar some times of the year, just walked on the beach for 5 mins a week ago and saw 2 on the sand very easy to miss and get a nasty sting

I had a TURP 4 years ago which left me with all the complications you mentioned...and then some.

I buy all my meds....a lot on line from Diamond Pharmacy in Bangkok They seem to always have everything I need and are much cheaper than regular pharmacies, they deliver to your door within 2 days, you just send them a line message asking for what you want and how many, they will send you back the prices, you just pay online and that's it. I normally buy 3 or4 months supply at a time Aa an example Bio-flor prebiotic is around 350 in a pharmacy for a box, it's 250 from Diamond . Just Google them for the details

I know a guy who "forgot" to inform the taxman of his changed status. They caught him and he had to return it all plus interest at a high rate. In the UK the taxman usually gets his man. Thailand....not so much ,but the prisons are a lot worse if you are unlucky enough to be caught evading tax I read that it's a year behind bars and a fine Not worth the risk

Only of you are looking at it as a "potential" increase as you are not retired here yet. Otherwise of course our pension is like the British Weather in winter FROZEN

Doesn't help us pensioners living in LOS though does it? Pleased for my 94 year old dad, he will get a bit more.

Very good post You have addressed this very well.it all makes sense

I spoke to the guy in the video. I thought it would be good for me , sure I could pay for 2 years without making a claim....he asked me about my PEC's and said realistically I only had about a 5% chance of being approved. So that's that then

I'm currently watching a video by Siam Legal Thier MD is saying that the TRD just don't have the manpower to enforce anything this year and are likely to postpone everything for another year. They have spent 18 months trying to sort out one person's tax credit!!! Sorry it's off topic but it's interesting

But it won't be long before 2023 is history Then what?

I too have brought many cars in my 21 years here. I'm not babbling ,you are just rude If you bring 2m baht a year into the country you will be taxed. Whatever you buy be it a car a boat or a plane, you will have to do it with money that you have, or are going to pay tax on. So, you will indirectly pay tax for purchasing that car, the dealer is not gonna send you a bill, but you will pay ,just the same

O have actually familiarized myself with this

How do you know this with absolute certainty? I do not claim to be any kind of expert on Thai Tax but I was under the impression that WHATEVER money was remitted to Thailand was taxable unless it was for the purchase of a condominium. I wouod be grateful if you could enlighten me ? 😊 thanks

I dont know if it's true, but I'm not willing to chance it until all becomes clear. What I have read here is that ALL foreign income will be taxed so if I bring in 1m then 20% or 25% would be taxable whatever you spend it on

No we should not as we already pay. Private Hospitals ( there would be a lot less if we were not here) Car Tax (pays for road construction) Visas Re entry permits Entry to National Parks Schooling ( most foreigners use private schools for their kids) Whoever wants to tax us also has to realize that if we are 10% worse off a year then so will the people that rely on us as customers. I bet they have never given that a thought Or that the Police would have less foreign motorists to fine.

Agreed I want to buy a new car but worry that at the end of the year I will have to pay 25% tax on it!!! So I will hold off until things become clearer

Thank you for enlightening me

New Prime Minister.....this tax scheme may go down the toilet if the 10,000 baht wallet is scrapped I think that is around 500 billion baht. It's like if Anutin is elected pm the anti canibis act will more than likely be scrapped as it was Anutin who introduced in in the first place We will see

Actually it's about 2% I've been told

Also, be aware that all the realtors I have come across in HH charge 5% commission for selling your property. In Chiang Mai it's just 3% I don't know why there is such an anomoly

Same as the UK then Anyone can become a "real estate agent ," No qualifications required

Chain?

Ah...so you discovered that all the babbling morons at the bar are not your freinds and never were? Surprise surprise! When I have quit drink in the past NOT ONE of my drinking "feinds" sought to find me, I was a threat to their alcoholism .....they don't feel "safe" around non drinkers, they only feel safe with their own kind. I have known some that got off the plane, poured themselselves into the bar scene and literally came out in a wooden box acfew years later...suppose it was their pension "up to them" but if they had gotten 100 baht even time their ego was ignited by the "hansom man, where you go" squeeze, I would be a millionaire