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Why is Trump Really Running for Office Again?
Well Im not obsessed with diapers tho..... -
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Last Time Refused Entry Retry Monday
Odds are good at CM Airport, but he should have come by land, as you said. For the future, if he wants to spend more time here, he has a few options: - If over 50, should then go straight to Pattaya and pay an agent to get him a Non-O based on retirement. - If under 50, he could get a DTV - though future entries might require agent-assistance. No one has done this yet, so we don't know how immigration at the bad entry points (Bangkok airports, etc) intends to "game the system" for agent-money. - Last option, and if he insists on flying in, he needs to use Immigration's agent to set up "pre-clearance" for a fee. Even CM may start making problems with serial visa-exempt entries, at some point. His next attempted-entry might be our first report of a problem there since Covid - will see. -
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Hip Replacement Surgery In Thailand
I have had both of my hip joints replaced. The first was done at Ramkhamhaeng Hospital, which is a private hospital, but more for middle to middle upper class Thais. My Doctors were Dr. Ratchata Tangsiriphat and Dr. Songat Limpiwatki. They did a great job and kept me in the hospital for a week to monitor the incision healing (drainage) and for physical therapy from a US educated Thai PT. (not sure he's still there and I don't have his name). This was in 2008. I've had overall a good experience. The cost at that time was around USD11,000.00. In 2018 I had my other hip replaced in the US (Houston). The day of my surgery I was required to shower (at my domicile) using the cleansing techniques described in a pre-op training conducted by orthopedic nurses. I then traveled to the hospital. I think about 16-18 of us were lined up on gurneys in a preop room. The Doctor came through, marked up the hip (to be sure he operated on the correct hips) and made to wait while the surgeries were done like an assembly line. Once 'we' had completed recovery, each person was put in the hospital room. The next morning catheters were removed and a therapy session was conducted to be sure you understood how and what to do. You were then released to your friend or family who would drive you home. For Medicare in the US now, you don't even get to over night in the hospital. I will say that the surgery went well, but I've had much more pain in that hip than the one done in Thailand. (Oh, and the bill to Medicare and my secondary insurance was over $30,000.00. -
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Must Read Its Happening - Law to Tax Overseas Income Now in Progress
I'm doing exactly the same thing. Technically they should not tax the money I remitted to Thailand this year because it was earned in past years. But how do I prove that to them? So I'm also opting for the "better safe than sorry" approach by spending less than 180 days in the country this year. -
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[QUIZ]US Politics - Post WWII
I just completed this quiz. My Score 20/100 My Time 155 seconds -
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These Days: Can ANYONE even imagine BIDEN with another 4 yrs in the White House?
True. Harris currently being instructed what to say in the debate. -
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Wear a mask in the Cheang Wattana Immigration Building
last Friday. afternoon session. now feels like mild-Dengi, but it is not. Just a phookin' virus. Get your "ticket" and get out immediately! Come in only when it is your time. PS: avoid CW food court at all costs! -
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Why is Trump Really Running for Office Again?
Awwwww, isnt that cute, here comes the sandbox. All you have. -
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Must Read Its Happening - Law to Tax Overseas Income Now in Progress
Great. Then bargirls who are receiving remittances from their overseas boyfriends should be flagged by TRD, as you suggest. Except, this is Thailand. When I hear about bargirls being audited by TRD, I will file my tax return. -
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Must Read Its Happening - Law to Tax Overseas Income Now in Progress
I presume you are filing a tax return in Thailand, and have for 20 years. But.... You don't work in Thailand, and Remittances haven't been taxable until now, and Therefore, the only reason to file a tax return is because you are receiving interest in a bank account sufficient to warrant filing a tax return to try to get a refund. Most people are not in that situation. -
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Must Read Its Happening - Law to Tax Overseas Income Now in Progress
I don't think it is likely that the TRD will seek to tax undistributed income within US IRA and 401k accounts, although I don't think there is anything in the US-Thai DTA that expressly precludes it. I think it is technically a possibility, but I don't see it as likely. But who knows? I tend not to underestimate the capabilities of the TRD if they want your money, Somchai or not. I have heard people who have been audited say that the Thai tax net isn't very wide, but it is very deep. I think that the TRD has the ability to obtain transaction data from the BoT with respect to inward foreign remittances. Somchai won't find anything, but the TRD computers might. But I don't think the TRD has the resources or perhaps the political will now to chase bargirls upcountry with foreign remittances.
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