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[Jingthing]

This seems to me to be a big deal.

Tax advice given by non Thais is basically what we've been seeing online, here, youtube, facebook, etc. in the wake of the TAX HYSTERIA unleashed by the announcement of one change in Thai tax law about timing of transferred funds.

I tend to believe that information is true -- that it is illegal.

So all of you that have been swept up in the hysteria -- it seems to me you've mostly been listening to illegally given advice.

Sure personally I'm paying some attention to news about tax situation going forward, but I'm also concerned about what seems to me a budding huge industry in selling advice about an only possibly changing situation that nobody really knows enough about to be an expert about, foreigner or Thai.

On the other hand, I think there might be something to getting advice on structuring your finances proactively with consideration to how this might all eventually shake out.

 

 

[JimHuaHin]

If the heading is correct, then all the legal firms in Thailand that employ foreigners who provide tax advice are breaking the law.

[topt]

1 hour ago, JimHuaHin said:

If the heading is correct, then all the legal firms in Thailand that employ foreigners who provide tax advice are breaking the law.

You will probably find that they all have a resident Thai lawyer under who's auspices any "advice" rather than an opinion is given.

 

Unfortunately The Pattaya Mail has published at least 2 articles supposedly written by Thai tax "experts" that were at best misleading and in one case factually incorrect.......

[topt]

7 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I tend to believe that information is true -- that it is illegal.

See my comment above - purely my opinion 

 

However this guy is conflating 2/3 issues - change to tax regs, advice and NIT. Personally I found the article on NIT he refers to a bit of a storm in a tea cup and there has been little comment about it which I believe is as it should be.

 

 

[Everyman]

10 hours ago, Jingthing said:

This seems to me to be a big deal.

Tax advice given by non Thais is basically what we've been seeing online, here, youtube, facebook, etc. in the wake of the TAX HYSTERIA unleashed by the announcement of one change in Thai tax law about timing of transferred funds.

I tend to believe that information is true -- that it is illegal.

So all of you that have been swept up in the hysteria -- it seems to me you've mostly been listening to illegally given advice.

Sure personally I'm paying some attention to news about tax situation going forward, but I'm also concerned about what seems to me a budding huge industry in selling advice about an only possibly changing situation that nobody really knows enough about to be an expert about, foreigner or Thai.

On the other hand, I think there might be something to getting advice on structuring your finances proactively with consideration to how this might all eventually shake out.

 

 

 

At this point, I’m mostly interested in the psychological aspects of how the hysterical people will react next year when nothing at all happens. Will they double down? Or “memory hole” it as if it  never happened, like the 5G tower conspiracy theorists did? 

[Smokin Joe]

The Drama Queen topic heading makes it sound like people discussing the Thai Tax Rules on this forum would be breaking the law and also the bar room talk. Total rubbish.

[Liverpool Lou]

11 minutes ago, Smokin Joe said:

The Drama Queen topic heading makes it sound like people discussing the Thai Tax Rules on this forum would be breaking the law and also the bar room talk. Total rubbish.

No one said that discussing the subject was illegal, it is the giving official advice (as an advisor) on the subject that would be considered illegal.

[BritManToo]

19 minutes ago, Smokin Joe said:

The Drama Queen topic heading makes it sound like people discussing the Thai Tax Rules on this forum would be breaking the law and also the bar room talk. Total rubbish.

No, I took it to mean foreigners publishing video advice while fronting for companies in Thailand were breaking the law. If you ain't being paid, you aren't breaking the law.

 

But foreigners are prohibited from working in Financial and legal services in Thailand.

Obviously they can work as office managers, but once interacting with the public are obviously criminals.