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Jim, are you saying that even if I do not bring any cash into the country in 2024 I will have to pay tax on the money I have here? I can also prove that I have funds at home that my bank statements confirm was in my bank prior to Jan 1st 2024. I wanted to remit these at the start of 2025 so I will not be liable for tax on this income as I have proof of it's seasoning and therefore do not have to file a tax return I was under the impression that you only have to pay tax on funds that are remitted to Thailand that were transferred after 1/1/24 Are all these funds now vulnerable to taxation? Many thanks

It wasn't like it 20 years ago either. It really started to deteriorate from about 2010, before then residents did not give it much thought. It's so bad bow , I left the home that I had intended to stay in forever to move south, and judging by what my friends say about this year's weather in CM I am very glad I did. But I was really driven out by the burning and how it affected my chest

I can't abide this woman......just imagine if she was in government.!! I remember an LBC interview where she made herself look a fool as she got all the facts and figures for recruiting new police officers wrong Retirement beckons Ms Abott, take it before you are humiliated again

Rubbish

I am separating pension from rental income so I will just remit pension payments ,which is approx half of the 40k but I do have the exact figures, so my funds should not be comingled as I have kept very good accounts of my income. Is this acceptable?

Hi Mike, a quick question. If my offshore banking statement shows that there was 40,000 pounds in my account before 1st January this year then that money can be brought to Thailand tax exempt. Is this correct?

Hi Mike Personally I think u are doing a fantastic job ....but some (like me) find it difficult to understand and it wouldn't matter who was in your place, it's still a lot of hard work for you. Can you just clarify 2 things for me please? If I don't bring any capital into LOS in 2024 I will have no need to file? Secondly ,does this still apply to rental income? My rental income is approx the same as my pension income and one of the tax companies said that I would be liable for around 100,000 baht a year in tax. How do I separate this out as it appears that I would have to file a report every 6 months for that money and annually for the remainder.? It's all very confusing for most of us, but I will use my savings I was saving for medical care to last a year and purchase Thai Insurance to cover it, and of course receive an allowance for this when I do file. Thanks for doing a splendid job Mike and I apologize if any of these questions were previously asked

What <deleted> you talk Don't confuse the majority with the few You are showing how stupid you are

Rubbish

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No, they came through a doctor at a doctors surgery. You are mistaken mate

Only 2% of Thais pay tax......there must be many that owe it but just don't pay it An example: 15 years ago my wife owned a restaurant in CM. She had a visit from the taxman. He asked her how much she was making and she said times were tough and she was not making hardly anything after she had paid her staff. The taxman was very sympathetic, did not ask to see the books and they settled on a figure of 500 baht for the year. As it goes she was hardly making any money and what she said was truthful , but she could easily have been fibbing. How many don't tell the truth about thier tax affairs? So now they want to target westerners pensions as we are easy targets

I prick my finger every morning, it's not an issue for me......we do not live in the west. At least you can easily purchase diebetis monitoring equipment...that was not the case 20 years ago so there has been progress

I miss old Bernard......I wouldn't have minded his job at the Post though !

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Nor did Bernard Trink 😆

In previous years when pollution is very very bad planes have been diverted to other airports. I have not seen any reports of that happening this year

Not in Hua Hin.....property is the same price for buying or rental Food is a similar price Beers the same I am spending no more now than when I lived in Chiang Mai I can't speak for the islands but islands are always more expensive but you can travel all the way down south to Surat Thani and it's cheap...but HH is as far as I wanted to go as it has everything a westerner needs and is only 3 hours from Bangkok

Maybe they are changing thier minds about that now......smokey season should be long gone by now....but it's still going on

Regrettably I left my "forever home" in CM last September after 20 years because of the terrible burning season last year. I relocated to Hua Hin. Obviously looking at the pollution this year it seems I made the correct decision. I miss my mates as does my wife though. We already came back to visit in January and will go again in August. I hope that one day the government gets a handle on this as there could well be many more people like me that are not prepared to put up with it, turning CM into a ghost town. If you don't need to be there, then don't be there and potentially harm yourself, especially if you are a pensioner like me with health issues. It was stressful, but doable to sellup- buy and move.

If you went to Ram you did not see Dr.Chalermpong or you would not have needed to make this post Suggest you make an appointment to see him

The FULL STORY was not available when I made that post. I can read and am not stupid .....but I am sure you will come back with a comment that says I am no doubt😩

Funny

Have they caught the perpetrator If they know he is a martial arts expert they must know who he is?

It was mentioned earlier that they do not give out appointments for marriage visas there any longer.