Introduction to Personal Income Tax in Thailand

[garygooner]

Good advice given by the last 2 posters.

Would be nice if there was a simple form that said Mr ..... was refused a TIN today due to reason .........

 

[chiang mai]

16 hours ago, anrcaccount said:

 

 

I am yet to see any source to suggest the CRS regulations involve any sharing of credit card information, especially at the individual transaction level.

 

There is no reason why CRS should mention credit card transactions specifically, credit card spending is only one of the many ways that funds can be transferred/remitted internationally and spent.

[oldcpu]

4 hours ago, chiang mai said:

But hey, if you've been to a TRD branch and asked the questions and you chose to believe what you have been told, go for it.

 

I mostly agree - except I have a different take on this last comment.

 

If after visiting the local Thai RD, and after one correctly provides the local Thai RD the absolute truth with regard to one's finances and income,  and then the RD tells one they will NOT give one a TIN, and further  the RD states no Thai income tax required .... I think this is MORE than just what ONE chooses to believe.  Its ALSO what the LOCAL THAI RD BELIEVES.

 

I think discarding what the local Thai RD believes is NOT a good approach.

 

I think that important. 

 

Pounding on the Thai RD  desk, telling them they are full of sh*t for their refusal to grant a Thai TIN, does not sound to me to be a good approach.

 

Rather I think the best approach is to CONTINUE to monitor the situation, and possibly go back to the local Thai RD (again applying for a TIN) only after there is a bit more clarity.   Possibly those with a yellow-book/Pink-ID (and those with an LTR visa) have more flexibility with timing, and possibly NOT.

 

That is MORE than just 'choosing to believe' what one has been told.

 

You and I have very different  views on the way forward here.

 

Edited 27 minutes ago by oldcpu

[chiang mai]

7 minutes ago, oldcpu said:

 

I mostly agree - except I have a different take on this last comment.

 

If after visiting the local Thai RD, and after one correctly provides the local Thai RD the absolute truth with regard to one's finances and income,  and then the RD tells one they will NOT give one a TIN, and further  the RD states no Thai income tax required .... I think this is MORE than just what ONE chooses to believe.  Its ALSO what the LOCAL THAI RD BELIEVES.

 

I think discarding what the local Thai RD believes is NOT a good approach.

 

I think that important. 

 

Pounding on the Thai RD  desk, telling them they are full of sh*t for their refusal to grant a Thai TIN, does not sound to me to be a good approach.

 

Rather I think the best approach is to CONTINUE to monitor the situation, and possibly go back to the local Thai RD (again applying for a TIN) only after there is a bit more clarity.   Possibly those with a yellow-book/Pink-ID (and those with an LTR visa) have more flexibility with timing, and possibly NOT.

 

That is MORE than just 'choosing to believe' what one has been told.

 

You and I have very different  views on the way forward here.

 

To be crystal clear.......YOU mentioned pounding on the desk and calling them names....NOT ME, I would neither suggest that nor think it a good idea.

 

"I think this is MORE than just what ONE chooses to believe.  Its ALSO what the LOCAL THAI RD BELIEVES".

 

I have seen cases where different people in the same branch have made conflicting statements, other members have reported this also, even people in the same meeting. So I think it is extremely dangerous to think that something you are told by one employee, reflects the official position of a branch, unless the statements are made by the most senior person and they are somehow recorded.