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Thailand’s Bold Move: Decriminalising Sex Work Sparks National Debate
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Thailand Welcomes 26M Tourists, Rakes In 1.214 Trillion Baht
That fits. Article says average tourist spend is 50k per visit. https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/2753824/tat-survey-notes-spending-surge#:~:text=Teerasil Tapen%2C deputy governor for,and 44%2C607 baht in 2022. -
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Social Media Outrage as Tourists Blatantly Urinate on Pattaya Beach
Yikes. The beach is such a natural place to urinate. The waves lap it up within seconds. Glad we don't have to concern ourselves with what most activists are doing. Most "activists" these days are merely netizens. Getting up off your bum and actually doing something is far different than moaning, groaning and criticizing on social media. For me, that amounts to next to zero, in terms of courage. Being outraged is simply participating in victim culture, and weak PC nonsense, which is degrading society and preformed mostly by weaklings. Everything sparks debate these days, everything seems to offend the snowflakes, everything seems to cause "netizen outrage". Who cares, it means nothing, it is less than zero. Outrage is simply a manifestation of weak victim culture. -
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JD Vance Faces Pivotal Moment in Vice Presidential Debate
I’m chilled. I’m not even using bold text. -
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Three more prominent Republicans ‘put country over party’ and endorse Harris
Me That’s hilarious- 1
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Toppings for toast?
Nato on Toast. 89 replies, and no one has mentioned Nato. Am I the only one who eats this? It's like beans on toast, but healthy. -
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JD Vance Faces Pivotal Moment in Vice Presidential Debate
You didn’t like Biden either and wanted him off the ticket. How did that work out? -
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Thailand Welcomes 26M Tourists, Rakes In 1.214 Trillion Baht
Wonder what all the misinformed members on this forum will have to say now. Last time I posted about that they will not reach their target of over 3 trillion baht 2024, there were many that said they were close already., as they didn´t understand the news that time. How is it this time guys? Have the baht finally fallen down and you see the light? Or are they same close like last time? 🤣 -
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Elon Musk: Trump as the ‘Only Way’ to Preserve U.S. Democracy, Says Billionaire
He sounds like he's lost the plot about comparable to the extent to which Trump has lost the plot. They both seem to have degenerated into their own unique type of insanity. The fact that he supports Trump tells you everything you need to know about Trump's economic policies and how favorable they're going to be to huge corporations. It's all about the money. -
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Thai gov. to tax (remitted) income from abroad for tax residents starting 2024 - Part II
Bad choice of words, I should have said overseas account. The audit occurred in my second year of retirement, after working here for a number of years. I was aware of the "tax free if remitted in a different year" rule, and had sold some assets in Australia the previous year and remitted some of that money the year of the audit. Interest was paid, and 10% tax withheld on it, as is compulsory for non tax resident accounts there, prior to my final remittance that year. Now that money has dried up, I do use an offshore account for the seasoning, with enough pre 2024 savings to keep me going for a few years. They gave me the chance to answer their questions in an informal meeting with a tax officer in a room in the Bangkok Area 3 Revenue office and we went over my situation. I was pretty sure of my position, and prepared to engage a tax accountant if an appeal was needed, and had also taken advice from PWC, my old employer's tax agents prior to it, but she accepted my position. I suspect that, had I been unable to satisfactorily answer her questions, things would have got tougher and the thumbscrews brought out for a more formal one. Printed statements from pdf's sent from the Australian source bank and Thai receiving bank were all that were needed as supporting documents, I was also prepared to show them the online transactions if required. She also questioned every deposit made into my Thai account - luckily there were only a few others, apart from the remittances. After her claim that the interest payments made prior to remittance were assessable income that year, I pointed out that tax had been withheld, as documented on the statement. She accepted that, and said, since Australia has a DTA with Thailand, it was indeed non-assessable. To be honest, I was quite surprised at how simple that stage of the process was, when the rest was such a pain in the posterior. (As I've reported in other threads, their method of informing me about the audit requirement - by flagging my passport in the immigration system, and then leaving it to me to get the flag removed following the audit left a lot to be desired). As to the reason why I was audited? Basically, I went from paying a lot of income tax here annually to paying none at all, while remaining in the country. They were obviously able to get this information from the Immigration Bureau, along with my new passport number, as my old one expired shortly after I retired. The audit was called for by the Bangkok Area 3 Revenue Office, where my income tax returns were filed while working, despite my changing my TIN details at the local provincial office where I moved to immediately after retirement, and being told by them I had no need to file a return. When I heard about the audit requirement from immigration, I went to my provincial Revenue Office and they knew nothing about it. I then made a trip to the Bangkok Area 3 Office in Chidlom, and they knew nothing about it. Then I discovered another Bangkok Area 3 Revenue Office near the National Stadium and went there, to be told "yes, we've been expecting you, Mr Ballpoint". It would seem that the different offices don't communicate, but when one gets its teeth into you, it doesn't let go. As I said the first time I told this tale in another thread, this was a special case, and I suspect the vast majority of retirees here won't be audited by the TRD - though my local friendly immigration officer said there were a few other expats in the province with flagged passports awaiting audits. The reasons I reported it were to counter some claims made in various threads: The TRD will seek and receive information from the Immigration Bureau - they knew I hadn't left the country after retirement and was still a tax resident, and got my new passport details from them. The TRD will make it impossible for you to leave the country by flagging your passport until they are satisfied. (And even then, in my case, I had to make a trip to the Soi Suan Phlu immigration detention centre in Bangkok to get the flag removed after the TRD were satisfied). The TRD do audit foreign tax residents - again, my case was a special one, but none-the-less, they still did it. The TRD aren't only interested in overseas remittances, they are interested in any deposits made into your local bank account(s). Using a backdoor method to bring in money so it looks like a local transaction may well be fine, if you're not caught, but don't deposit it into your bank account here. With the new directive, I can well see each TRD office being given a target to look at a certain number of tax residents in their districts/areas. Just a simple chat like mine was. If you openly show them supporting documentation then I suspect, as in my case, they will be satisfied. If you're not so open - gaps in your statements, not disclosing a local bank account etc, then they might think you have something to hide.- 1
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Elon Musk: Trump as the ‘Only Way’ to Preserve U.S. Democracy, Says Billionaire
You can’t demonstrate that non citizens are voting (which in any case is a federal crime) while in the other hand there is evidence that voter ID disenfranchises millions of citizens. Yet here you are claiming the non citizens voting who you can’t demonstrate are a risk to the nation while you ignore the real damage of millions of citizens being disenfranchised. And you tell me I need to understand. Righty-o! -
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Is Melatonin Unavailable in Thailand Now?
sellers on Lazada.....example https://s.lazada.co.th/s.J1zdW -
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6 year old boy stripped naked and assaulted by 2 girls in Phuket
Is kicking a ghost in the balls the correct way to exorcise it, what if its a female ghost. -
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BYD Seal tips, tricks and help
Above wording indicates if paying cash a person wouldn't qualify for the trade-in support promotion. That kinda suck$. -
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Thai PM Faces Legal Scrutiny Over Delayed Divestment of Golf Club Shares
They booted out Pita for alot less, and he was duly elected, not appointed. Lock her up.
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