3 minutes ago, stat said:

FYI officially Cambodia taxes the ww income not just the remitted income. I understand that currently this is seldom if ever enforced however the potential tax bill could be far bigger in Cambodia.

 

with respect to Cambodia, what is their residency definition for filing taxes?  Greater 182 days per calendar/taxation year in Cambodia? or do they have additional requirements to include as residency?  No worries if not known - I am just curious.

 

I confess I have the same curiousity with respect to Vietnam - and do they tax ww income?

2 hours ago, KhunHeineken said:

The world has just experienced high inflation and living costs, and my country, Australia, as well as others, had the shortest and sharpest increase in interest rates in over a decade, causing mortgages to become unaffordable to many, so they sell, and you think it's "hypothesizing" and "worse case scenario."  

 

What planet are you on???? 

The sky is falling, the sky is falling, we should rename you, Chicken Little.

13 minutes ago, stat said:

FYI officially Cambodia taxes the ww income not just the remitted income. I understand that currently this is seldom if ever enforced however the potential tax bill could be far bigger in Cambodia.

The Wild West (Cambodia) is way behind the times, and they don't seem to go for the jugular like Thailand does with foreigners. 

6 minutes ago, chiang mai said:

The sky is falling, the sky is falling, we should rename you, Chicken Little.

You have 432 posts on this thread, nearly more than double the member with the second highest post count. 

 

It's the same for the other tax threads also.

 

In all of the threads you tell members about the tax they will have to pay, yet claim I post about "the sky is falling."  Really????

11 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

You have 432 posts on this thread, nearly more than double the member with the second highest post count. 

 

It's the same for the other tax threads also.

 

In all of the threads you tell members about the tax they will have to pay, yet claim I post about "the sky is falling."  Really????

Explaining current established tax rules to members who don't understand tax, is a very different animal to guessing all the things in the future, things such as an Immigration Department that will accept bribes to issue visa's where there is no tax return,.....stupid person. 

11 hours ago, newnative said:

    Agree.  And, the majority of the property sales lately have been to Chinese and Russian buyers.  The last house my spouse and I sold, this past year, was to a Russian buyer.  Most of the potential buyers we had were either Russian or Chinese, as well. 

    If Pattaya is any indication, there doesn't seem to be any decline in sales.  Several large, new condo projects have been recently announced, these in addition to some large projects just completed or under construction.  Here on the Darkside, a number of new housing projects have been sold out fairly quickly, including the new one we are in. 

    I know this because my spouse and I have been looking for a new house, either a recent build or one about to start, and we have been looking at lots of new projects around Lake Mabprachan and adjoining areas.  In some cases the projects were sold out or nearly sold out by the time we heard about them and got around to checking them out.  Construction is booming here on the Darkside.  

The darkside is a great place to live if you do not go out partying every night, I fully agree! I really enjoyed living at the darkside.

On 1/1/2025 at 2:07 PM, chiang mai said:

Only your posts, because that's all you do, try to scare people with statements that can't be substantiated or supported.

I was accused several times of scaremongering too. It is only you Chiang Mai and Mike lister that accuse people of scaremongering. (Pun intended)

3 hours ago, KhunHeineken said:

I accept this, but if that money is "parked" in Thai property, it's causing a "bubble" is it not?  

It could very well be a bubble! Does anyone have any insight how much the developers are actually paying to build those villas? In Hua Hin they are also building pool villas like crazy around Soi 112. A friend of mine was however not able to sell his 5 year old villa and is now renting out instead. I do not trust those developers at all  claiming that their villas have sold out. It is beyond me that anyone would buy a villa that is not yet fully constructed as I have seen abandoned projects everywhere in Thailand. The biggest problem for me however is that I cannot own the land the villa is built on. All in all you are investing in a country with no real independant jurisdiction IMHO.

 

On the other hand there are more and more people willing to reloacate to Thailand full time and prices are about half regarding property vs Europe and even lower for US or AUS guys/gals.

12 minutes ago, chiang mai said:

Explaining current established tax rules to members who don't understand tax, is a very different animal to guessing all the things in the future, things such as an Immigration Department that will accept bribes to issue visa's where there is no tax return,.....stupid person. 

Why is it that you keep insulting others? It does not help your argument.

6 hours ago, stat said:

Why is it that you keep insulting others? It does not help your argument.

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So now that the new year is here and no new law has been passed does that mean tax will only be due on assessable money bought into Thailand in 2024? Which tax form should be used, PMD90 or PND91? 

1 hour ago, alanrchase said:

So now that the new year is here and no new law has been passed does that mean tax will only be due on assessable money bought into Thailand in 2024? Which tax form should be used, PMD90 or PND91? 

Yes, remitted income rules still apply, world wide income rules have yet to be developed and approved.

