alanb Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Hi, My Thai wife and I have been living and working in Africa for over ten years and we have now bought a house in Pattaya and wish to return. Does the Thai Government have a returning residents tax free allowance for household items,cars etc?Anybody know? Many thanks Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebear Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Check for the correct Gov't department from these links Thailand Links - most of tthe Government links have Thai/English for the correct guidelines on what you can and can't do. If nothing else it's always a good sttarting point in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 If your wife is returning under her Thai passport and has not been back during the last year for more than 3 times ,with a maximum of 90 days,than she can import duty free your household belongings (no car). There is a complete list of conditions and items and regulations available with any big international moving company. www.AsianTigersGroup.com www.crownrelo.com and many more. Most have their own offices in Bangkok and their staff can provide you by e-mail with all. I will go through the same ,the end of this year. good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_Pat_Pong Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Hi, My Thai wife and I have been living and working in Africa for over ten years and we have now bought a house in Pattaya and wish to return. Does the Thai Government have a returning residents tax free allowance for household items,cars etc?Anybody know? Many thanks Alan Will you arrive in Thailand holding a non-immigrant O class extended visa, or an O-A visa from abroad. You'd need one or the other to be involved in the process of importation without government charges. Your wife, as a returning Thai will be fine. I presume she has a Thai ID and a Thai passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somtaamgaiyang Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Just make sure that all documents are in the name of your wife and there should be no problem. There is a list of excluded articles - cars/fine wines etc available from various thai govt websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanb Posted June 17, 2004 Author Share Posted June 17, 2004 Thanks for all your replies.............I am busy checking Govt depts. Anyone know what the duty on imported vehicles is? regards alanb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 you don't want to know.Besides from the trouble. There are some earlier postings about this topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_Pat_Pong Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Thanks for all your replies.............I am busy checking Govt depts.Anyone know what the duty on imported vehicles is? regards alanb Around 3 times the vehicles worth and the tax applies to shipping costs too. As Dutch says, you don't want to know. Go look at the Thai Customs site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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