New Tax Law?

[KrisJ]

I teach part-time at a university. I was informed today that they needed to take 10% of my salary out for taxes. My supervisor implied that this is a new regulation. At the school where I taught last year, and where my husband teaches, they took out 1,000 baht a month (out of a 25,000 baht monthly salary). And we got most of it back after filing a tax return.

So, my questions are: 1) Is this in fact the current tax law? 2) Is this only for university level teachers? Only part-time teachers? Only part-time farang teachers at universities? Anybody know?

Thanks!

[Tywais]

I work full time at a university and have not heard about that yet. Guess will find out at the end of the month to see if anything has changed. For his tax bracket and claiming you as a dependent it works out to about 666.00 Baht/month in actual tax liability and now they want to take out 2500.00 Baht/month. Sounds odd to me. Will check it out here when I have a chance. In my case they calculate the monthly deduction precisely and deduct only the exact amount. At the end of the year my tax always balances out with taxes paid = taxes calculated.

Unless your salary is considerably higher then your husbands.

[Neeranam]

Everyone pays tax. I pay 1,500 a month and I get allowances for having a wife and 2 kids.

[bendix]

There is no special tax for teachers. There is no new tax law changes recently introduced.

The OP is being wrongly advised. I suggest he/she asks the employer why they are being deducted significantly more than they should be.

[PeaceBlondie]

There are different kinds of taxes: income taxes, and employment taxes/social security taxes. Ask which it is, and try to get hard answers.

[KrisJ]

How do I calculate our tax liability? I make 24,000 baht a month between two universities, and my husband makes 25,000. They've been taking 1,000 a month from my husband's salary, but we got most of it back in our tax return. We have two kids.

Also, isn't it strange that they are reporting my tax liability, but I don't have a work permit?

[jjspitz]

How do I calculate our tax liability? I make 24,000 baht a month between two universities, and my husband makes 25,000. They've been taking 1,000 a month from my husband's salary, but we got most of it back in our tax return. We have two kids.

Also, isn't it strange that they are reporting my tax liability, but I don't have a work permit?

If you don't have a work permit, then you can't get a tax card and id number, and there is no way to apply for a refund. If they don't know who you are, why pay tax ? Anyway, to figure out the tax you should be paying is a quite simple formula. (If you file jointly with your husband, this will be different).

anyway, salary 24, 000 x 12 = 288,000 a year. Less 90, 000 standard deductions (not including kids) = 198,000. The first 100,000 is taxed at 0%. The remaining 98, 000 is taxed at 10%. You owe them 9,800 baht tax for the year. Divide by 12 and you have a montly tax of of around 800 baht.

[Loaded]

could be withholding tax. Wall Street tried/try a similar scam. don't know much about it except you don't need to pay if it's wt.

[PeaceBlondie]

How do I calculate our tax liability? I make 24,000 baht a month between two universities, and my husband makes 25,000. They've been taking 1,000 a month from my husband's salary, but we got most of it back in our tax return. We have two kids.

Also, isn't it strange that they are reporting my tax liability, but I don't have a work permit?

If you don't have a work permit, then you can't get a tax card and id number, and there is no way to apply for a refund. If they don't know who you are, why pay tax ? Anyway, to figure out the tax you should be paying is a quite simple formula. (If you file jointly with your husband, this will be different).

anyway, salary 24, 000 x 12 = 288,000 a year. Less 90, 000 standard deductions (not including kids) = 198,000. The first 100,000 is taxed at 0%. The remaining 98, 000 is taxed at 10%. You owe them 9,800 baht tax for the year. Divide by 12 and you have a montly tax of of around 800 baht.

jjspitz, aren't you just calculating one spouse's liability, instead of their joint liability? Or does Thai income tax apply individually, separately?

[TerryLH]

"Also, isn't it strange that they are reporting my tax liability, but I don't have a work permit?"

In my personal experience the tax department doesn't care if you have a WP, or not.

[Petch01]

How do I calculate our tax liability? I make 24,000 baht a month between two universities, and my husband makes 25,000. They've been taking 1,000 a month from my husband's salary, but we got most of it back in our tax return. We have two kids.

Also, isn't it strange that they are reporting my tax liability, but I don't have a work permit?

Perhaps this website helps: http://www.thailand-accounting.com/incometax.html

Petch01

[Scott]

I'll try check with some of our teachers. Nearly everyone has a work permit where I am, but in the past we did have a few spouses who worked for us and I don't think the school had applied for a WP for them. I'll try and check and see if they had to pay tax.

Otherwise, we pay taxes and they usually take out more money than they need to, so everyone (who paid in) gets a tax rebate. Usually 1,000 to 4,000 depending.

[tayto]

Everyone pays tax. I pay 1,500 a month and I get allowances for having a wife and 2 kids.

Not true. most of my teacher friends do not pay any tax, some with work permit , some without.

[pokoal2000]

I work for large private school. Been there now for over a year and I am not paying any tax. I would like to pay, because I got married and would like to change my visa to marriage visa, and the requirement is that you have to show tax on your earnings for at least three months back. but schools tell me that none of the 100 or so teacher pay tax.

I talked to few people and was advised not to rock the boat, the school must be on some sort of tax fiddle, and if I try I may loose my job. I have working permit and visa B. Any idea how to work something out, so I can apply for a marriage visa?