 

If you only have remitted income, PN90

10 hours ago, stat said:

I was accused several times of scaremongering too. It is only you Chiang Mai and Mike lister that accuse people of scaremongering. (Pun intended)

Scaremongering has been a serious problem here for years, which is why there is a specific forum rule that covers it. Scaremongering has been/is cited often by members and and staff but the only time action is taken these days is when somebody reports it, which I have not yet done. Most scaremongering is water off a ducks back to the younger crowd but far less so to the older members who are more vulnerable and susceptible to wondering if such things are true or not. Some posters should be more considerate and aware in that regard. 

21 hours ago, oldcpu said:

 

with respect to Cambodia, what is their residency definition for filing taxes?  Greater 182 days per calendar/taxation year in Cambodia? or do they have additional requirements to include as residency?  No worries if not known - I am just curious.

 

I confess I have the same curiousity with respect to Vietnam - and do they tax ww income?

183 days and yes they tax ww income on paper (but apparently no one cares if you do not file but that is just hearsay I heard)

11 hours ago, chiang mai said:

Scaremongering has been a serious problem here for years, which is why there is a specific forum rule that covers it. Scaremongering has been/is cited often by members and and staff but the only time action is taken these days is when somebody reports it, which I have not yet done. Most scaremongering is water off a ducks back to the younger crowd but far less so to the older members who are more vulnerable and susceptible to wondering if such things are true or not. Some posters should be more considerate and aware in that regard. 

A lot of your posts were about the obligation to file taxes in TH, is/was that scaremongering too? I would say no as you pointed out something that could very well happen but others considered it ludicrous and scaremongering. This should be an open discussion of adults IMHO.

 

 

1 hour ago, stat said:

A lot of your posts were about the obligation to file taxes in TH, is/was that scaremongering too? I would say no as you pointed out something that could very well happen but others considered it ludicrous and scaremongering. This should be an open discussion of adults IMHO.

 

 

I can't sensibly respond to sweeping generalisations about things I am alleged to have said in the past because most such things tend to be distortions in other peoples minds. If you give me a quoted link I can explain what I said and why. I'm pretty certain that anything I have written has the TRD Code as its basis.

On 1/2/2025 at 8:48 PM, KhunHeineken said:

The Wild West (Cambodia) is way behind the times, and they don't seem to go for the jugular like Thailand does with foreigners. 

How does Thailand "go for the jugular" with foreigners?

 

PH

On 1/2/2025 at 2:16 PM, stat said:

I was accused several times of scaremongering too. It is only you Chiang Mai and Mike lister that accuse people of scaremongering. (Pun intended)

Well said.

 

The member informs other members that they may have a tax liability, but to discuss collection and enforcement of said tax liability, that's scaremongering.  It's laughable. 

 

Members want to know the whole picture, including where and how to pay, as well as the consequences for not paying, not just that they may have to pay some tax. 

On 1/2/2025 at 8:35 PM, oldcpu said:

I confess I have the same curiousity with respect to Vietnam - and do they tax ww income?

The requirements to gain a long term visa to live in Vietnam are, I believe, much more onerous than here.

 

PH

2 minutes ago, Phulublub said:

How does Thailand "go for the jugular" with foreigners?

 

PH

Does Thailand have a reasonable pathway to Permanent Residency?  No.

 

Can a foreigner own freehold property in Thailand?  No.

 

Do you have to report every 90 days?  Yes.  

 

Does getting a tattoo of Buddha make you more Thai.  No.

 

That retirement visa / extension gives you no more rights than someone on a 30 day visa exemption stamp, and you could be married here, with two kids, have a business, and some property, and living here for 20 years.  Do you disagree with this?   

 

You are a farang, and will always be a farang.  There's only a very few hat have Permanent Residency.   

 

The system is designed so you have no rights here, and never will. 

 

Wake up. 

On 1/2/2025 at 5:36 PM, topt said:

Is this Poom Patta (or similar name) by any chance?

No, different developer.

51 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

Can a foreigner own freehold property in Thailand?  No.

 

Thailand being Thailand - has 'work arounds' that I am confident you know about.  I for one, would not go that 'workaround' route, but many do.  I purchased a Foreign Freehold condo.

 

51 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

Do you have to report every 90 days?  Yes.  

 

Not every expat on a visa in Thailand has to report every 90-days.  My last 90-day report was over a year ago - and I am legal and I have mostly stayed in Thailand (exceeding 90-days a few times with 90-day report legally not required for myself).   Some of us have different Visas here in Thailand.

 

So that generalization I quoted is inaccurate.

 

 

51 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

That retirement visa / extension gives you no more rights than someone on a 30 day visa exemption stamp,

 

i disagree.  Try to open a bank account (and not use / not pay an agent) when on on a 30-day visa exemption stamp. 

