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Wife transfers from dependent visa to Retirement Visa in case I pass away before her.
Money shouldn't be a problem, that's all set up. It was the immigration side I was worried about. Red tape, timing, etc. We have a good track record so I don't think a problem....just have to go with the flow I guess. Thank you for your help. -
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Trump Harris: Who won the debate ?
Thank you for your gracious acknowledgement that you got it massively wrong. -
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Bangkok taxi driver berates passenger over travel distance
So who is the official registered driver from the taxi company then? How would having that information assist anyone as he wasn't involved in the incident? -
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Do you want President Harris to pardon Trump?
Totally ridiculous. Not even Napoleon faced such ridiculous restrictions on his freedom after the loss of Waterloo. No, Trump is not Hitler, not Stalin, not Napoleon. Time for wokies to grow up about this. -
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Do fish have emotions?
I'm inclined to believe they do. I had only two large Koi in my fishpond that had been together for at least 4 or 5 years and one (the smaller of the two) just up and died a couple of weeks ago. The remaining fish was continuously nudging it's dead mate in attempt to try and revive it perhaps, until we removed it. Now the last fish refuses to eat and I can only assume it's heartbroken and lonely. What do you think? -
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Trump Harris: Who won the debate ?
good, be a fool, vote for her (kamala, the one that got zero votes in any primary) as illegal migration runs amok in your community. -
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Do you want President Harris to pardon Trump?
So much for freedom of speech. Not to surprising from someone from OZ. I'd explain the 2nd sentence, but would be reported as off topic & deleted. -
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EXPAT TAXATION - Does anyone really know what's going on?
They'll have to add a few thousand new government tax workers who are capable of deciphering the 197 DTAs from the global village, deciphering each DTA for the each country in which there is a foreigner community which stays in Thailand over 180 day, and then pair up those DTAs with reality, and THEN develop an enforcement mechanism. The adds significant liability cost to the plan to milk assets from foreigners. Thailand can't get 80% of those who are caught on highway speed cameras to pay their fines. What's my point? With that said, now imagine how this is going to be enforced? 🤔 Btw, my guess is that the average long-stay farang over 65 probably has no tax liability in Thailand, and on the contrary will end up having the Thai government pay them back their 15% withholding on the measly interest that the Thai banks pay in interest on the bank funds used for annual extension. It would barely pay for the time expended to file the tax form. Add to that the cost of government workers with government benefits which will be needed to be hired to process the additional work-load, and Thailand will find that it's losing money on the deal. Now if they'd just focus on wealthy Thais attempting to game the Thai system, they could accrue additional tax income. Coming after foreigners living here in order to beat the high cost of living in the West will be a losing proposition. With that said? Wait until, 2025, see what shakes, and then act accordingly. Until then - grab a beer, kick back, and see if there is a 2025 to worry about given the nuclear posturing of the rather insane nuclear-armed countries with whom the West insists on provoking into a potential WW3 and nuclear Armageddon. If you live to see 2025, the Thai taxes may be the least of your worries. -
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Israel’s Special Forces Ground Raid Destroys Iranian Missile Factory in Syria
What made you think that Israel needs to ask permission from others and also who is it do you think that Israel should have obtained permission from ? Why do you treat Israel differently to all other Nations ? -
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Do you want President Harris to pardon Trump?
AFAIK Trump is the only President who deliberately concealed the fact he had taken top secret papers, then lied about how many had been returned. Which led to the FBI raid. Your last sentence has me wondering what you are smoking. It's obvious to anyone with a couple of brain cells Cannon is as bent as a boomerang.- 1
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Trump Harris: Who won the debate ?
Didn't take you long to get your facts wrong. First of all, Taylor Swift's audience isn't composed much of tweens or teenagers. If you actually listened to her music you would know it's not aimed at them. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1372971/taylor-swift-fans-by-generation/ And then there's this: Taylor Swift drove 405,999 visitors to vote.gov in 24 hours after Kamala Harris endorsement Taylor Swift's post endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the White House on Tuesday drove 405,999 users to visit the site vote.gov over the course of the following day, a sign of the potential effect her decision to speak out could have on November's election. Vote.gov is run by a federal agency known as the General Services Administration, in partnership with the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. The site includes information about how to register to vote and cast a ballot, and directs users to state sites where they can register. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-swift-kamala-harris-endorsement-vote-gov/ -
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People’s Party urges urgent rewrite of 2017 constitution
Yeah yeah, seen all that before. Talk to a few Thais across the country from different backgrounds and you'll get a different answer. A Thai lady accountant I worked with (in Bkk) was outspoken and regularly told the staff that she was very proud of her very high ranking red policeman father. She had no hesitation to talk about how vote buying works and talk about the cozy relationship between thaksin and her father. She also mentioned that the locals in her fathers 'domain' wouldn't dare to vote for other candidates / parties and they were convinced if they did they would easily be identified and punished. One punishment was to put flyers in all the letter boxes of numerous nearby houses saying that the target house / family were not supporting the paymaster, resulting in the errant family being ostracized refused service at local shops, kids harassed beaten up at school etc. -
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Do you want President Harris to pardon Trump?
No, nor prison for trump. House Detention for life and removal from all social media platforms, including no interviews for public broadcast. Anyone disseminating his lies and misinformation, if convicted, to face jail time. -
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EXPAT TAXATION - Does anyone really know what's going on?
I think at the moment the situation can be summed up in the words of Donald Rumsfeld....."as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't know we don't know." The mind truly boggles at how they will implement any of this. I think only something like 6% of Thais pay taxes. My wife's father was one of 14 siblings up in Udon. There are therefore numerous members of my wife's extended family scattered around the province and some in Pattaya too. They all seem to be involved in businesses of some sort. Some legal and some occupying what might be charitably described as a 'grey area'. I don't think any of them pay tax. My wife owns a couple of small businesses and also rents out two condos in Pattaya. I don't think she even has a tax number.... If I ever mention tax she gives me a 'death stare'. One of the extended family run a fair sized entertainment business in Pattaya. My wife and I were once talking about how much profit he was making (quite a bit). I said 'he must pay a lot of tax on that'. My wife says 'He doesn't pay tax'. I said 'How can he not pay tax?'. Her response was 'Some people pay tax and some people don't'. I left it there. -
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Smart Home automations - anybody using?
The dashboard isn’t mine, it’s one I got off one of the forums. My dashboard is very much a work in progress. I will post some screen shots later if this discussion gets some interest.
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