Well, your baited breath is going to catch a sardine. I can only assume most Americans haven't put themselves in the situation where they went into a TRD office to discuss tax implications of IRAs. Or, if they did, they were stupid, because no TRD agent/clerk would have the know-all about this subject. And, being Thai -- and not wanting to "not know" or appear stupid -- they would manufacture an answer that could go either way -- pay or don't pay tax on this remittance. Most likely, pay. So, as has been said many times on this forum, don't go to TRD for advice -- do your own research and go with the supportable position obtained from your research. And, otherwise, even if you filed a tax return, because you owed taxes on income other than IRAs -- there would be a completely blank line where you might otherwise (cowardly) have input the IRA remittance. So, nothing to discuss. Case closed with TRD -- they've never associated IRAs with your name -- and more likely, probably haven't heard of IRAs. And, oh, if you did input your IRA remittance on your Thai tax return -- are you going to try to find where on that return you can apply a tax credit from your US tax return? Get pretty messy, right? And, anyway, per DTA, Thailand (as primary) gets to keep all the tax collection -- and the US (as secondary, per the savings clause) had to absorb the credit. Depending on your time, I guess you would then have to amend your US tax return. Bottom line: Incorporate Por 162 to your advantage. And there's nothing TRD can do to make a case for fraud. Pretty easy decision, in my opinion....
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