 

Go visit a dozen different banks.  Let me know how that works out for you.

 

Try to stay in Thailand on back to back 30-day or 60-day visa exemption stamps for 20 years...  let me know how that works out for you when you try to go-in-out of the country more than a few times.

 

51 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

 

You are a farang, and will always be a farang.  There's only a very few hat have Permanent Residency.   

 

The system is designed so you have no rights here, and never will.

 

No rights?  That is a massive and wrong exaggeration.  Do Thai citizens have more rights than foreign citizens in Thailand?

 

Of course!

 

Thailand looks after Thai citizen first.  I would expect nothing less.

 

I've lived for years in Canada, USA, and Germany.  They also treat their own citizens first.

 

9 hours ago, KhunHeineken said:

Does Thailand have a reasonable pathway to Permanent Residency?  No.

 

Can a foreigner own freehold property in Thailand?  No.

 

Do you have to report every 90 days?  Yes.  

 

Does getting a tattoo of Buddha make you more Thai.  No.

 

That retirement visa / extension gives you no more rights than someone on a 30 day visa exemption stamp, and you could be married here, with two kids, have a business, and some property, and living here for 20 years.  Do you disagree with this?   

 

You are a farang, and will always be a farang.  There's only a very few hat have Permanent Residency.   

 

The system is designed so you have no rights here, and never will. 

 

Wake up. 

To add to oldcpu's reply - look at the hoops any foreigner needs to go through to gain permanent residence in UK, then try taking the UK permanent residence written test and see how you get on.  Pretty sure most UK expats would fail.

 

PH

21 hours ago, oldcpu said:

I purchased a Foreign Freehold condo.

Does it float in the air?  

 

What about the land it sits on.  Do you own that "freehold" as well? 

 

21 hours ago, oldcpu said:

My last 90-day report was over a year ago -

So, you did have to report previously. Proves my point.

 

21 hours ago, oldcpu said:

No rights?  That is a massive and wrong exaggeration.  Do Thai citizens have more rights than foreign citizens in Thailand?

 

Of course!

 

Thailand looks after Thai citizen first.  I would expect nothing less.

 

I've lived for years in Canada, USA, and Germany.  They also treat their own citizens first.

Correct, but farang are "aliens" in Thailand.  Lower than a soi dog. 

13 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

 farang are "aliens" in Thailand.  Lower than a soi dog. 

What do the US call those who are living in the country (legally) but are not US citizens?

 

PH

14 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

Does it float in the air?  

 

What about the land it sits on.  Do you own that "freehold" as well? 

 

 

Do you know anything about condo ownership?  Based on that?  I suspect little.

 

14 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

 

So, you did have to report previously. Proves my point.

 

No. You have no point for such a generalization. I changed my visa. No more 90-days reports. Proves my point.

 

14 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

Correct, but farang are "aliens" in Thailand.  Lower than a soi dog. 

 

Nonsense.

 

27 minutes ago, Phulublub said:

What do the US call those who are living in the country (legally) but are not US citizens?

Workers. 

27 minutes ago, oldcpu said:

Do you know anything about condo ownership? 

Researched it thoroughly some years ago. 

 

I soon decided I'm going going to pay for something that I cab not fully own, which also includes a portion of the land it sits on.

 

The Permanent Residency issue was a minor concern, but still a concern.  You only get to live in your condo based on "permission" to remain in Thailand.  You don't have a "right" to remain in Thailand.

 

Each to their own, just don't use the word "freehold" in the western sense when discussing property here because it's BS.

 

31 minutes ago, oldcpu said:

No. You have no point for such a generalization. I changed my visa. No more 90-days reports.

"Bo more" implies you did them in the past.  Right?

 

31 minutes ago, oldcpu said:

Nonsense.

The word "alien" appears in many official Thai forms and documents.   

17 hours ago, Phulublub said:

To add to oldcpu's reply - look at the hoops any foreigner needs to go through to gain permanent residence in UK, then try taking the UK permanent residence written test and see how you get on.  Pretty sure most UK expats would fail.

 

PH

In Germany there is now a fasttrack for asylum seekers to get a citizenship and a German passport within 3! years of arrival... Not only has a Germany now the dumbest energy policy of the world according to the WSJ GER also have one of the laxest immigration laws in the world. Of course Germany has the highest welfare payments in the  world as well as the highest taxes.

On 1/4/2025 at 5:47 PM, stat said:

Not only has a Germany now the dumbest energy policy of the world

Can be worse than what's happening in Australia in relation to energy. 

 

Australia has vast gas reserves, and in fact, is a major exporter of gas, yet Australia is looking at having to import gas.  It will most likely be our own gas that we buy back.